374 Proceedings of the Roi/al Societi/ of Victoria. 



The ants, in the nests of which Mr. Goudie found beetles, are 

 Crematogaster laeviceps, Sm., and Iridomyrmex nitidus, Mayr. 

 Mr. W. W. Fropfo^att (to whom I am indebted for the names) 

 writes me that both are common in New South Wales, about 

 Sydney, and occur also at the Murray River and Bombala. Of 

 the ants Mr. Goudie says : — 



" Both the species of ants live, for the most part, in or under 

 dead timber lying on the ori-ound, which has previously been 

 hollowed out by termites ; when they get the chance they will 

 kill and eat these latter. In most cases they have holes in the 

 ground under the stick or log, but they do not seem to make 

 much use of them. Their eggs, larvae and winged sexes are 

 often found packed in thousands in a bit of wood a yard long 

 and three or four inches thick, and I have always got the 

 beetles by splitting open the wood ; these are generally found in 

 little clusters in the thickest mass of the ants, but nearly always 

 clinging to the solid wood. All the Nephares creep about very 

 slowly and awkwardly." 



The beetles occur with the ants as follows : 



With Crematogaster laeviceps, Sm. 

 Articerus fortnumi, Hope. 

 Articerus gibbulus, Sharp (?) 

 Nepharis goudiei, Lea. 



With Iridomyrmex nitidus, Mayr. 

 Dabra myrmecophila, Oil. 

 Articerus curvicornis, Westw. 

 Articerus regius, King. 

 Articerus gibbulus, Sharp (?). 

 Heterognathus carinatus, King. 

 Nepharis costata. King. 

 Nepharis alata, Cast. 

 Kershawia rugiceps. Lea. 

 Diphobia familiaris, Oil. 

 Paussoptinus laticornis, Lea. 

 Triboliura myrmecophilura, Lea. 

 Cordus hospes, Germ. 



