130 Arthur M. Lea : 



ninth and tenth combined. Prothorar: rather strongly trans- 

 verse, sides rather strongly rounded, base feebly rounded and 

 slightly wider than apex ; with dense minute punctures. Elytra 

 scarcely wider than prothorax, and along middle a trifle shorter, 

 sides parallel ; punctui'es veiy small and dense. Abdomen 

 parallel sided except at tip; with dense minute punctures. 

 Length Ij, to apex of elytra 2-3 mm. 



Hah. — N.S. Wales : Sydney, in a nest of Iridomyrmex 

 rufoniger (H. W. Cox). 



A pale minute species. 



Calodera cuneifera, n.sp. 



Black, appendages piceous-brown. With rather dense, short 

 pubescence, sparser and slightly longer on abdomen than else- 

 where ; sides, except of head, with sparse and moderately long 

 setae, on abdomen at apex of segments as well as on sides. 



Head lightly transverse, sides rather strongly rounded ; with 

 dense minute punctures. Antennae passing middle coxae, first 

 joint as long as second and third combined, second very little 

 longer than third, fourth to tenth transverse, the fourth and 

 fifth slightly narrower than the others, which are of even width, 

 eleventh almost as long as four preceding combined. Prothorax 

 almost twice as wide as long, sides and base moderately rounded, 

 the latter not much but distinctly wider than apex ; punctures 

 dense and veiy minute. Elytra at base no wider than prothorax 

 and very little wider at apex, along middle no longer ; punc- 

 tures dense and very minute. Abdomen long, the five basal 

 segments parallel-sided, thence tapering to apex ; punctures in- 

 distinct except posteriorly. Length 3, to apex of elytra \\ mm. 



Hah. — Victoria: Ararat, from a nest of Ertatomma metal- 

 licum (H. W. Davey). 



Differs from atypha in being considerably narrower and less 

 polished, antennae not conspicuously paler at base than at apex, 

 and pubescence of prothorax and elytra denser, finer and more 

 depressed. 



The apical joint of antennae from one direction appears to be 

 parallel-sided, with the apex gently rounded ; from another 

 direction it is seen to diminish in width from the base to the 



