( 447 ) XII. Suijplementary Note to my 'previous Papers on the Heteromerous Coleoptera of Australia and Tasmania. By George Charles Champion, F.Z.S. [Read June 4th, 1896.] Since the publication of Part II. of my paper on the " Heteromerous Coleoptera of Australia and Tasmania " (Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond., 1895), two memoirs dealing with the same subject have come to hand. Both are by Mr, A. M. Lea, of the Bureau of Agriculture, Pertli, W. Australia. As a question of priority is involved in several cases amongst the Anthicidse and Mordellidfe, it may be stated that Mr. Lea's papers bear the following dates: — The first [Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S.W. (2) ix., pp. 589-634] was read on Oct. 31st, 1894, and published on March 28th, 1895. The second [Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S.W. (2) X., pp. 224-319] was read on May 29th, 1895, and published on Nov. 18th, 1895. His first paper, therefoi'e, antedates my own by a little more than two months, the latter having been read in March, and published in June, 1895, The second was not issued till more than five months later. Mr. Lea has been kind enough to send me specimens of many of his new species of Anthicidteand Mordellida?, and also to let me see authentically named examples of several of the species of King and Macleay which were not recognizable from the brief descriptions. The Rev. T. Blackburn, too, has sent me a specimen of his genus Trlcliosalpingus for examination. The following corrections must be made to my paper : — P. 233. The Tasmanian insect described by me under the name of Talayra orchesioides = Orchesia eJongala, Macl. (from Queensland, etc.), according to specimens sent me by Mr. Lea. The species will therefore have to bear the name Talayra elongata. P. 236. The genus Tellias = Trichosalpinyus, Blackburn (1891), who, the lamellate penultimate tarsal joint notwithstanding, referred it to the Pythid^e, where I should not have thought of looking for it. One of the principal characters given by Lacordaire and others for the Pythidas is the " simple TEANS. ENT. SOC. LOND. 1896. — PART III. (SEPT.)
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