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greenish-yellow. Even if killed in other ways the green 

 usually changes, unless the internal parts are quickly 

 removed. The species is commonly called the "Horseshoe 

 Beetle" or "Fiddler Beetle," on account of the markings. 

 These are singularly constant; slight variations of detail as 

 regards the vittse occur, but I have seen no specimens of the 

 species that could not be confidently identified at a glance. 

 But the only specimen that I have seen from the Northern 

 Territory has the median prothoracic vitta reduced to a small 

 indistinct spot, and the transverse basal mark to two small 

 disconnected spots. 



On the female there is an angular black spot in the 

 middle of the pygidium, connected with the base by a short 

 Tslack line. On the male there are two spots connected with 

 the lower edge of the pygidium; but separated internally, 

 with a median black vitta extending from the base to about 

 the middle. 



var. intricata, n. var. 

 PL vii., fig. 22. 



A female in Mr. French's collection, from North Queens- 

 land, is labelled "Schiz. panzeri, Swartz, or sp. nov.," in 

 the late Rev. T. Blackburn's writing. This was, no doubt, 

 a guess on his part, as he had not seen the description of 

 panzeri. In Masters' Catalogue panzeri is given as a synonym 

 of australasice, and the description, except for the base of the 

 prothorax, agrees quite well with ordinary specimens of the 

 species, whose markings have faded from green to flavous. 

 Of the basal markings Swartz says "ante basin linea trans- 

 versa sinuata flava (subinde interrupta)" ; whereas on normal 

 specimens the basal marking is usually continuous and con- 

 nects with the lateral ones. 



On Mr. French's specimen, however, there is a discon- 

 nected curved mark on each side of the base, and on each 

 elytron there is a narrow vitta on each side of the suture, 

 commencing just before the tip of the scutellum, and ter- 

 minating some distance before the postmedian fascia. In all 

 structural details, however, it agrees with normal females, so 

 it does not appear desirable to give it more than a varietal 

 name. 



EUPCECILA EVANESCENS, 11. Sp. 



PL vi., fig. 4; pi. xiii., fig. 183. 

 9 . Black ; pale markings as follows : — Clypeus (except 

 for the tips and a short line connected with each of same) ; 

 sides (the extreme outer base black) and apex (but not the 

 extreme apex) of prothorax (but with a small dark spot on 

 each side); a median line on scutellum; a curved line on each 

 elytron from the base to basal third, a small spot half-way 



