Austnil id n (ii)d Tasrnanid II Coh'itpteni. ) 613 



foveae, becoming confluent in front. Westwood, on the other 

 hand, described and figured the head of (ifrirtnfris as having a 

 single large inter-ocular fovea. As the type is probably still 

 extant, it is desirable that its correct generic position should be 

 recorded. 



Briara hasaJis, King. 



A specimen of this species was taken by Mr. Cox from a 

 nest of Iridomyrmti rufoiiiycr. and another from a nest of 

 Fonera lutea. 



Anarniori/s snu pi icifrons, liaft'r. 



A specimen of this species was taken by Mr. Cox from a 

 nest of Iridomyrmex rufoniger. 



(' ijathu/er puiirtatits, King. 



I have a record as to a specimen of this species being taken 

 from an ants' nest under a stone, but do not now know on what 

 authority. The types were taken from, beneath half-buried 

 logs. 



Pselaplius fidi'ipaJ ptis. n.sp. 



?. Reddish castaneous, tarsi and palpi flavous. Clothed 

 with sparse and rather short but suberect straggling pale 

 pubescence, S2:)arser on elytra than elsewhere, apex of elytra 

 sparsely fringed with short depressed setae. Under surface with 

 dense whitish pubescence at base of abdomen, and on meso- and 

 pro-sternum. 



Head shorter than usual, very feebly channelled ; with punc- 

 tures between eyes. xVntennae, for the genus, rather short, 

 none of the joints from second to eighth distinctly longer than 

 wide. Palpi elongate, club of apical joint rather more than one- 

 third the length of peduncle. Prothorax comparatively short, 

 with a strong transverse subbasal impression, connecting five 

 small foveae. Eh/tra almost as long as abdomen, wider (at apex) 

 than long, each with a sutural, a discal and a submjirginal 

 stria. Length 1|- mm. 



Hah. — Queensland : Townsville, from nest of small ground 

 ant (F. P. Dodd). 



