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S. placriis, Kerr (I.e.). Evidently identical with 8. cava, Blacklv 

 (Tr. Roy. Soc, S.A., 1892, p. 216). 



8. vigilans, Kerr. (I.e.). I have before me specimens from 

 Victoria (M. Kerremans' locality) which agree very well with 

 the description of this species. They appear to me, however, to 

 be merely a variety of & rectifaseiata, Saund. 



8. consul aris, Kerr. (i.e.). = 8. gicttaticollis, Blackb. (Tr. Roy. 

 S.A., 1892, p. 157). 



8. addenda, Kerr. [I.e.). I can find nothing in the description 

 of this insect to distinguish it from S. pallidipennis . Blackb. (Tr. 

 Roy. Soc, S.A., 1890, p. 154). Addenda, moreover, is a norm 

 pryeocc. (Thorns. Typ. Bupr., 1878, p. 52). 



S. bitcolica, Kerr. (I.e.). The description of this species does not- 

 indicate any difference from S. 8ieboIdi, L. and G. 



8. tacit a, Kerr. (I.e.). The habitat of this species is given 

 merely as "Australia " I have examples from Eyre's Peninsula 

 of a 8tigmodera that agrees very well with the description, and 

 which I have regarded doubtfully as a variety of 6'. Kirbyi, Guer., 

 but on reconsideration I think it is a good species. 



8. ocularis, Kerr. (I.e.). I cannot find anything in the descrip- 

 tion of this insect to distinguish it from 8. lillipiitana, Thorns. 



8. mansueta, Kerr. (I.e.) The habitat given is merely "Aus- 

 tralia." I have specimens from W. Australia which fit the 

 description very satisfactorily. 



S. crocipennis, Hope (Bupr., p. 6). This species seems to be 

 generally regarded as identical with S. nifipennis, Kirby. It 

 appears, however, to me to be more probably the allied 

 8. pa rail el a, Saund. 



8. dawsonensis, Blackb. In Tr. Roy. Soc, S.A., 1892, p. 220, 

 I expressed a doubt whether this might not prove to be an 

 extreme variety of 6'. lillipuiana, Thorns. It is, however, a good 

 species. 



8. tasmanica, Kerr. (C.R. Soc Ent. Belg., 1890, p. 2). This 

 insect is certainly I think one of the innumerable varieties of 

 8. 8tricklandi, Hope, of which I have many specimens from 

 Hope's locality (Morialta, near Adelaide), and also from Tas- 

 mania and other localities in Southern Australia. Lightly 

 coloured examples agree with Hope's description in having 

 flavous elytra each marked with a dark spot, below the shoulder 

 a median dark fascia, and a large dark blotch filling the apical 

 one-fourth of the elytra and bearing a small reddish or yellow 

 spot in its middle. There is a still lighter variety in which the 

 spot in the dark apex is much enlarged, and another in which it 

 becomes a fascia cutting off a dark fascia from the front of the 

 apical dark blotch. Other specimens are darker than the type, — 

 the subhumeral dark spot enlarging till it becomes a fascia and 



