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1. Prothorax (fig. 132) with a large discal reddish - 

 castaneous space, the space connected with the margins 

 (which also are narrowly reddish), except for a slight sub- 

 marginal infuscation. Pygidium obscurely reddish across 

 middle.' Middle tibiae and hind femora paler than the rest of 

 the legs. 



2. Prothorax (fig. 133) with the discal mark distinctly 

 connected with the margins. Pygidium red, with a triangular 

 mark attached to the base. Legs almost entirely reddish. 



3. Prothorax (fig. 134) almost entirely red, elytra clouded 

 with black over most of the surface. Pygidium paler but 

 otherwise much as on preceding specimen. Abdomen with a 

 flavous spot at the side of each of the four basal segments. 

 Legs mostly red. 



DlAPHONIA NOTABILIS, White. 



The type of this species was recorded as from New 

 Holland, in a paper in which species from both sides of the 

 continent were described ; and, from the paper itself, there 

 is no authority to record it from Western Australia, as was 

 done in Masters' Catalogue. 



Janson figured, as doubtfully a female of this species, 

 a specimen from Cape York, in which the prothoracic blotch 

 has a pale median mark. This form I believe to be Antlira- 

 copharis tceniata (see notes under that species). If he cor- 

 rectly identified it then tceniata must fall as a synonym. 



Kraatz gives notabilis, of White, as the male, and notabi- 

 lis, of Janson, as the female, of one species ; which he refers 

 to his new genus Chondropyga. But it is to be noted that the 

 front tibiae of the type are figured as distinctly bidentate, 

 and therefore presumably it was a female (in Ablacopus, how- 

 ever, the front tibiae are not always to be relied upon as 

 sexually distinctive). All the specimens that I have seen and 

 believe to be tceniata have the prothoracic blotch joined to 

 both base and apex in the male ; and (with one exception) 

 isolated with a median spot in the female (as figured by Janson 

 but not by White). 



White described the clypeus as having four small obscure 

 spots in front; many specimens of tceniata and trapezifer 

 have such spots, but others have but two isolated ones, or 

 all may be more or less merged in the general colour. He 

 also states that the species "seems to be allied to 

 succinea." In fact, the figure given is much like several 

 specimens of succinea before me, and the abdomen of many 

 of these agree with his description ; but I have never seen 

 a, specimen of that species with a spotted pygidium, although 

 "the prothoracic markings are variable and are usually absent. 



