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Hub. — Tasmania: llobart, Swansea (A. M. Lea). 



Allied to the preceding species, but the first joint of tlie 

 funicle is considerably stouter, and the abdomen (except at 

 sides of base) is glabrous; in tini plicolJis and all its varieties 

 the abdomen is fairly densely clothed, the scales being present 

 (although rather sparse) even along the middle. The largest 

 specimen of this species also is smaller than the smallest of 

 that one. The marking on the 5th interstice is of variable 

 length and intensity, but never extends to the base. 



MiSOPHRICE HISPIDA, PaSC. 



The pale scales of this species are easily discoloured, but 

 it can be readily identified by the setae, which are much 

 longer, sparser, and stouter than in arrjentata, setulosa, or 

 alfcrnnta. It was described originally from South Australia, 

 but occurs also in New South Wales, Victoria, and Tasmania. 



MisoPHiuCE VARIABILIS, Blackb. 



In a South Australian and several Tasmanian specimens 

 before me the scales on the upper surface are of a beautiful 

 golden colour, instead of white. 



Tlah. — South Australia; Tasmania: Hobart, Launceston, 

 Swansea. 



MiSOPHRICE SUBMETALLICA, Blackb. 



It is only in one sex (female?) that there is a "deep 

 impression occupying the whole of the middle part of the 

 basal two ventral segments" ; in the other sex this space is 

 flat, and the apical segment has a large shallow impression. 



Hah. — -S. Australia; Tasmania: Hpbart, Mount Wel- 

 lington (including the summit), Launceston, Swansea. 



MiSOPHRICE SETULOSA, Blackb. 

 There are before me numerous specimens of a species 

 (I have only taken it in Tasmania, but it is there the com- 

 monest of all) which either belong to setulosa, or to an un- 

 described species of the colour of setulosa. Blackburn says, 

 "Elytrorum disco . . . testacejs vet rufescentibus.'' In 

 some of the Tasmanian specimens the elytra have a sub- 

 triangular basal patch, and the suture and sides narrowly 

 infuscate ; but the basal patch varies in area and the lateral 

 dark markings are frequently absent. The green scales 

 usually form a distinct line on each side of the suture, and 

 are often rather dense across the base; but it is not un- 

 common for more than half of the scales on the upper sur- 

 face to become abraded, and there are specimens before me 

 in which practically all the scales and setae have been abrad- 

 ed. The scales are usually of a beautiful metallic green, 

 occasionally wdth a golden gloss, but they are sometimes 



