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115. SIM A. 



Sima, Rog. Berl. Ent. Zeit. 1863. 



460 LiEViCEPS (Pseudomyrma), Sm. Journ. Proc. Linn. Soc. III. 

 p. 145 (1859); Mayr, I.e. p. 111. 

 Rockhanipton and Port Darwin, Q. ; N. Guinea, &c. 



116. MERANOPLUS. 

 Meranoplus, Sm. Trans. Ent. Soc. 1853. 



DIMIDIATUS, Sm. Trans. Ent. Soc. (3) V. p. 527, pi. xxvi. 

 f. 8 (186.5-7). 

 Champion Bay, W.A. 



DiVERsus, Sm. I.e. p. 527, pi. xxvi. f. 2. 

 Champion Bay. W.A. 



FENESTRATUS, Sm. l.C. p. 526, pi. XXVI. f. 6. 



Champion Bay, W.A. 



HIRSUTUS, Mayr, Journ. Mus. Godef. XII p. 112 (1876). 

 Eockhampton, Port Darwin, Q. ; Sydney, N.S.W. ; Ade- 

 laide, S.A. ; Champion Bay, W.A. 

 465 PUBESCENS {Cryptocerus), Sm. Trans. Ent. Soc. 1853, p. 223, 

 pi. XX. tig. 4; Trans. Ent. Soc. 1862, p. 413; Mayr, 

 Journ. Mus. Godef. XII. p. 112 ; Meranophts fenestratus, 

 Sm. Trans. Ent. Soe. 1867, p. 526, pi. xxvi. fig. 6. 

 All parts of Australia. 



Family MUTILLIDJE. 



This family contains a number of insects with which the 



following family {Thynnid(H) were at one time placed. They are 



plentiful in India, Africa, and are generally distributed over the 



warmer portions of the globe. All our Australian species belong 



to the genus Mutilla, Linn. ; and several species are plentiful 



about Sydney. The females are wingless, and from their habits 



of running about on the sand or tree stems, and hiding under 



stones, are popularly known as " solitary ants," to which group of 

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