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minus nitida ; iiigro-picea,. 

 rufescentibus ; capite pro- 



F. squiresensis, sp. nov. C)-\'ata 



labro antennis pedibusque 



thoraceque sat fortiter sat crebre punctulatis ; hoc ad latera 



magis crasse punctulato, quam loiigiori pauUo magis quam 



duplo latiori, lateribus sat arcuatis, postice quam antice vix 



dimidio latiori ; elytris crassissime rugulose punctulatis, in 



parte dimidia apicali sat crebre (apicera versus creberrime) 



verrucosis. Long., 3| — 4 1.; lat., 2 — 25- 1. 



This species is a member of Dr. Chapuis' "fourth division" of 



the genus. In shape it resembles P. caliginosa, Chp., except in its 



prothorax being very evidently less transverse ; the prothorax is 



much more closely and evenly punctured, and the elytra are very 



differently sculptured, there being no defined tuberosities on the 



anterior half, but numerous closely and irregularly placed ones 



on the posterior half, especially near the apex. 



Mount Squires. 

 r. nigropicta, Clk. ? Several specimens appertaining to an ex- 

 extremely variable species appear to be the insect to which it 

 is probable that Mr. Clark gave this name. No individual 

 among them agrees exactly with the description, and no two 

 of them are quite identical inter xe. Tliey are of a bright red 

 colour with black markings, N\hich vary considerably in size 

 and shape. In some the labrum is black (as in Clark^s 

 description), in others red, in some the legs are red with dark 

 markings (as in description), in others almost black, and the 

 colour of the under-surface varies from red (as in descrip- 

 tion) to nearly black. The species to a casual glance bears 

 a remarkable resemblance to Coccinella repanda, Casstroem. 

 F. variabilis, Chp., var. ? West of Eraser Range. Tlie pro- 

 thorax seems a little more closely and strongly punctured than 

 in S. Austi'alian examples, and it is possible this may indicate 

 a distinct species. 



MEXIPPUS. 



M. elegans, Blaokb. As noted (in Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S.W., 1890, 

 p. 362) the structural characters of this insect do not agree 

 quite satisfactorily with those of the typical species of 

 Menippufi. 

 Nil])ena ; on flowers of fiiantalum acv,vnnaf,uin. 



