BY ARTHUR M. LEA. 60T 



I obtained several specimens of this species from a rotten log 

 and bred out a number of others from some pieces of it I carried 

 away. 



L A G R I I D ^. 



Lagria formicicola, n.sp. 



Brownish-red; antennje, excepting the base of the first four 

 joints, tibiae and tarsi brown, apical half of femora and base of 

 apical abdominal segment black. Densely covered above, and on 

 the antenna? and legs with long semi-erect hairs, beneath less 

 densely clothed with shorter and decumbent hairs; the antennaj, 

 in addition to the long hairs, are covered with a short blackish 

 pubescence, especially towards the apex. Densely and rugosely 

 punctate above. 



Prothorax almost cylindrical, slightly longer than wide, median 

 line faintly traceable; prosternum fringed at the apex with 

 yellowish hairs. Elytra broadest and smoothest near the apex, 

 much wider than prothorax; two costse on each elytron, visible ta 

 the naked eye, but much confused when looked at with a glass. 

 Abdominal segments with broad, shallow depressions at the sides. 

 Legs punctate. Length 11-13, width 4-5 mm. 



Hah. — Cootaniundra, Queanbeyan (Lea), Monaro (Macleay 

 Museum). 



The first specimen of this species I took, I obtained at Coota- 

 niundra in Feb., 1889, under a log, in a nest of soldier-ants; 

 subsequently at Queanbeyan, I obtained six under stones, in the 

 nests of a short, thick, black and yellow ant, two each in two 

 nests and one each in two others. 



A N T H I c I D ^. 



Mecynotarsus apicipennis, n.sp. 



Elongate-ovate, subconvex, the derm subshining. Above the 

 dei'm is reddish-brown, eyes black, beneath reddish; legs, antennae 

 and palpi reddish-testaceous. Densely pubescent all over, above 

 ashen, the sides, lower surface and legs silvery; the apical third 



