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in perfect condition. On its upper-surface the pale markings 

 consist of a medio-apical stripe on prothorax, a latero-basal 

 mark, something like an h or k on the right side (and, of 

 course, reversed on tlie left), and many spots on the elytra 

 (on the type it was stated that there were about fifteen on 

 each elytron, but on the present one there are at least thirty 

 on each), a few of which extend across several interstices, 

 and one on each side near apex is rather elongate. The spaces 

 between the spots are clothed with minute scales, usually 

 more or less brown or sooty. The third interstice is distinctly 

 elevated near the base and has there numerous transverse 

 ridges; similar but less distinct ridges are on the suture and 

 even less distinct ones on some of the other interstices. 



Genus Orochlesis, Pascoe.'is) 



Queenslandica, Lea.(i^) 



There is before me a Yule Island specimen (taken by 

 d'Albertis) and sent by Dr. Gestro as 0. annular is,^"^^") Pasc, 

 although it differs slightly from the original description. Of 

 the conspicuous apical spot Pascoe says "saturate vinosa, 

 albido-marginata" and ''the spot is free from scales, and has, 

 although opaque, a somewhat velvety appearance." On the 

 Yule Island specimen the spot is but feebly margined, and 

 the spot itself is really composed of blackish scales, so closely 

 compacted that it is only from certain directions, and in cer- 

 tain lights, that they can be seen to be scales. If Dr. Gestro 's 

 specimen is correctly named, as it appears to be, the original 

 figures (plate viii., figures 2 and 2a) are not very happy ones. 

 They, in fact, led me to believe that the genus was one of 

 the allies of Psejjhula.r, although certainly Pascoe noted it 

 as allied to Perissops. The genus, however, is undoubtedly 

 synonymous with Queenslandica, and the latter name must 

 therefore fall. 



Orochlesis posticalis, Lea f Queenslandica J . 



This species is extremely close to annidaris, but differs 

 from the description in having the subapical spot not at all 

 margined by white scales; it is quite possibly synonymous, 

 but the figures given of annidaris would give a very mis- 

 leading idea of it. 



(18) Jour. Linn. Soc, 1871, p. 194. 



a9)Proc. Linn. Soc, N.S.W., 1903, p. 664. 



'20) 0. annularis must be regarded as the typical species of its 

 genus, as it was the first one described, and the only one figured 

 bv Pascoe. 



