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[Since the above was written Mr. Blair, of the British 

 Museum, has written that the type of mansaeta is unique in 

 that institution, and in the Register is noted as from "New 

 Holland, north and north-west coast" ; he has also supplied 

 the following description : — "Eyes wide apart, rather more 

 so than in atkinsoni (now referred to Ischnomera) . not very 

 prominent. Head behind antennae greenish-black, front part 

 testaceous with piceous labrum. Thorax reddish-testaceous 

 with two pairs of dark spots, one smaller lateral at about 

 3 length, other larger dorsal at about § length ; also a pair 

 of large round depressions on fore part of disc ; finely and 

 sparsely punctured. Elytra greenish-black with dense grey 

 pubescence, densely and finely punctate. Underside (except 

 prothorax) greenish-black with grey pubescence. Femora 

 reddish-testaceous, fuscous at apex, tibiae and tarsi dark, the 

 former paler towards base. Antennae incomplete, black, basal 

 joints lighter, second joint half as long as third, the latter 

 a little longer than first. Mandibles apparently pointed, not 

 bifid; maxillary palpi, last joint widest in middle, about 

 one and one-half times as long as broad." If the mandibles 

 are really not simple, this description makes it clear that the 

 species is really a synonym of Copidita litoralis, of which it 

 has precedence : and probably the locality given (for 

 mansueta) was wrong.] 



4. Copidita bipartifa, Champ. Evidently close to torrida, 

 from which it apparently differs in the markings and more 

 sharply defined costae of elytra. As it was from Roebuck 

 Bay it is extremely improbable that it was founded upon 

 Oedemera bivittata (a guess of Blackburn's). 



5. Pseudananca ruficollis, Blackb. The type of this 

 species was unique in the Blackburn collection, and is now 

 in the British Museum. It was referred to the Oedemeridae 

 with doubts, and is the smallest Australian species referred to 

 the family. There is nothing approaching the description in 

 any of the collections of Heteromera to which I have had 

 access. 



Following is a catalogue of the described Australian 



species ; when the species is given in Masters' Catalogue his 



numbers, given in parentheses, have been considered sufficient 



references up to the date of that catalogue : — 



Pseudolycus, Guer. : Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr., 1833, p. 155; 



Lacord. : v., p. 708; Champ.: Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond., 



1895, p. 247; Blackb.: Trans. Roy. Soc. S. Austr., 1899, 



p. 84. 



haemorrhoidalis, Fab. (Lycus, 4414) ; Champ. : I.e., 

 p. 247; Blackb.: I.e., p. 85; Lea: Proc. Roy. Soc. 

 Vict,, 1907, p. 169. N.S. Wales ; Vict. ; Tas. ; King 

 Island. 



