Austvidian avd TasmanUm Coleoptera. \'-M 



apex ; so as to be wediie-shaped, as in some of the species of 

 Dabra : the eighth, ninth and tenth joints from some directions 

 appear to be quite repuhirly transversely oblong. 



Calodera punctiventris, n.sp. 



Bright reddish castaneous, elytra and parts of fifth and sixth 

 abdominal segments darker, appendages flavous or reddish 

 flavous. With moderately short and fairly dense pubescence, 

 longer a.nd sparser on abdomen than elsewhere ; sides, except 

 of head, with sparse and moderately long setae. 



Head rather small, very little wider than long, sides evenly 

 rounded ; punctures indistinct. Eyes prominent. Antennae 

 comparatively thin, scarcely passing middle coxae, first joint 

 as long as second and third combined, second not much longer 

 but distinctl}' wider at apex than third, fourth shorter than 

 third, but not transverse, fifth to tenth transverse, and gradually 

 increasing in width, eleventh rather briefly ovate, about the 

 length of ninth and tenth combined. Pr-othorax not much wider 

 than long, scarcely the width of head across eyes, sides and base 

 very feebly rounded, the latter about the width of apex, which 

 is truncate; punctures dense and minute. Elytra very dis- 

 tinctly wider than prothorax, but along middle no longer, 

 shoulders rounded, sides parallel ; punctures rather more distinct 

 than on prothorax. Abdofnen long, parallel-sided to about the 

 middle, thence gradually tapering to apex ; each segment with 

 dense and rather coarse punctures at the base, becoming smaller 

 or disappearing posteriorly. Length 3, to apex of elytra 1 mm. 



Hah. — Victoria: Ararat, in a. nest of Ectatomma metaUirum 

 (H. W. Davey). 



The head is a trifle darker than the prothorax, the elytra are 

 less noticeably stained with brown about the sides and base 

 than elsewhere, but at a glance appear of an almost uniform 

 shade of colour. The fifth abdominal segment, except its 

 margins and tip. and the l^asal half of the sixth, except its 

 margins, are almost black. 



Calodera laticollis. n.sp. 



Pale reddish castaneous, disc of elytra slightly infuscated, 

 head almost black, except muzzle ; abdomen w^ith dark parts as 



