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species in New South Wales, Victoria, or Western Australia. 

 This species is a common one in Western Australia, and is- 

 the one I previously ( 17 ) surmised to be such. 



Catasarcus griseus, Pasc. 



A specimen sent as a cotype of griseus is certainly very 

 close to the preceding one, but differs in the elytral striation 

 being less evident posteriorly, and the punctures towards the 

 base more or less transversely confluent (much as on many 

 specimens of transver satis). In Pascoe's table they are 

 separated by griseus being "oval and more or less oblong" 

 and by ovinus being "shortly ovate"; there is certainly a 

 slight difference in the comparative widths of the specimens 

 sent, but there are specimens of ovinus before me with a 

 still greater range in width. In griseus the first joint of the 

 funicle was described as "very little longer than the second," 

 in ovinus as "considerably longer"; but on each of the speci- 

 mens sent the first joint appears to be about one-fourth longer 

 than the second, the proportions being exactly the same. 

 That the two forms represent distinct species I can hardly 

 believe; if they should eventually prove to be varieties 

 griseus has priority. 



Catasarcus ceratus, Pasc. 



C . granulatus, Lea. 



A specimen sent for examination by Mr. Arrow, marked 

 as a cotype, and bearing a label "Catasarcus ceratus, Pasc," 

 in Pascoe's own writing, is simply a varnished one of the 

 species I subsequently named granulatus. Its finer sculpture 

 is naturally less conspicuous and the varnishing has extended 

 even to parts of the legs. Its antennae are missing, but those 

 of the type were wrongly described. ( 18 > 



Catasarcus longicornis, Pasc. 



A Champion Bay specimen sent for examination as a 

 cotype of longicornis agrees well (even as to the antennae) 

 with a species, common about the Swan River, which I have 

 long had as hopei. But probably Pascoe had another species 

 as hopei, and I am not prepared to defend my identification 

 of the latter. It might be pointed out, however, that the 

 differences relied upon in his table by Pascoe could very well 

 be sexual. 



(17) Trans. Roy. Soc. S. Austr., 1909, p. 155. 



(18) See note Trans. Roy. Soc. S. Austr., 1909, p. 156. 



