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'265. Wide dark apical mark surrounding 2 yellow spots — 



humeralis, Kerr.; tillyardi, Cart. 



Note. — A Brisbane variety of this is without 



humeral vitta. 

 266. Underside yellow, head with yellow spot, apex and 



margins of elytra red — flaviceps, Cart. 

 267-281. Elytra with circum-scutellary patch, postmedial fascia 



and apex dark. 

 268-27-5. Prothorax concolorous. 

 269-271. Circum-scutellary patch large (extending over greater 



part of anterior third). 



270. Size large (18 mm. long), pronotum and underside 



bronzy-black — brerrn i, Hope. 



271. Size medium (13-16 mm. long), pronotum and underside 



golden-coppery — ornata, Blackb. 

 272-27-5. Circum-scutellary patch small. 



*273. Elytral markings bine, intervals smooth, 13 mm. long — 



cordifer, Kerr. 



274. Elytral markings green, intervals punctate, 9 mm. long 



— doddi, Cart. 



275. Size small (6-7 mm. long), scutellary spot connected at 



base with shoulder spots — hilaris, Hope. 

 276-281. Prothorax with yellow or red margins. 

 277. Apices strongly bispinose, elytral intervals closely 



punctate — biguttata, Macl. ; terrae-reginae, Blackb. ; 



triangulosa, Kerr. 

 "278. Apices lunate subbispinose, intervals smooth — gibbicollis, 



Saund. ; fascigera, Kerr. 

 279-281. Apices of elytra simply rounded. 



280. Scutellary patch not extending to sides at base, 



markings dark-green — grata, Saund. 



281. Scutellary patch extending to sides at base, markings 



bright-green — subgTata, Blackb.; campestris, Kerr. 



Xote. — In the last two species — doubtfully distinct — 

 the lateral half of each elytron is much more closely 

 punctate than the sutural half. 



282-306. Elytra dark with two yellow or red fasciae. 



283-291. Medial pale fascia arcuate and interrupted at suture. 



284-290. Size large (15-20 mm. long), posterior margins denticulate. 



285-301. Prothorax concolorous. 



286-289. Apices of elytra rounded, upper-surface mostly blue- 

 black or blue. 



287. Pronotum dark-bronze, underside blue (with or without 



yellow humeral spot) — hoffmannseggi, Hope. 



288. Pronotum dark-violet, underside dark-green — fairmairei, 



Kerr. 



289. Pronotum and underside copperv or golden — paUas, 



Blackb. 



290. Apices feebly bidentate, whole surface (except fasciae) 



bright-blue (with or without yellow humeral spot, the 

 latter form with prothorax much widened and elytra 

 obovate) — klugi, C. and G. 



291. Size smaller (10-14 mm. long), posterior margins entire, 



upper-surface bright-green, underside coppery-green 

 with latero-subhumeral vellow spot — dimidiate., 

 Cart. 



Note. — This species is specifically near cyanicollis, 

 Boisd. ; viridis, C. and G. ; and leai, Cart., but the 

 exigencies of tabulation place it here. 



