158 Mr. Arthur M. Lea's Revision of the 



Laius cyanocephalus, Lea, I. c, p. 563. {Figs. QQ, 183.) 



A female from Victoria differs from the type males in 

 having the elytral markings entirely of a deep violet. 



Hah. N. S. Wales : Whittou ; Victoria ; Queens- 

 land : Bowen. 



Laius pallidus, Lea, I. c, p. 565. {Figs. 55,' 134.) 



A variety of this species differs from the type in having 

 the head infuscate at the base and the basal markings of 

 elytra connected with the apical ones along (but not on) 

 the suture. 



Hob. W. Australia : Geraklton. 



Laius rugiceps, Lea, /. c, p. 568. {Figs. 67, 135.) 



A male of this species in the Macleay Museum differs 

 from the type in having the head almost entirely pallid, 

 and the prothoracic marking much more strongly constricted 

 towards the base. 



Huh. W. Australia : Beverley, King George's Sound. 



Laius intermedius, Lea, I. c, p. 571. {Figs. 68, 136.) 



A male before me differs from the type in being smaller 

 and in having the dark markings of the elytra of a rather 

 dingy (washed-out looking) violet colour, instead of a 

 beautiful metallic violet blue. 



Hah. W. Australia : Swan River. 



Laius villosus, Lea, /. c, p. 566. [Figs. 56, 69, 187, 

 138.) 



There are before me one male and eight females* of 

 what appears to be a variety of this species ; they differ 

 from the tyjDes in being larger {$ ^ \ ^ Q mm.), in having 

 the median red fascia interrupted so as to appear as three 

 longitudinal marks, that on the suture being usually con- 

 fined to the sutural thickenincj, althoucrh on one it is 

 almost conjoined to the lateral ones : these are usually 

 rather more than twice as long as wide. 



Two specimens (sexes) in the Macleay Museum from 

 Monaro are intermediate between the above variety and 



* They were all taken by Dr. E. Jefferis Turner on Ben Lomond 

 at an elevation of 4,500 feet. 



