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MACROHELODES PRINCEPS, Blackb. 
I have seen no specimen agreeing with the description 
of this species, the type of which is now in the British 
Museum; should it prove to belong to the same species as 
crassus, it has precedence over that name. 
MACROHELODES CRASSUS, Blackb. 
var. intricatus, Blackb. 
var. gravis, ckb. 
var. tasmanicus, Blackb. 
var. niger, Lea. 
This appears to be the most variable Australian species 
of the family, as it ranges from specimens having the upper- 
surface entirely pale, to those having it entirely black, and 
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where markings are present these are often asymmetrical ; 
in size it ranges from 6'5 to 10 mm., the average of New South 
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Spot broken up into two. A small specimen 
(fg. E) has the humeral spot greatly reduced in size, and one 
( F) from N Wales, and another from the 
