188 Arthur M. Lea : 



Hetero(J)Uit]ius prinreps, King. 



Recorded by King as associated with the preceding species 

 in an ants' nest. I have taken the species at Glen Innes (N.S. 

 Wales), but have no record as to how obtained. 



Phagonophana lingl, King. 



Mr. Cox informs me that he has taken this species in nests 

 of Iridomyrmex rufoniger. 



Phag())U)phaiia latipeunis, n.sp. 



Reddish-castaneous, elytra (suture and base excepted), and 

 legs somewhat brighter. Upper surface with fairly dense, 

 straggling, reddish hair, denser at base of head than else- 

 where ; under surface and legs with shorter, denser and paler 

 clothing. 



Head convex ; eyes prominent and rather coarsely faceted. 

 Antennae passing base of prothorax, feebly increasing in width 

 to apex, and not clubbed, eleventh joint about as long as ninth 

 and tenth combined. Protlwrar distinctly longer than wide, 

 apex rounded, sides gently incurved between middle and base ; 

 with a large, round, deep puncture, or small fovea, on each 

 side of base, but normally more or less concealed, each side to- 

 wards base with a similar puncture or fovea. Elytra distinctly 

 wider at base than prothorax, increasing in width to about 

 middle and then rapidly diminishing ; with a wide, shallow 

 impression on each side of base ; and with a few indistinct 

 punctures. Legs long ; femora strongly clavate. Length .3 mm. 



Hah. — W. Australia: Bridgetown, numerous specimens ob- 

 tained under a log on sandy ground in the company of ants 

 (A. M. Lea). 



In general appearance close to kiugi, but elytra considerably 

 wider (fully one-fourth more) and less convex, much wider at 

 base, with more pronounced humeral ridges ; their clothing 

 also is sparser and longer. The femora also, although almost 

 as stout at their widest, are not so suddenly inflated. 



The male differs from the female in being narrower, with 

 slightly longer legs, and apex of abdomen not simple. 



