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more transverse, and the two basal joints of antennae of the 

 male are very different. 



Rob. — South Australia: Leigh Creek, Oodnadatta. 



Laius egenus, Lea. 

 Two females from Murray Bridge evidently belong to 

 this species, but differ from the types in having the apical 

 portion of the elytra not entirely black, as there is a somewhat 

 elliptic pale space on the suture, and on one of them this is 

 narrowly connected with the median fascia. 



Laius tarsalis, Lea. 

 Several females of this species (from Cairns) have a 

 large black spot on the disc of the pronotum, truncated in 

 front and bilobed behind ; there are also two small spots 

 at the base. 



Laius verticalis, W. S. Macl. 



Mr. W. D. Dodd took three females of this species at 

 Derby, but the male is still unknown. 



Laius trisignatus, Germ. 



L. oblongosignatus, Fairm. 



Several females (from Dalby) have the medio-sutural 



markings of the elytra connected with the medio-apical one, 



and agree with the description of oblongosignatus, which I 



can only regard as a slight variety of trisignatus. 



Bab. — Queensland: Cairns, Dalby; South Australia: 

 Wirrabara, Mount Lofty, Adelaide. 



Laius quinquenotatus, Fairm. 

 PL xiii., figs. 23, 49, 50. 

 This species occurs in abundance on a myrtaceous shrub 

 at Rockhampton (the type locality), but when beating such 

 shrubs into an umbrella a few years ago very few of the species 

 fell into it, as they almost invariably at once took to flight; 

 this is in strong contrast to the sluggish habits of most species 

 of the genus. The type was a male, as the obtuse tooth in 

 the first joint of the antennae was mentioned ; this tooth is 

 at the apex of the joint, projects almost vertically upwards, 

 and its tip is obtusely notched, the second joint is very large, 

 convex on the lower-surface, and irregularly concave on the 

 upper; the front femora have an excavation on the upper- 

 surface as on the males of cinctus, and of several other species. 

 The female differs in having the two basal joints of antennae 

 simple and not so brightly coloured, and the front femora 

 and front tarsi simple. 



