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Stethopachys Formosa, Baly. 

 This species occurs from the Richmond River, through 

 the coastal districts of Queensland to Darwin. In the most 

 abundant form the elytra have five spots, three somewhat 

 angular sub-basal ones, and two rounded or transverse sub- 

 apical ones; occasionally the three sub-basal ones are con- 

 joined, and frequently the subapical ones are; on an occa- 

 sional specimen the spots are entirely absent, and occasionally 

 they are reduced to two small subapical ones and a minute 

 one near each shoulder ; on one specimen each subhumeral 

 spot is split up into two, so that there is a transverse series 

 of five spots near the base. There are also other varieties, 

 but I have seen none bearing the cephalic spot of the type. 



Stethomela purpureipennis, Lea. 

 A specimen of this species has recently been taken at 

 Hobart by Mr. G. H. Hardy. 



Calomela tenuicornis, Lea. 



Mr. Carter informs me that the locality "Sandgate ,r 

 for the specimen received from him should have been 

 "Sandstone" (half-way between Murchison and Kalgoorlie). 



Arsipoda kingensis, Blackb. 



The late Rev. T. Blackburn described kingensis as a 

 variety of variegata, but I am convinced that it should be 

 regarded as a distinct species. In addition to the King 

 Island specimens numerous others have been taken in various 

 parts of Tasmania, and there were two in the Blackburn 

 collection from Adelaide, and all these differ from variegata- 

 in being distinctly narrower, prothoracic and elytra punc- 

 tures considerably larger, colour invariably very pale, and 

 the elytra never with darker markings. Variegata is cer- 

 tainly a variable species, but I have never seen a specimen 

 without some darker markings, and even the palest specimens 

 differ from kingensis in the structural features noted. 



Chirida multicolor, Blackb. 



The type of this species was described as having on its 

 prothorax "a short broad blackish vitta running forward a 

 short distance from the base and dilating at its front." But 

 on a cotype the vitta, although of the shape described, is of 

 a rather light brown. There are numerous other specimens 

 before me (from Cairns, Mulgrave River, Mackay, and Clar- 

 ence River) that structurally agree so well with the cotype 

 that I cannot regard them as distinct, but they all have the 

 prothorax immaculate. 



