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by the late Rev. T. Blackburn. Not all the varieties before 

 me are here figured ; indeed, to do this would mean that 

 almost every specimen would have to be done, but the 

 selection given sufficiently indicates the great variability of 

 the species. The markings are sometimes different on the 

 different sides of an individual. The markings on the head, 

 pygidium, under-surface, and legs are also extremely variable. 

 The markings on the female are usually less in area than on 

 the male, and her head, scutellum, pygidium, and abdomen 

 are not uncommonly entirely black. 



Chlorobapta besti, Westw. 

 PI. ix., figs. 52 and 53. 

 A species apparently confined to Victoria and the 

 southern parts of New South Wales. The markings are some- 

 times almost identical with those of tibialis, but the hind 

 tibiae of the male are utterly different to those of that species. 



Chlorobapta tibialis, Lea. 

 tibialis, Moser. 



This species was described by myself in 1911. In the 

 following year it was described under the same name by Herr 

 J. Moser. 



The female differs from the male in being somewhat 

 stouter, less of the head and under-surface green, each of the 

 spots on the pygidium without a median black spot, abdomen 

 evenly convex along middle, front tibiae more acutely 

 tridentate, middle tibiae thinner, with an acute median tooth, 

 claws of middle tarsi of even size and shape, hind tibiae 

 thinner, much less hairy, not dentate on lower-surface, but 

 with an acute median outer tooth, and apex acutely dentate 

 and bispinose. 



The female is rather wider than the female of besti, the 

 prothorax more transverse with somewhat smaller punctures, 

 the markings of a much brighter shade of green, and the 

 mesosternal process considerably larger. 



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Chlorobapta hirtipes, n. sp. 



PL vi., fig. 5. 



c? . Black, with dark-green markings. Under-surface 

 in parts with moderately long hair; hind tibiae with a con- 

 spicuous fringe of long black hair on one side, and on the 

 other a fascicle at base and another at apex. 



Head constricted behind eyes, with dense and fairly 

 coarse punctures between eyes, becoming smaller on neck. 

 Clypeus about as long as wide, a depression towards each 



