352 Mr. A. M. Lea's Notes on 



shoulders) they are in ahiiost regular rows, the interspaces 

 between the rows at the places named being almost regu- 

 larly convex (in the small specimens the elytra are striate 

 only at the apex). 



I have not seen the variety described by Baly as having 

 the head and prothorax black, but a rather common 

 variety in Western Australia has a large black cloud on 

 the disc of the prothorax and nearer the base than apex. 

 The elytra vary from deep blue to deep green. 



Suffrian's and Chapuis' specimens were from W. Austra- 

 lia, Baly's from N. S. Wales and W. Australia. If I am 

 correct (as I think I am) in referring both Baly's and 

 Chapuis' species to suhmetallicus there will be no necessity 

 for the name Chapuisi proposed by Blackburn ^ for mor- 

 hillosus, Clip. 



Prasonotus ruficandis, Baly. 



Hah. N. S. Wales. 



Cadmus rugicollis, Gray. 



(Plate XXII, figs. 1, 2.) 



I have seen many specimens agreeing with Saunders' 

 description of this species, which appears in the catalogue 

 as a synonym of ruhiginosus, Boi. ; as to which species are 

 really ntMginosus, Boi., and gigas, Oliv., probably only an 

 examination of the types (ijf such are still extant) could 

 determine. The description and figure of rugicollis as 

 given in Cuvier's " Animal Kingdom " (vol. 15, p. 146, and 

 plate 67, fig. 5) are quite useless. 



Hah. Queensland: Wide Bay; N. S. Wales: Hunter 

 Biver ; SYDNEY ; VICTORIA : Gippsland ; S. AUSTRALIA. 



Mr. A. Simson has two males from Queensland, which 

 I hesitate to regard as representing more than a variety of 

 this species ; they are considerably narrower than Tas- 

 manian specimens, and the elytral markings are somewhat 

 different ; but as I have seen forms from N. S. Wales in- 

 termediate in width I have not thought it advisable to 

 describe them as new. 



Cadmus litigiosus. Boh. 



The size of the spots on this species vary to a certain 

 extent, and a specimen in the Macleay Museum has the 

 two hind spots conjoined. 



* T. R. S. S. A., 1891, p. 139. 



