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scutellum), is then deflected obliquely backwards, and then 

 to the sides, so that a large pale spot is left on each shoulder; 

 the second is submedian, commences almost at the suture, is 

 deflected obliquely backwards, and then outwards, but 

 does not quite extend to the sides ; the third is sub- 

 apical, and touches neither suture nor sides, so that it 

 appears as a rather large spot on each elytron ; between 

 these spots and the median fascia the pale portion appears 

 as six elongate, almost disconnected spots, of which the one 

 on each side of the suture is considerably longer than the 

 others. 



Orchesia multinotata, n. sp. 



Castaneous; palpi paler, parts of under-surface infus- 

 cated. Densely clothed with somewhat golden pubescence, in 

 places becoming conspicuously darker. 



Head with small dense punctures. Antennae rather 

 short, . four apical joints forming a loose club. Prothorax 

 about twice as wide as the median length, sides almost 

 parallel on basal half, strongly rounded in front, base trun- 

 cate, much wider than apex, with a very shallow depression 

 near base towards each side; marginal carina on each side 

 confined to basal half. Elytra the width of prothorax at 

 base, parallel-sided for a short distance, and then gradually 

 narrowing to apex. Under-surface strongly ridged along 

 middle. Hind spurs about as long as their supporting tibiae, 

 and shorter than the following joint. Length, 4 mm. 



Hob. — Victoria : Dividing Range (Blackburn's collec- 

 tion). Type (unique), I. 6100. 



Structurally close to austrina, but multi-maculate. At 

 first glance the upper-surface appears to have numerous dark 

 spots: these are due partly to the derm itself being darker 

 than the adjacent parts, but principally to the clothing there 

 being conspicuously dark, in some lights the spots appear to 

 be of a rusty-brown, and in others almost purplish; there 

 are four across the middle of the pronotum ; on each elytron 

 there is one on the suture at the base, one a short distance 

 behind it, two conjoined ones between and to the side of the 

 first two, several forming an irregular fascia (interrupted at 

 the suture) across the middle, and several forming another 

 interrupted fascia at about the apical fourth. The punctures 

 of the upper-surface are dense and fine, and much the same 

 throughout. 



Talayra elongata, Macl. 



Two specimens from the Tasmanian Lakes district differ 

 from the typical form of this species in having the punctures 

 of the upper-surface much finer, but I can find no other 

 differences likely to be of specific importance. 



