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riehind llic scutfUuni iIktc is a patch of puliescence that in some lights is brightly 

 iriilesccnt, l)iit tippcil wiiii snowy-white, liie patch is shaped somewhat as in 

 .1/. iiicniiis. and in .1/. cj^luppiata. 



MESOLITA PASCOEI v. d. Poll. 



riate ix, fig. II. 



Two specimens, from Xew South Wales, identified in the I'>lackl)nrn collec- 

 tion as M. pascoci. and two otliers (from Xowra) that agree with specilnen^ in 

 tile .Macleay .Museum so identified, differ only from the original description in 

 lieiiig slight!}- longer (O'.S-'^ mm.) than the type (6-o mm.); a specimen that I 

 cut out. together with a pupa, evidently of the same species, from a dead leaf 

 of a tree fern, in the National Park, near Sydney, differs from these in being 

 slightly longer ( 9 'O mm.), and the pale pubescence on the ];ronotum having a 

 \aguelv lineate ajijiearance ( a trace of this is to be seen on onl\- one of the 

 others). All five ha\-e but one conspicuous stripe of pale [lubescence on each 

 eh'tron. aiul this strijje is continuous from the Ijase to near the ajiex, but other 

 less conspicuous stripes are piresent. 



The species of Mcsulita excluding M. trdiis-i'rrsu which is unknown to me, 

 may be thus tabulated : 



A. Elytra unarmed at ape.x. 



a. Apical slope of elytra uniformly clothed with pale pubes- 

 cence ... ... ... ... iticnnis 



aa. Apical slope without pale pubescence ... ... iiiynnccophila 



AA. Elytra armed at apex. 



B. Pale markings at sunmiit of apical slope isolated from 

 all others, 

 b. The markings consist of isolated spots obliquely 



placed ... ... ... ... scittellata 



bb. The marking consists of a curved fascia ... cpln'ppiafa 



nil. Pale markings not as in B. 



C. Disc of pronotum with isolated spots of golden 



pubescence ... ... ... lincolata 



CC. Disc without golden pubescence. 



D. Longitudinal stripe of pale pubescence on 

 each elytron, continuous from base almost 

 to apical spine ... ... ... pascoci 



DD. Stripe conspicuously interrupted just be\ond 



middle ... ... ... ... iiitcirupta 



