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Amaeygmus. 



Synonymy : — 



1. A. obtusus, Pasc.^J., tristis, Fab., var. 



2. A. ellipsoides, Pasc. = 4. anthracinus, Hope. 



3. A. indigaceus, Pasc. = .4. picicornis, Hope. 



4. A. tasmanicus, Blkb. = 4. alienus, Blkb. (curvi'peSy 



Geb.), var. = J.. uniformis, Blkb. = ^. foveo- 

 striatus, Fairm. = ^. foveoseriatus, Fairm.^J.. 

 raorio, Fab. 



5. A. tardus, Blkb. = (?)x4. torridus, Pasc. = ^. bicolor. 



Fab. 



6. A. rutilipes, Blkb. = ^. minutus, Pasc. 



7. A. maurulus, Pasc. = (?) J., pusillus, Pasc. 



The last-named in each case has the priority. 



A. tristis, Fab. This name has been generally accepted 

 in our museums for the very common black spfecies found over 

 the whole coastal region of New South Wales and Queens- 

 land. In the northern part of New South Wales and in 

 South Queensland I have taken a purple variety, while fur- 

 ther north there is a second variety with greenish elytra and 

 rather larger elytral punctures, but otherwise identical with 

 the Sydney insect. A specimen of obtusus, Pasc, sent by 

 Mr. Blair agrees with the purple variety. I can only regret 

 that he did not send an authentic specimen of tristis, Fab., 

 but I find no mention of this type amongst his notes. 



A. anthracinus, Hope, from Port Essington. The 

 locality is not given in the description, which omission led 

 Blackburn into the assumption that it was an Adelaide insect, 

 hence a black variety of purpureus, Germ. Mr. Blair writes 

 that A. ellipsoides, Pasc. = x4. anthracinus, Hof)e. There is, 

 however, just a shade of doubt as to whether A. semissis, Pasc, 

 is not intended, since evidently semissis and ellipsoides are 

 extremely close, and while specimens of both these species 

 have been sent me, certainly in one case the name ellipsoides 

 has been attached to a specimen — the common Sydney species 

 — which I take to be semissis, Pasc. Both these species were 

 described by Pascoe in the same paper and on the same page, 

 and, while evidently allied, the following distinctions are 

 made by the author. 



A. semissis. A. ellipsoides. 



(1) Elytra black. Greenish-black. 



(2) Eyes moderately appropriate. Eyes not approximate. 



(3) Form broader and less convex. More elliptic. 



(4) Habitat: Kiama (N.S.W.). Queensland. 



