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than ou ])rothnrax. AhdoniiN about as long as i)rotliorax and 

 elytra coniViined, suh-iiai-allel sided to near apex, i^euiith "if, 

 to apex of elvtra 1^ nun. 



//«&.— Victoria : Portland (H. W. Davey) ; Tasmania : Hobart 

 {X. M. Lea). 



The specimen from Portland was taken " under bark of a 

 swamp o-um in a nest of small black ants that run about with 

 I heir abdomens cocked in the air." No record was kept as to 

 how the Hobart specimen was taken. 



It is with doubt that this species is referred to EIfii<is, as the 

 shape of the prothorax is very different to that of the two 

 species (^phtnicolJiK and ixirva) previously recorded from Aus- 

 tralia, the head is of somewhat different shape, with strong im- 

 pressions, the eyes are smaller and prominent, and the front 

 coxae (which are comi^aratively small, subglobular and con- 

 tiguous) are smaller and more rounded. The tarsi appear to be 

 the same, but I am unable to decide as to the number of their 

 joints, owing to the basal half being obscured by fine setose 

 clothing ; they appear to be three-jointed, with the two basal 

 joints indistinctly separated and thin, the third long and thin, 

 but inflated at apex, and with strong claws. Quite possibly, 

 however, they ;ire four-jointed, or even five-jointed, as their 

 clothing renders them indistinct. They appear to be as in 

 planiroUis. The lal)ial palpi are minute. 



Under a compound power the whole upper surface appears 

 covered with minute granules of uniform size. With a Codding- 

 ton lens it appears densely and minutely punctate, with larger 

 punctures scattered about. The a])domen at first appears to be 

 immarginate, but on close examination a fine impressed line can 

 be seen near the side of each segment. A few short setae are 

 scattered about on the sides. 



(JlijlitdiiKi /ni/i-i/irrophi/uin, n.sp. 



Reddish castaneous. Feebly shining. Ai)parently glabrous. 



Head obtusely triangular in shape, but with a distinct neck, 

 obtusely bicarinated along middle and finely bicarinated on each 

 side, with between the two lateral carinae a small elevation. 

 Eyes rather small and lateral, vei'v distinct from al)ove, but 



