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Of these the only definite character, since the colour dis- 

 tinction is slight, is (2), and I find this clearly demonstrated 

 in specimens sent. 



Cnodulon picico7'ne, Hope = ^4. indigaceus, Pasc. Mr. 

 Blair writes: "Hope's type is rather smashed up, and ap- 

 pears to be a little longer than Pascoe's, but I think there can 

 be no doubt as to the identity of the two. Pascoe's bears 

 locality Sydney, while Hope's has none — only three of his 

 types bear locality indications in Hope's writing on the name 

 label." 



.4. unifonnis, Blkb., Mr. Blair writes, "is either very 

 near or conspecific with .4. foveoseriatus, Fairm., from Duke 

 of York Island, though the latter is a dark greenish-black 

 colour." This is the colour given by Blackburn for uniform/is 

 in his note under the description ; moreover, the fauna of 

 Duke of York Island is typically a Queensland faana, from 

 many experiences in other species. 



A. tasmanicus, Blkb., was stated by Blackburn to be a 

 variety of unifoi^mis. Gebien places it in the new catalogue 

 as a distinct species. The locality (Tasmania) requires con- 

 firmation, as, so far, only a single mutilated specimen (the type) 

 is known, and is probably explained by the well-known possi- 

 bility of error in labels, as is shown in the case of C . sefosus, 

 Blkb. 



.4. cdlenus, Blkb. (curvi'pes, nov . nom., Geb.), Mr. Blair 

 writes, ''is, I think, identical with specimens labelled as 

 costafus, H. Deyr (?M.S.), from New Guinea. How they 

 got down to Victoria is beyond me. [Probably another erratic 

 label. — H. J. c] This specimen differs [from uniformis^ in its 

 blackish-green instead of bronzy-green colour, and in the 

 punctures of the median series being much larger and further 

 apart than the rest. The latter character is present in 

 uniformis, but to a less degree, and these two may be con- 

 specific." It is very probable that allenus is thus only a 

 variety of foveoseriatus, Fairm. ; at any rate, alienus is nom 

 'prceocc. by Pascoe for a Ceylon species. 



A. hicolor, Fab. Mr. Blair writes: "Very near torridus, 

 Pasc. The elytra are scarcely so nitid as in specimen sent; 

 the punctures, especially on the declivity, are fewer but more 

 elongate, with a tendency to run together in pairs. Instead 

 of being concolorous with the elytra, they have a tarnished 

 appearance as in tardus, Blkb. The legs and under-side are 

 of a darker red, as they are in some specimens of our series. 

 Tardus, Blkb., is, in my opinion, probably identical with 

 hicolor, Fab. The type is a little larger, ander-side and legs 

 still darker, and the number of punctures on the inner series 

 is distinctly larger than in the others ; the tendency to form 

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