BY A. M. LEA. 473 



Lemodes Boh. 

 atricollis Obertli. (Vie.) elongata Lea. (QlcL, N.S.W.) 



caeruleiventris Blair. (Qld.) mastersi Mac-1. (Qld., N.S.W.) 



coccinea Boh. (Qld., N.S.W., Vic.) ^plendens Lea. (N.S.W.) 



Leiiodixus Blair. 

 tumidipennis Blaii- (Lemodes). (Qld., N.S.W.) 



Mecyxotaesus Laf. 

 dlh ellus Fasc. (S.A., W.A.) H«(/j Macl. (Qld.) 



amabilis Lea. (N.S.W., S.A.) kreusleri King. (Qld. N.S.W., S.A.) 



apicipennis Lea. (S.A.) mastersi Maet (Qld.) 



concolor King (S.A.) ziczac King. (N.S.W., Vic, S.A., W.A.) 



NOTOxus Geoff. 

 australasiae Laf. (S.A.) decemnrAatus Vic. (Australia.) 



ToiiODERrs Laf. 

 denticolUs Champ. (N.W. Aust.) Zeae Pic. (N.S.W., Vic, S.A.) 



vinctus Er. (Tas.) (= brevicornis Lea.) 



Trichanaxca Blackb. 

 concolor King (J.Hf7ii'c!(.s). (N.S.W.) victoriensis Blackb. (N.S.W.. Vic) 

 nigripennis Lea. (N.T.) (= Lemodes eorticalis Lea.) 



pisoniae Lea. (Qld.) 



Walesics Pie. 

 theresae Pic. (N.S.W.) 



The number of described Australian species of this genus probably represents 

 but a comparatively small proportion of the total to be obtained; although 

 most are of graceful form and many are "widely distributed and abundant, oc- 

 curring in countless thousands on flowers and freciuently coming to lights, oc- 

 curring on sea-beaches, and freciuently washed out by floods, yet their very 

 abundance causes many to be passed over by collectors, on account of their 

 diminutive size rendering certain identification in the field difficult. Some of 

 the more interesting apterous, or at least flightless species, are of very local 

 occurrence, and usually to be obtained only by the use of sieves. Several species 

 have been seen in the nests of ants, but apparently only as casual visitors. King 

 commented on the great variation that occurs in many species of the family, 

 and especially in Anthicus, but did not make sufiicient aUowanee for it, so that 

 when deaEng with specimens from widely separated localities, that differed in 

 colour and marking's, he sometimes presumed them to be distinct, and hence made 

 several synonyms. In my first two papers, in which members of the family 

 were dealt with, I also regarded and named some varietal forms as distinct 

 species, although, with the exception of a few which had perished, I had 

 examined the whole of King-'s and Macleay's types. Champion, who had not 

 this advantage when describing the Anthicidae taken by Walker, also made 

 several synonvTns. In identifying species from descriptions, unless there are 

 very strong sti'uctural features, colour and markings must be relied upon, and 

 hence it is easily possible for an author to faU to identify a species from its 



