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In being entirely black; one is black except for a spot on the 

 clypeus ; another is black except for a similar spot, and some 

 vague spaces on the elytra near the suture about base and 

 apex ; another has a spot on the head, a fairly large irregular 

 space on each side of the prothorax, and a vague oblique 

 space on each elytron from the shoulder to near apex obscurely 

 diluted with red ; the seventh has a fairly large spot on the 

 head (the spot itself with a black circular spot on each side), 

 a minute spot on each side of the prothorax, and much of the 

 elytra pale ; the pale portion on each elytron is almost flavous, 

 but clouded in places, it extends from near the base to near 

 the apex, starting at a short distance from the suture, and 

 extending to about one-third from the margins, but with an 

 inf uscate line for about ' two-thirds of its length down the 

 middle. Of the females one has an almost equal amount of 

 the elytra pale to that of the seventh male, but the infuscate 

 line is wanting, and there is an infuscate cloud extending 

 into the pale portion from the posterior half of the suture. 

 On this specimen there is a scarcely traceable spot on each 

 side of the prothorax, and the clypeus has a fairly large pale 

 space, with a distinct black spot on each side, and a vague 

 median line. The other female has a fairly large pale spot 

 on the clypeus, with a distinct black spot in the middle, and 

 an obscure one on each side, its prothorax at first appears to 

 be immaculate, but on close examination a vague spot may 

 be seen on each side. Each elytron has a fairly large space 

 diluted with red along the middle, the markings distinct, 

 but not sharply defined. 



Structurally the female differs from the male in being 

 rather stouter, tarsi shorter, front tibiae tridentate ( 32 ) and each 

 of the middle ones as well as the hind ones with a median 

 tooth, its abdomen is strongly convex along the middle, and 

 its pygidium is acutely carinated posteriorly. ( 33 ) 



Hab. — Queensland: Cairns (H. Elgner and H. H. D. 

 Griffith from E. Allen), Endeavour River and Mount Bartle 

 Frere (C French, and National Museum, Melbourne, from 

 C. French). 



MlCROPCECILA CINCTA, Don. 



var. breweri, Janson. 



An abundant species about Sydney, where in some years 

 it may be seen in thousands on flowers of Angojiliora cordi folia. 



(32) One female has the teeth much less acute than those of the 

 other, but the tibise show evidences of abrasion by digging. 



(33) A rather uncommon feature in the subfamily, but exactly 

 as on the female of trapezifer. 



