198 Arthur M. Lea : 



said, " The species is readily known by its black colour.'' 

 l)iit my specimens are of a chestnut brown colour. To be quite 

 certain, therefore, I sent my third specimen to Mr. Rainbow 

 for comparison with the types, and in reply he wrote, " I have 

 carefully examined your specimen with King's types, and there 

 can be no doubt that they are one and the same species, the 

 only difference being that yours is a shade darker ; neither of 

 them are black.'' There can be no doubt therefore but that 

 King wrongly described the colour as black, and in fact he 

 appeared to regard all fairlj'^ dark shades of colour as black. 

 On Mr. llainbow returaing the specimen it was forwarded to 

 Mr. Lewis, who wrote of it : " The specimen of Chi. formicicola 

 is quite distinct from KtriafeUa." 



Chlamydojjsis iiiaequaUs, Blackb. 



Described from a single s^^ecimen from the top of a rotten 

 fence post " in which Hymenoptera were making their nests." 



Chlamydopsis iiiquilina, Lewis. 

 ■■ Reported as occurring in ants' nests " (Lewis). 



Clilamydojjsis pygidialis, Blackb. 



" Obtained l)y beating dead branches and probably connected 

 with some species of Hymenoptera inhabiting the dead wood " 

 (Blackburn). 



Chlamydopsis stern alls, Blackb. 



The type was taken in the same way as the type of inaequalis. 



On comparing Chlamydopsis and Orectoscelis Lewis states, 

 " Li the genus Orectoscelis there is no prosternal keel, and C. 

 duhnulaii certainly (from Westwood's figure) and C. sternalis, 

 Blk., probably belong to it.'' But so far as sternalis is con- 

 cerned he must be in error, as Blackburn states of that species, 

 " prosterno medio longitudinaliter late fortiter carinato, carina 

 media longitudinaliter profunde sulcata." 



Chlamydopsis striatella, Westw. 



■' Reported as occurring in ants' nests '" (Lewis). A specimen 

 before me was beaten from dwarf Eucalypti at Fremantle. 



