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cotypes of meyricki, and one as a cotype of parallelusA 26 ^ Of 

 a pair taken in cop. at Geraldton the male agrees perfectly 

 with the specimens identified as westermanni, the female 

 agrees perfectly (except that the head and part of the 

 antennae are much darker) with the cotypes of meyricki. 

 Of another pair taken in cop. at Bunbury, the male agrees 

 perfectly with the cotype of parallelus ; the latter certainly 

 has not anything near as parallel elytra * as is implied by 

 the description, these being (except for the sexual difference 

 in width) practically the same as in the cotypes of meyricki. 



Crioceris fuscomaculata, Clark. 

 C. recens, Blackb., var. 

 This species is very variable and is abundant in Northern 

 Queensland. The following more or less constant colour forms 

 may be noted : — 



A. Flavous; head (neck usually excepted), scutellum, 

 parts of under-surface and of appendages (most of femora 

 excepted) black. In general appearance this form is close to 

 C. nigripes, but differs considerably in the punctures and in 

 the shape of the prothorax; that species appears also to have 

 the scutellum invariably pale, on this (and in all other forms 

 of the species) it is invariably dark. On this and on form B 

 the elytral punctures are often surrounded by watery rings, 

 when they appear to be considerably larger than they really 

 are; on examining them from the sides, however, they are 

 seen to be no larger than on the darker specimens. 



B. Like A, except that on each elytron before the middle 

 there is a conspicuous more or less rounded black spot. This 

 is the typical form. > 



C. Black, elytra flavous, a large black spot on each 

 elytron. 



D. Like A, except that there is a large black blotch on 

 the elytra occupying more than half of the surface, but 

 leaving the basal third, margins, and apex pale. 



E. Like D, except that the suture is pale throughout. 



F. Black, basal fourth of elytra (and sometimes the 

 extreme margins or portions of them) pale. This is the 

 variety recens. 



There are other forms varying in the under-surface ancf 

 legs; one before me is entirely black, except that a narrow 

 basal edging to each elytron and parts of the under-surface 

 and of the femora are reddish. The pale colour on the various 

 forms varies from a clear flavous to a rather dark red, but 

 this may be due to age, etc. 



(26) Although he stated that "a single specimen was taken." 



