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specimens in the Museum from Cooper Creek, Coward 

 Springs, Goolwa, Hergott, Kangaroo Island, Karoonda, 

 Oodnadatta, Orrallina Springs, and Strathalbyn. 



Megacephala bostocki, Cast. 



It is only the female of this species that has a conspicuous 

 notch on each elytral margin ; the black parts of the elytra 

 occasionally have a purplish or greenish gloss. There are 

 specimens in the Museum from Barrow Creek, Daly River, 

 Derby, Laura, Roebuck Bay, and Tennant Creek. 



Megacephala mukchisoni, Fleut. 



Mr. W. D. Dodd took a specimen of this species at Roe- 

 bourne, whose elytra are deep purple, the head (except 

 muzzle) and prothorax black, with purple gleams in places. 

 There are normal specimens in the Museum from Cue, 

 Kalgoorlie, and Lakes Austin and Lefroy. 



Cicindela iosceles, Hope. 



On the more common form of this species (described as 

 hackeri by Sloane) the white stripe near the side of each 

 elytron is continuous from the base to near the apex, with 

 several spur-like extensions towards the disc ; but on many 

 specimens the stripe is broken up into three disconnected 

 curved spots. Specimens in the Museum are from Cairns, 

 Cape York, Kuranda, Endeavour and Stewart Rivers. 



Cicindela queenslandica, Sloane. 

 The only male of this species in the Museum differs from 

 some females in being slightly smaller, and with the three 

 basal joints of the front tarsi densely pilose on the under- 

 surface. The late Mr. J. A. Anderson pointed out to me a 

 short stretch of the beach at Cairns where he had occasionally 

 seen it, and said that when disturbed it flew straight out 

 to sea. Recently the species has been taken at the Stewart 

 River, by Mr. W. D. Dodd. 



Cicindela plebeia, Sloane. 



I have taken this species in abundance at Nelson (near 

 Cairns) by means of the sweep-net, and am averse to regard- 

 ing it as a variety of master si. It is consistently much smaller 

 than that species (or its variety catoptriola), invariably 

 blackish, with curious longitudinal velvety patches on the 

 elytra (certainly traces of these are sometimes to be seen on 

 catoptriola), the lateral markings much reduced in size (some- 

 times absent), the postero-discal spot absent or very feeble, 

 and the median tooth of the labrum much more prominent. 



