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A. lemoides, Pasc. I have not seen any Aulicus that will fit 

 the description. The few structural characters mentioned are 

 founded on a comparison with " A. instabilis, Newm.," but it is 

 impossible to ascertain (without reference to his collection) to 

 what Aulicus Pasc. attributed that name. I should conjecture 

 A. lemoides to be possibly a var. of A. rufipes, Macl. 



A. mellinipes, Chevr. I am convinced that I have not seen 

 this species. If the statement that its prothorax is longer than 

 wide is strictly accurate (by measurement) I am doubly sure 

 that I have not seen it. 



In the following pages I describe nine new species of Aulicus 

 and furnish notes on several of the previously described species. 

 I also furnish a tabulation of all the species except the four 

 remarked on above. In this tabulation I have found it necessary 

 in several instances to rely upon colour distinctions, because in 

 the case of species that I have identified only by means of the 

 descriptions it might be misleading to characterise them by 

 characters not actually mentioned in the descriptions, as there is 

 of course a possibility of some of the identifications being wrong, 

 — but, as it is, the tabulation is right according to the authors' 

 descriptions even if my identifications are wrong, — except in the 

 case of instabilis, Newm., episcopalis, Spin., delicatulus, Bohem, 

 and corallipes, Chevr., of which I have not seen authentic speci- 

 mens, but have assumed the correctness of my identification. I 

 may say, however, that I have not the slightest doubt about all 

 the species included in the tabulation being perfectly valid ones. 

 The genus has been in so complete a state of confusion that it 

 seems worth while to treat it as a whole (which has not been done 

 before) in respect of its Australian members, even if my treat- 

 ment of it should prove eventually to require a few corrections. 



Tabulation of species of the genus Aulicus : — 



A. Elytra variegated with different colouring or pubescence in transverse 

 zones. 



B. At least one of the zones testaceous. 



C. The apex and a median (or submedian) zone 



testaceous .. ... ... ... apicalis, Macl. 



CC. Elytra having only a median testaceous zone croesus, Blackb. 

 CCO. Elytra having the base and a median zone 

 testaceous. 

 D. Prevailing colour of elytra bronzy-red, — no 



black ... ... ... ... Master si, Macl. 



DD. Prevailing colour of elytra black . . . dives, Blackb. 



BB. No testaceous colouring on the elytra. 

 C. Apical part of elytra not aureo-villose. 



D. Club of antenna? black ... . . ... multicolor, Chevr. 



DD. Club of antennae testaceous ... ... sculptus, Macl. 



CC. Apical part of elytra aureo-villose .*. chrysurus, Chevr. 



A A. Elytra not variegated with different colouring or 

 pubescence in transverse zones. 

 B. Antennae black ... .... «. ... Icetus, Chevr. 



