Australian and Tasmanian CryptocepJialides. 853 



Hah. N. S. Wales : Monaro, Queanbeyan, Jenolan ; 

 Victoria : Gisborne. 



Cadmus australis, Boi. 

 Hah. Tasmania (widely distributed). 



Cadmus excrementarius, Suff. 

 (Plate XXII, fig. 3.) 

 Hal. N. S. Wales ; S. Australia ; W, Australia. 



Cadmus pacificus, Suff. 



The specimen described by Suffrian was a typical female, 

 and of which I have seen numerous specimens. I have a 

 female which is dark red except that the head, terminal 

 joint of antenni3e, two transverse spots on prothorax (sepa- 

 rated at the median line), base of prothorax, scutellum 

 and elytra, and a small spot on each shoulder, are black, 

 the metasternum is infuscate. Another female has in 

 addition the two terminal joints of tarsi, the whole of 

 the scutellum and several obscure patches on elytra, black ; 

 this specimen agrees passably well with Chapuis' de- 

 scription of the female of strigillatus, but probably his 

 female was different. One female before me is entirely 

 black, except for its pubescence and some obscure antennal 

 joints. 



The male is always smaller than the female (3|-4| as 

 against 4f-6 mm.) and the antennae are considerably 

 longer (noticeably passing the apex of the body). The 

 normal male is black except for the 2nd, 3rd and 4th, 

 part of the 5th and the lower portion of the 1st joints of 

 antennae and the connection between femora and coxse ; 

 the apex of the elytra has usually an indistinct reddish 

 spot or margin, never so distinct or wide as in the female 

 and occasionally quite absent. A form of the male occurs 

 in which only the upper surface of the 1st and the apical 

 three-fourths of the 11th joints of antennae are black. 

 One male before me has the upper portion of the 1st and 

 the whole of the 11th joints black on both sides; the 

 left antenna has the 6th and 7th joints dark, whilst 

 the right has the apex of the 5th and the Avhole of the 

 following joints dark. 



Suffrian says the prothorax of this species has serrated 

 margins. I have never seen a specimen in which the 



