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Misophrice setulosa, Blackb. 

 The Tasmanian specimens, which with some doubt I pre- 

 viously < 49 ) referred to setulosa, have since been compared with 

 some co-types of that species, and agree with same. 



Misophrice squamibunda, Lea. 



The type of this species appears to be a rather small 

 female. I have recently taken numerous specimens of the 

 species at Bluff (Queensland) ranging in length from If to 

 3 mm. The species is allied to cristatifrons, but it is more 

 densely clothed, inter-ocular crest more feeble in the male, 

 and practically absent from the female. One specimen lias 

 the scales paler than elsewhere on the suture, on the fifth 

 and seventh interstices about the base, on the second, fourth, 

 and sixth beyond the middle, and on the third near apex : on 

 some of the others these markings can be discerned with 

 difficulty, but the suture is always clothed with whitish scales. 

 On the under-surface the scales are frequently coppery-green 

 or bluish. On the prothorax there are some scattered dark 

 scales. 



A female from Aloomba (Queensland, Blackburn's col- 

 lection) is unusually small (1-| mm.), and the pale scales on 

 the upper-surface have a slight greenish tinge. Two large 

 (2^-3 mm.) specimens, from Mount Tambourine, have the 

 majority of the scales on the upper-surface of a pale smoky- 

 brown, with the pale markings on the elytra very conspicuous. 

 On the prothorax also there are three pale longitudinal 

 stripes. On the under-surface and legs most of the scales 

 have a pale-greenish gloss. 



Misophrice nigripes, Lea. 



Numerous specimens from Mount Lofty and Kangaroo 

 Island appear to belong to this species. The Kangaroo 

 Island ones agree perfectly with the types, but the others are 

 somewhat larger, and resemble the Variety B. Numerous 

 specimens from Mittagong also appear to belong to the same 

 variety. 



Variety C. Numerous specimens, taken by Mr. C. Gib- 

 bons near Sydney, appear to represent another variety. 

 Their scales nearly all have a beautiful golden gloss, on a few 

 merging to golden-green, especially on the legs and under- 

 surface. 



Misophrice parallela, Blackb. 



This species was described from a single specimen from 

 Port Lincoln. Subsequently I sent numerous specimens from 



(49) Trans. Roy. Soc., S.A., 1906, p. 79. 



