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Catasarcus pollinosus, Pasc. 

 C. maculatus, Pasc. 



A specimen sent for examination by Mr. Arrow, marked 

 •as a cotype and bearing a label "Catasarcus pollinosus, 

 Pasc," in Pascoe's own writing, is simply a specimen of 

 maculatus that has the whole of the upper-surface with a 

 curiously leaden or varnished appearance. It was described 

 as "having an ashy-waxy appearance above." This appear- 

 ance is liable to occur on any species of Catasarcus, and I 

 have previously commented upon it under the word "Varnish- 

 ing." < 14 ) As, however, the description of pollinosus was 

 printed (p. 23) before that of maculatus (p. 25) the latter 

 name must be treated as a synonym. The species occurs 

 in abundance at King George Sound and near same. 



It is quite possible that the species is the Cneorhinus 

 impressipennis of Boisduval.( 15 ) The figure of that species 

 is certainly an extremely poor one, but, such as it is, it seems 

 to come closer to this species than to any other before me. 



Catasarcus stigmatipennis, Boi. (formerly Cneorhinus). 



C. transversalis, Germ. 

 C '. memnonius, Pasc. 



A specimen sent for examination by Mr. Arrow as a 

 cotype of memnonius is simply an abraded ( 16 ) one of trans- 

 versalis, the only species of the genus of which I have seen 

 authentic specimens from any other State than Western Aus- 

 tralia. It is common in many parts of Victoria and South 

 Australia, is' considerably variable in size, and abraded speci- 

 mens have a very different appearance from ones in good con- 

 dition. I am also convinced that it is the Cneorhinus 

 stigmatipennis of Boisduval, described as from Port Western 

 (near Melbourne). 



Catasarcus ovinus, Pasc. 



A specimen from the British Museum bears three 

 labels:— 1. "N. Australia." 2. "Bowring, 63.47." 3. 

 "Catasarcus ovinus, Pasc. Compared with type, G. J. A." 

 But in that institution (judging from specimens sent to me 

 for examination) there are many specimens labelled as from 

 North Australia and Bowring that are certainly not from the 

 tropical portions of Australia, belonging to quite common 



(i4)Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S. Wales, 1897, pp. 593, 594. 

 (i5)Voy. "Ast.," p. 350, and Atlas, pi. vii., fig. 9. 

 (16) It was described as being "without any scales." 



