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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, Blackb. 



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 



where markings are present these are often asymmetrical ; 

 in size it ranges from 6'5 to 10 mm., the average of New South 

 Wales specimens being about 7, those of Tasmania about 9. 

 Two specimens from the Blue Mountains (figs. A and B) 

 were standing in the Blackburn collection as crassus; two from 

 Blackheath (figs. C and D) differ in having the median spot 

 or fascia broken up into two, and one (fig. C) has the subapical 

 spot broken up into two. A small specimen from Ebor 

 (fig. E) has the humeral spot greatly reduced in size, and one 

 (fig. F) from New South Wales, and another from the 

 Endeavour River, have the markings (except the humeral 



