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one) absent. Tasmanian specimens frequently have the dark 
elytral markings, except the humeral ones, all conjoined (as in 
. G), or even extended (as in fig. H), with all conjoined, only 
rarely are they as in fig. 1; in fig. J is shown a form in which 
the markings are irregularly broken up but black, on many 
specimens, however, the markings are broken up into inde- 
terminate brown specks and blotches, which gradually become 
fainter til the elytra are entirely pale. In fig K the 
markings are reduced to three clusters, and there are many 
e 
antennae gummed to the card, 
apparent differences may be seen, this being partly due to 
matting of pubescence. 
miger, Lea. This is the extreme form on the dark side, 
as gravis is on the pale side. The type was from King Island, 
but there are specimens in the Museum frorn Flinders Island 
o MACROHELODES MONTANUS, n. Sp. : 
pu m Head black ; prothorax reddish, lateral and apical 
„margins paler, base narrowly infuscated; elytra of a dingy 
