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tion of elytra. Compared with P. serpiginosa , Er., it is much 

 larger, with its pronotum much more widely explanate, etc., — 

 besid-es differing by the character tabulated above. From P. 

 baldiensis, Blackb., it differs intej- alia mulfa by the extreme 

 feebleness of the post-basal impression on its elytra, and from 

 P. Sloan ei (also somewhat like it superficially) by inte/- alia 

 the presence of a well-marked depression below the humeral 

 callus. It should be added that the elytra of this insect are 

 more or less clouded with a darker colour than that of the 

 general surface, giving them in some examples a blotchy ap- 

 pearance, which obscures the verrucse. 

 King Island (Mr. Lea). 



Arsipoda. 



Specimens of an Arsvpoda taken by Mr. Lea on King 

 Island appear on a first inspection to differ from .4. rariegata 

 more definitely than is consistent with their representing a 

 mere variety. Nevertheless, comparison with specimens which 

 I have taken in Victoria and New South Wales and have been 

 unable to distinguish from variegata by any satisfactory char- 

 acter, leads me to the conclusion that it would not be justi- 

 fiable to treat these insular examples as a good species. I 

 have from the Blue Mountains specimens which are distinctly 

 intermediate in shape, colouring, and sculpture between those 

 from King Island and ordinary Tasmanian specimens. It is 

 of course possible that there are at least three or four very 

 closely allied species very limited in habitat, of which varie- 

 gata is one, but I cannot satisfy myself that that is the case. 

 The present form may be characterized as follows : — 

 A. hingensis, Blackb. (? variegata, Waterli., var.). Quam 



forma normalis magis angusta, magis ovata ; colore magis 



pallida (antennis fere totis testaceis) ; pronoto magis for- 



titer punctulato. 



Appended Note. 



Since writing my remarks on Anodontonyr nigro- 

 lineata, Boisd. I have examined a specimen in the Macleay 

 Museum bearing a ticket in the handwriting of Mr. W. S. 

 Macleay "Sericesthis nigrolineata, Macl." As W. S. Macleay 

 was a contemporary of Boisduval and is quoted in Dejean's 

 Cat. aa authority for the name ni'fjrolinewta I have little 

 doubt that Boisduval's name was taken from a specimen con- 

 sidered identical with that I am referring to. The specimen 

 ia the Macleay Museum bearing Macleay's label is specifically 

 identical with that which was sent to me from Berlin as the 

 type of ScAtala languida, Er. This evidence seems to be 



