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Tachys macleayi Sloane (1896). 



Hab. — Tropical Australia: Kin^s Sound (Froggatt); Queensland: Cook- 

 town District (Sloane). 1 obtained several specimens on a sand bank at the 

 margin of the Normanby River in June. 



Genus L i m n a s t i s. 



Lymnastis, Motsehulsky, Etud. Ent., si., 1862, p. 27. 



The original spelling of this generic name has been altered by later authors. 

 The range of the genus extends over Australia, Malaysia. Asia, Africa, Europe, 

 North and Central America. 



LiMXASTis PiLOscs Bates. 



Ann. Mus. Civ. Genov., xii.. 1892, p. 296; Sloane, Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S. 

 Wales, xlv., 1920, p. ill.—Tachiis setiger, Sloane, Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S. Wales, 

 xxviii, 1903, p. 582. 



Ilah. — Australia: Oenpili (Cahill), Cairns (Sloane), Townsville (Dodd), 

 Melbourne (Fischer); Borneo; Bunua. 



Genus Illaphanus. 



Elytra nonstriate on disc, 1.5 — 1 mm. (after Lea) macleayi Lea 



Elytra with a single strong oblique longitudinal stria on disc. 1.3 — 1.5 mm. 



xleiilirnsi Macl. 



ILLAPHANU.S STEPHENS! Macleav (1864). 



Eab. — Port Jackson (Lea), Wollongong (Macleay), Ferntree Gully (Spry). 

 These insects, according to Lea, are found under stones deeply buried in 

 damp, but not wet, soil. 



