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ClCINDELA YPSILON, Dej. 



var. albicans, Chaud. 



G . ypsilon has very variable markings, and I have never 

 been able to satisfactorily distinguish albicans from it : in 

 Sloane' s revision the two are separated by — 



cf . Without mucro at sutural apex of each elytron and 



with apical curve hardly serrate ... ... ... ypsilon 



d . With a short mucro at sutural apex of each elytron, 



apical curve strongly serrate ... ... ... albicans 



but in all the male® I have seen (including many from 

 Sydney) the male has a mucro at the apex, although it is 

 usually very small ; serrations are also present, although 

 rather less distinct than in the Northern Queensland form 

 recognized as albicans. At the most it appears that albicans 

 should be regarded as a slight variety of ypsilon. 



ClCINDELA FRENCHI, Sloaiie. 



The male (not described by Sloane) differs from the 

 female in being somewhat narrower, with the three basal 

 joints of front tarsi somewhat wider, and densely pilose on 

 the under-surface. The metallic parts of the upper-surface 

 are decidedly green on one of the males, especially on the 

 head and prothorax. The Museum specimens are from Derby. 



The other Australian species in the Museum are as 

 follows : — 



Megacephala blackbtjrni, Fleut. Elder Expedition. 



M. crucigera, Macl. Cairns. 



M. cylindrica, Macl. Lake Callabonna, MacDonnell 



Ranges, Peake. 

 M. frenchi, Sloane. Murchison. 

 M. greyana, Sloane. Western Australia. 

 M. helmsi, Blackb. Types. 

 M. hope i, Cast. Derby. 

 M. howitti, Cast. Lake Callabonna. 

 M. humeralis, Macl. Stewart River. 

 M. marginicollis, Sloane. Daly River. 

 M. murchisoni, Fleut. Cue, Kalgoorlie, Lake Austin. 

 M. scapularis, Macl. Northern Queensland. 

 Distypsidera flavicans, Chaud. Northern Queensland, 



Brisbane. 

 D. flavipes, Macl. Cairns. 

 D. gruti, Pasc. Cairns, Coen, Endeavour and Stewart 



Rivers. 

 D. hackeri, Sloane. Coen River. 

 D. parva, Macl. Cairns, Coen River. 



