Australian and Tasnumian Coleoplera. 151 



Hob. — N.S. Wales : Syduey (E. W. Ferguson and H. W. Cox) ; 

 Victoria : Birchip and Sea Lake (J. C. Goudie) ; W. Australia ; 

 Donnybrook, Bridgetown (A. M. Lea). 



The sexual characters are apparently somewhat as in picta, 

 but neither Schaufuss nor Raffray make any mention of the 

 conspicually pale tip of abdomen (affecting at least two seg- 

 ments on the upper surface, and one on the lower), and Schaut\uss 

 describes the head and abdomen of that species as darker than 

 the other parts. Raifray describes it as generally unicolorous, 

 but with the head and club sometimes darker, and his descrip- 

 tion of the male metasternum disagrees with this species. 

 Milifari's is described as having somewhat similar middle tibiae 

 and abdomen, but the colour and tenth joint of antennae are 

 very different. Capitata has the head differently impressed, 

 and the second ventral segment with one instead of two 

 tubercles. 



At first sight the upper surface appears to be glabrous, but 

 on close examination a very fine sparse pubescence becomes 

 visible. The tenth joint is conspicuously larger than the 

 eleventh. The tubercles are very indistinct from some direc- 

 tions, and are not at the extreme apex of the second segment. 



The specimens from Dr. Ferguson, Mr. Goudie and L were 

 all taken in nests of Pnnera hitea, and Mr. Cox took it in nests 

 of that species and also of Iridoviyrmex rufoniger. 



Eupinea c:iuj\ia. King. 



Mr. H. W. Cox has taken this species in a nest of Iri- 

 doinyrmejc rufoniger. 



Euj)iiies clavatula, King. 

 Also taken by Mr. Cox from a nest of /. rufoniger. 



Ryhaxis quadriceps, Westw. 



A male specimen in the National Museum of Victoria (Howitt 

 collection) bears a laljel lirijdris quddriceps, and is probably 

 that species. It is very feebly punctured, however, and the 

 front femora are minutely dentate near the trochanters, 



