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and thin, four basal joints shining and with distinct punc- 

 tures, third joint slightly longer than first and fifth, and much 

 longer than fourth. Prothorax with sides triangularly 

 dilated on median half; with irregularly distributed punctures 

 varying from small to fairly large, but nowhere very dense. 

 Elytra no wider than widest part of prothorax, sides rather 

 lightly diminishing in width to middle; with dense and 

 somewhat rugose punctures, becoming smaller posteriorly and 

 sparser about base and on shoulders. Legs moderately long, 

 with distinct punctures. Length, 7 mm. 



Hah. — Northern Queensland (Blackburn's Collection). 

 Type (unique), I. 5707. 



The smallest described species of the genus, and allied to 

 pictux. but elytra with very different markings. The large 

 black patch on the pronotum is of irregular shape, but is 

 triangularly notched in front and less conspicuously so 

 behind; the infuscate parts of the elytra are the shoulders, 

 apical sixth, and a large postmedian spot on each side 

 vaguely extended towards the suture ; oh the under-surface 

 there are three disconnected pale spots on the head, there is 

 an infuscate streak from each of the front coxae, the basal 

 half (or more) of each of the four basal segments of abdomen 

 is deeply infuscated, the basal third of the femora is con- 

 spicuously flavous. As the abdomen is without special 

 clothing on any of the segments the type is probably a female. 



Earinus mimultjs, Pasc. 



The typical form of this species has bifasciate elytra, but 

 the abdomen varies from entirely dark (the base of the second 

 segment obscurely diluted with red excepted) to the second, 

 third, and fourth segments almost entirely red. The male 

 has a large rounded patch on each of the third and fourth 

 abdominal segments, very densely clothed with short depressed 

 blackish pubescence, and with numerous long hairs. 



Hah. — South Australia, Victoria, New South Wales, 

 Queensland. 



Var. "Unifasciatus, n. var. 



Differs from the typical form in having but one elytral 

 fascia, the apical one of the typical form being entirely 

 absent. The second, third, and fourth abdominal segments 

 vary from entirely red to more or less narrowly margined with 

 black at their tips; on two specimens the red is extended to 

 the apex of the basal segment. The sexes vary as those of 

 the typical form. 



Hah. — South Australia, Victoria. 



