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has lost five of its tarsi, both antennae, and all the palpi) ; 

 but there is a specimen of the species in the South Australian 

 Museum from Mackay, it has nine- jointed antennae, but the 

 fifth and sixth joints are so thin and closely applied to the 

 three- jointed club that it is difficult to see them clearly, the 

 rami of the club are about the combined length of the two 

 apical joints of the palpi, the basal joint of the hind tarsi is 

 not much, but distinctly, longer than the second. 



Phyllotocus ruficollis, Macl. 

 P. sericeus, Macl. 



There are three specimens in the Australian Museum 

 standing as types of sericeus, and all are of the species tabled 

 by Blackburn ( 1Q ) as ruficollis, although he was dubious as to 

 his identification of that species; the type of ruficollis was 

 badly stained, but was partially cleaned for description. It 

 is certainly not the species Blackburn identified and tabled 

 as <Mi$Vralis,( n ) and which he thought might be sericeus. 



Phyllotocus variicollis, Macl. 

 Correctly identified and tabled by Blackburn. < 12 ) 



Phyllotocus bimaculatus, Er. 



On the typical form of this species each elytron has 

 a pale, completely-enclosed spot of variable size, on the basal 

 half; on Tasmanian specimens the spots are usually smaller 

 than on mainland ones. 



var. nigripennis, n. var. 



Mr. H. J. Carter and I recently obtained at Strahan 

 (Tasmania) numerous specimens that differ from the typical 

 form in having the elytra entirely black; the paler parts are 

 also of a brighter red. 



var. basalis, n. var. 



Mr. Aug. Simson obtained at Wentworth Falls (New 

 South Wales), in company with typical specimens, numerous 

 others in which two-fifths of the base of the elytra are pale, 

 the dark part is usually, but not always, advanced along the 

 suture to the base. 



(10) Trans. Roy. Soc. S. Austr., 1898, p. 24. 

 (ii) i.e., p. 23. 

 (12) i.e., pp. 23 and 24. 

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