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eyes, the space between which is only slightly concave, 

 abdomen with only one white segment and the following 

 one widely and gently emarginate. The colour of the 

 abdomen in both sexes is much as in Jiavicollis. 



Hah. Queensland : Cairns, Kuranda, Bowen, Port 

 Denison. 



LuciOLA FLAVicOLLis, Macl., Trans. Ent. Soc, N. S. Wales, 

 II, p. 263 ; Olliff, P. L. S., N.S.W., 1889, p. 653. 

 var. gestroi, Oliv., Ann. Mus. Civ., Genoa, 1885, p. 

 336, PI. V, fig. 10. 

 coarcticollis, Oliv., Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr., 1888, p. 59, 

 PI. I, fig. 9. 



The elytra of this species are very variable and might 

 be regarded as either flavous Avith a dark (never black) 

 discal patch of variable size on each, or as dark (in the 

 male they are usually much darker than in the female) 

 with the suture * and sides (to a variable extent) pale, 

 and often pale for a considerable space at the base at well. 

 Olliff has well described the sexual characters. The size 

 varies from 4 to 6| mm. 



I have no doubt whatever but that the description of 

 gestroi was drawn up from a quite common variety of this 

 species. 



The description of coarcticollis reads remarkably like as 

 if it belonged to jiavicollis, except that the prothorax is 

 described as " quadrato," whilst in Jiavicollis it is quite 

 strongly transverse. No mention is made of the abdomen 

 in the description. It is recorded from Victoria but the 

 specimen was probably received from a Victorian naturalist, 

 as I believe the genus is entirely absent from Victoria. 

 The figure given would do very well for Jiavicollis. 



Hab. Queensland : Gayndah, Rockhampton, Somerset, 

 Port Curtis, Port Denison, Mount Dryander, Bowen, 

 Cairns ; S. Australia : N. Territory ; N. W. Australia. 



LuciOLA PUDiCA, OlHff, P. L. S., N.S.W., 1889, p. 652. 

 {Fig. 100.) 

 The female differs from the male in having an obtusely 

 triangular apical segment of abdomen, with the preceding 

 one moderately emarginate. 



Hab. Queensland : Bowen, Port Curtis ; N. S. Wales. 

 * Occasionally the suture is dark except at the basal third. 



