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



The same, except that the fascia is interrupted towards the suture. 



Elytra pallid, the base and a large subapical spot on each greenish- 

 blue. This is a common form ; frequently the basal marking is 

 obscurely advanced for a short distance along the suture, sometimes 

 it is absent except at the extreme base, the subapical spots never 

 touch the margin, but occasionally the suture, they are often rounded, 

 but sometimes triangular. 



Elytra pallid, the base a subapical spot on each, and an intermediate 

 spot on suture greenish-blue. 



Elytra pallid except at extreme base, and a slight subapical 

 infuscate jjatch. 



Elytra pallid except at extreme base, and two small transversely 

 conjoined subapical spots. 



Elytra pallid except at extreme base. 



In the pallid varieties the scutellum (except at its 

 extreme base) is nearly always pallid. 



Hob. Queensland : Port Denison ; N. W. Australia ; 

 S. Australia. 



Idiocephala catoxantha, Saund. 



(Plate XXIII, fig. 48.) 



The Rev. T. Blackburn describes as a possible variety of 

 catoxantha, a species from the Northern Territory, of which 

 there are three specimens from N. W. Australia in the 

 Macleay Museum, varying from If to 3| lines (Blackburn's 

 specimens varied from 2 to 3f lines) ; at the same time he 

 says he believes the species to be truly catoxantha, and this 

 is probably the case. Saunders describes the scutellum as 

 " pitchy-brown," Blackburn does not notice it in his 

 description. In the three specimens mentioned above the 

 scutellum is concolorous with the prothorax except for a 

 narrow blackish basal border. 



Idiocephala tasmanica, Saund. 



var. Zoxopleurus crassicostatus, Chp. 

 ? Loxopleurus impressicollis, Boh. 



In Masters' catalogue referred to Loxojjleitrus. A 

 specimen from the Sydney Museum (without locality) 

 agrees exactly with the description ; in others from New 

 South Wales and Tasmania there is a narrow stripe along 

 the median line of the prothorax, commencing at the apex 

 and not quite extending to the base ; on a Tasmanian 



