136 Arfhar AI. Lea : 



longer than three preceding combined. Protlun-dr feebly 

 convex, more than twice as wide as long, front angles olitusely 

 rounded, hind very feebly i>roduced, base not much wider than 

 apex; with dense minute punctures. Elytra slightly longer, 

 but not wider than prothorax, apex feebly sinuous ; with dense 

 minute punctures. Abdomen strongly margined, parallel-sided 

 to rear apex : about apex with small dense })unctures. J-ipys 

 rather long and thin. Length 1, to apex of elytra 2^ mm. 



Hah. — Tasmania : Hobart, Parattah, in nests of Colohopsis 

 gasseri (A. M. Lea); Victoria: Geelong, in nest of Iridumyrmex 

 nitidus (H. W. Davey). 



The prothorax usuall)^ has its angles somewhat paler than the 

 disc. One small specimen has the abdomen entirely dark. Two 

 have the abdomen terminated by a peculiar process, somewhat 

 like the closed forceps of an earwig ; but this has probably 

 been forced out, as in the other specimens it is not visible. 



Tei'inophila, n g. 



Head rounded, of moderate size. Eyes round, lateral, finely 

 faceted. Antennae inserted slightly in front of and close to 

 inner margin of eyes, slightly thickened externally, eleven- 

 jointed. Labial palpi two-jointed. Maxillae with numerous 

 spines. Prothni-ar strongly transverse, sides strongly rounded, 

 all angles rounded. Scutelhim small and normally not visible. 

 Elytra short, outline subcontinuous with that of prothorax. 

 Ahdotiien strongly nuxrgined, sides feebly decreasing in width. 

 Mes(Mernum with a narrow keel separating the middle coxae. 

 Femora stout ; tibiae rather short and thin ; tarsi thin, two 

 front pair four-jointed, the hind pair five-jointed. 



In 011iff"s table of the Aleochariiia (Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S. 

 Wales, 1886, pp. 408-9) this genus would be placed with 

 Flarusa, from his description of which it differs in the maxillae 

 and rounded head, etc. In some respects it is close to Dahra, 

 but difi'ers in head, antennae, hind angles of prothorax, and in 

 the tarsi. Specimens of Jatehricola were sent to the Rev. T. 

 Blackburn some years ago, and he wrote of them : " No doubt an 

 Aleocharid. A most delightful little thing of no genus known 

 to me." 



