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tion of two species, which are found under logs, both common 

 and widel}'' distributed, viz. : — 

 1974. Figuhis lilliputanus, Westw. 

 1976. F. regularis, Westw. 



The handsome " Golden Beetle " {Lamprima nitilans, Er.), 

 common from the Dividing Range to the coast, I have taken 

 at the northern end of the Grampians, which is probably about 

 the limit of its north-westerly range in Victoria. 



SCARAB>eiD>E. 



Of this large and important family, the headquarters of 

 which is in the moist and cool forests south of the Dividing 

 Range, the Mallee district has not many genera or species. A 

 few rare ones are met with occasionally, while the small, brown, 

 hairy beetles belonging to the genus Liparetrus sometimes 

 swarm in thousands in the early summer, stripping the tops 

 of the eucalypts of their foliage, the noise of their wings 

 resembhng that of a swarm of bees. 

 Onthophagus pontilis, Blackb. 

 0. victor iensis, Blackb. 



A small black " burying beetle " with striate elytra. The 

 male has two curved horns springing from the hind margin 

 of the head. 

 2033. 0. cuniculus, Macl. 



In this species the elytra are shining black, with rows of large 

 punctures. The head and prothorax are of a metallic coppery 

 green. My specimens are from Mildura. 

 2085. Aphodius granarins, Linn. Introduced species. 

 2087. A. lividus, Oliv. 



Bolboceras chelyum, Blackb. 

 2107. B. cornigertim, Macl. 

 B. sloanei, Blackb. 

 B. taurus, Blackb. 



These interesting beetles are very distinctive in appearance. 

 The males have the head, or both head and prothorax, armed 

 with horn-like appendages. They are strongly built, convex, 

 with rounded, striate elytra, and of a reddish-brown colour. 

 Where fences are being erected these and other insects are 

 often trapped in the post-holes left open during the night, and 

 many are taken in flood-waters. 



2131. Trox australasice, Er. 



T. velutinus, Blackb., var. 

 2150. Liparochrus geminatus, Westw. 

 2176. Phyllotociis macleayi, Fischer. 



Mcechidius crenaticollis, Blackb. 



Psammodins zietzi, Blackb. 



Liparetrus hituherculatus, Macl. 



