AustnUid II ii.iid Tiisinaiiian Coleoptera. 139 



Cunofoina baryceplialum, Lea. 

 Taken in a nest of Campotwtus Novae-H ollandiae. 



Conoaoiiia myrmtcopJiilum, Lea. 

 The type was taken from an ants' nest. 



Scopaeus latebricola, Blackb. 



Mr. Cox sent three specimens of this species as having Ijeen 

 taken from a nest of Iridomi/rmex rufoniger. 



The type was from tlood debris in S. Australia. I have also 

 taken the species in flood debris in N.S. Wales. 



Sunius aequalis, Blackb. 



An occasional visitor to ants' nests under stones. Mr. Davey 

 has also taken the species from nests of a small black ant in 

 logs. 



Oxytelus sparsus, Fvl. 



Two specimens of this very common dung beetle were sent by 

 Mr. Davey as having been taken in a nest of Ectatomma metal- 

 licu/n. 



Oxytelus micropterus. Lea. 



One specimen taken from a nest of Iridoinyrmex gracilis, but 

 possibly there by accident. 



Lispinus suhieeuHis, Fvl. 



Mr. H. W. Cox writes that he has taken this species in a nest 

 of Termes lactis. It is a common species under bark in the 

 coastal districts of N.S. Wales. 



TrogophJaeus niyrmecophilus, n.sp. 



Black, sub-opaque, legs (femora more or less piceous), palpi 

 and basal joint of antennae obscurely testaceous. Veiy finely 

 XMibescent. 



Head with a shallow groove on each side between eyes ; with 

 small dense punctures. Antennae passing base of prothorax, 

 first joint rather large, second slightly longer and distinctly 

 thicker than third, the others feebly increasing in width. 

 Fratliorax lightly transverse, wider at apex than at base, the 



