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7. Aulonogyrus strigosus Fabr. — A very common and 

 widely distributed species. My specimens are from Christinas 

 Creek, Colosseum (South Queensland) and Evelyne (North 

 Queensland), Dec. 1912, April 1915. 



The natives at Evelyne and the Atherton-Herberton 

 tableland catch swarms of this beetle by means of their 

 «dillybags», roll them up in leaves, roast them in the hot 

 ashes and eat them. They call this «food» «molkom». 



Fam. Lucanidae. 



The number of Lucanidce found in Australia up to date 

 is 36, representing 12 different genera. 



My own material eontains about 70 specimens in 8 dif- 

 ferent species, one of them being a new form. 



1. Rliyssonotus nebulosus Kirby. — This species seems 

 to be common in Southern Queensland. I have caught nu- 

 merous specimens in dead logs on the ground at Colosseum, 

 November 1912. 



2. Cacostomus squamosus Newm. — One male and two 

 females from Herberton and Atherton in North Queensland, 

 January and February 1913. 



3. Neolamprima mandibularis M'Leay. — Quite common 

 in the Atherton-Herberton tableland. As Lea (Royal Soc. 

 Vict. 1910, p. 129 — 130) has observed, this species varies to 

 a remarkable extent in the development of the mandibles of 

 the male and the colours of the female. The mandibles in 

 some of my male specimens measure 12 mm., in some others 

 only 4 mm. The corresponding length of body (prothorax + 

 elytra) is 25 mm. and 15 mm. 



Numerous specimens at Atherton, Carrington and Tolga, 

 Januarv — June 1913. 



4. Phalacrogiiatlius Miilleri M'Leay. — Of this very 

 beautiful species there are two males from Evelyne on the 

 Atherton-Herberton tableland, January 1913. The lar va lives 



