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



species, on account of its antennse, is one of the most 

 distinct in the subfamily. 



Cadmus luctuosus, Chp. 



Faracachnus lucifiigus, Baly. 

 Cadmus maculicollis, Chp. 



(Plates XXIT, XXIV, figs. 5, G, 7, 108, 109, 110.) 



I concur with the Rev. T. Blackburn (T. R. S. S. A., 

 1890, p. 135) in regarding Paracadmus lucifugus as a 

 synonym of this species. A specimen before me has the 

 extreme base of the front femora pallid beneath as well as 

 the four hind ones ; in three males one has a dark streak 

 on the 2nd and 3rd ventral segments (as in lucifugus), one 

 has a streak on the 1st, 2nd, and 8rd and one on the 2nd, 

 3rd and 4th ; in one the pale markings on the prothorax 

 are as described by Blackburn, in another the discal mark- 

 ings are entirely absent, whilst in another they are repre- 

 sented by two small feeble spots. 



The female of this species has been described under the 

 name of onamdiroUis by Chapuis, and I have both the 

 typical form and variety described by him. 



For the mating of these very dissimilar sexes I am 

 indebted to Mr. Masters, who has taken specimens in 

 copula. 



Hah. N. S. Wales : Mounts Kosciusko and Victoria, 

 Sydney, Bombala, Cooma and Jenolan. 



Cadmus ornatus, Chp. 

 (Plate XXII, figs. 8, 9.) 



Three specimens from Ipswich, Moreton Bay and 

 Brisbane agree with Chapuis' description of this species, 

 another from Ipswich differs in having the greater 

 portion of the prothorax clouded with black and the fascia 

 reduced to a rather narrow spot on the middle of each 

 elytron. 



Two females (in the Macleay Museum) from Rock- 

 hampton appear to represent a very distinct variety, 

 having the head, anterior and lateral margins of prothorax, 

 the raised portions at base of elytra, a rather wide median 

 fascia and the apex pale flavous. 



Two males (also in the Macleay Museum) from Ipswich 

 have the elytra reddish-brown throughout except for a 



