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and not shaped like a boomerang, the punctures smaller, par- 

 ticularly on the prothorax. 



Pylus pygmaeus, Blackb. 

 This insect varies in the colour of prothorax and the 

 size and shape of piceous markings on the elytra. On some 

 specimens the prothorax is darker, and on one it is entirely 

 piceous ; on all the specimens examined by me the posterior 

 fascia, although varying greatly in size and shape., does not 

 ■extend to the extreme apex of elytra. An example from 

 Queensland has the elytra testaceous, and, in addition to the 

 median and subapical fasciae, has the base infuscated. Widely 

 distributed in Australia and Tasmania. 



CHRYSOMELIDAE. 



Cleptor goudiei, Lea. 



Several specimens of this beautiful insect were taken 

 by R. F. Kemp and myself from the foliage of the Native 

 Pine, Callitris rohusta, in January, near Murray Bridge, 

 South Australia. The male, which hitherto was unknown, is 

 much smaller than the female and of a beautiful green with 

 a slight brassy reflection, the under-surface more brassy than 

 the upper, abdomen with a wide longitudinal depression down 

 the centre, the first segment with large scattered punctures, 

 second, third, and fourth segments rather densely punctured, 

 in other respects it agrees very well with the author's descrip- 

 tion of the female. The female varies in colour, some of 

 the specimens taken are of the same colour as the male, others 

 are bright copper with a greenish reflection. 



