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r at least blackish-brown. The typical and fairly common 
orm. 
orm 3. As 1, but with a pale oblique fascia on each 
elytron. A fairly common form, but the vittae vary in ex- 
Form 4. Coloured as described for the second male of 
the original specimens, one of which was identified by Macleay 
as pusilla. A rare form. 
Form 5. As 1, but with two infuscated blotches on the 
prothorax; the head is also sometimes infuscated. A rather 
rare form. 
Females. 
. Form 6. As 1, except that the abdomen is paler than 
tlie metasternum. A rather rare form, one of which is a 
cotype female belongs to this form, which is variable and not 
as belonging to it; one of the females identified by Macleay 
as pusilla could also be referred to it, although its head and 
prothorax are dark, but not black. | 
Form 8. Entirely pale, except that the tips of some of 
the tarsal joints and the club of the antennae are more or 
less infuscated. This is the most common form of the female, 
and includes the type female of pallida. A rather dark speci- 
men of it was in error labelled as aphodioides in the Black- 
burn collection. 
There is also a female from the Blackburn collection that 
i ins infuscated: nar- 
rowly at the base, rather widely at the apex; much as on 
Form 2; but as there is but one specimen before me it has 
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CHEIRAGRA ATRA, Macl. 
ae In describing this species Macleay said he had only seen 
. @ male of it; but two specimens were pinned through the 
. name label in the Macleay Museum; the type male, and a 
