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of thorax, containing a bright reddish oval spot in centre of each ; 

 under side of thorax and last two segments of abdomen reddish- 

 yellow, the rest and the legs testaceous. 



One of the commonest of the large fungus beetles found about 

 Sydney. 



AuLACocYCLUS Kaupi, Macleay, Trans. Ent. Soc. N.S.W. Vol. ii. 

 p. 173. 



Larva white, long, slender, with small brown head and very long 

 slender legs terminating in a long slender sickle-shaped tarsal 

 claw; mouth parts ferruginous; antennae stout, two-jointed ; jaws 

 small, black ; head broadest between the antennae, narrow behind, 

 impressed on either side with a triangular dint^ and a slight 

 furrow in centre ; first thoracic segment broad, rounded in front, 

 with deep dint on either side joined by a transverse furrow in 

 centre, the following segments broad, with a narrow rounded fold 

 in front, the hind portion raised slightly, swelling out, a faint 

 parallel furrow down the centre, anal segment ending in a round 

 fold, anus in centre forming a triangular opening ; under side 

 regular, crenulated, and all the segments covered with scattered 

 long hairs. 



The larvse are found under large rotten logs, upon which they 

 feed, crawling about with their bodies arched slightly ; they form 

 large cylindrical oval smooth brown cocoons of earthy fragments, 

 and can be found together in all stages in January. 



This Passalid is a common species of medium size, black, smooth 

 and shining, the thorax ornamented with a small curved horn, 

 blunt and cleft in the centre, the elytra broadly and deeply 

 furrowed with fine punctures in the striae. 



Lagria grandis, Gyll. Schonh, Syn. Ins. I, 3, App. p. 9. 



Larva black, shining, covered with short reddish hairs ; head 

 small, antennae short, jointed, standing out straight on either 

 side, ferruginous ; legs stout, with tarsal claw ; segments regular, 

 rounded, smooth and shining, rounded towards the tip of abdomen, 

 where the last segment is produced into two conical pointed spines. 



