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infuscated. A second male has the head entirely pale, the 

 prothorax pale except for a large infuscated spot on each 

 side, the dark parts of the elytra less blackish, and the pale 

 fascia at the median third larger ; most of the antennae and 

 of the tibiae are also infuscated. The type female has the 

 head, prothorax, scutellum, antennae (except the extreme 

 tips), and legs flavous, with the dark basal fascia not much 

 darker than the pale one following it, and the postmedian 

 one hardly infuscated. On the second female the base of the 

 head and part of the prothorax are vaguely infuscated, and 

 the elytral markings arc very obscurely defined, the infus- 

 cation of the legs is also slight. As with other males of the 

 genus the apparent second joint of the antennae appears of 

 different shape from almost every point of view. 



Hypattalus punctulatus, Blackb. 

 Although Hypattalus was proposed by Blackburn on 

 species that differed in their tarsi from typical species of 

 the genus Attains, and the male tarsi of the latter were 

 commented upon, he did not denote the sex of either H. 

 'punctulatus, or H. elegans (described on the same page), and 

 there M'ere no particulars given (the legs, except as to their 

 colour, were not mentioned in either description) that 

 can be relied upon, to determine the sex. When the major 

 portion of his collection was acquired by the South Australian 

 Museum there was one cotype of punctulatus in it, this 

 specimen is a female. Two males, from Adelaide and Mount 

 Lofty, belong to the species, and differ from the female in 

 having part of the muzzle pale, the antennae longer and 

 strongly serrated, and the hind tibiae thickened, and foveate 

 in the middle of the outer side, with part of the foveated 

 portion red. In the male of H . elegans the distorted portion 

 is slightly nearer the base, and is not foveate externally. 

 The two species are certainly distinct, but they both have 

 decidedly blue elytra. Another male, from Victoria, however, 

 has the elytra of such a deep purple as to be almost black. 



Hypattalus sordidus, Lea. 

 Of two specimens taken by Mr. F. E. Wilson, in Victoria, 

 one has a dark median line on the prothorax and more of its 

 sides dark than usual; the other has the prothorax entirely 

 pale. 



Hypattalus alphabeticus, Lea. 

 Two specimens, sexes, from Parachilna (South Australia) 

 probably belong to this species, but differ from the type in 

 being considerably larger (<$ , 2*75; Q, 3 mm.), the dark 

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