Nepharis and other Ants' JSfest Beetles. 377 



but as they were imique specimens, and unknown to me, they 

 were returned, and I unfortunately omitted to note the genera 

 they belonced to. 



Scydmaefi/i/ae. 

 Heterognathus carinatus, King. 



Described by King from Parramatta, where his specimens 

 occurred " in the nest of small black ants." Mr. Goudie's speci- 

 mens were taken in the nests of Iridomyrmex nitidus. 



The species is distinguished from all its described congeners 

 by the prothorax having a short longitudinal carina at the base, 

 on each side of which is a transverse impression. A closely 

 allied species (perhaps a variety) occurs in Western Australia, in 

 the nests of ants and termites. 



Nepharis alata, Cast. 



(Hiketes thoracicus, King). 



(PI. XXVII., Fig. 5). 



Described by both Castlenau and King from specimens taken 

 by Mr. George Masters in an ants' nest at King George's Sound ; 

 King did not specify the ant, and I have not seen Castlenau's 

 description. Mr. Goudie appears to have taken a greater num- 

 ber of specimens of it than of either of its congeners. 



Nepharis costata, King. (Pi. XXVII., Figs. 4, 8). 



Specimens taken by Mr. Goudie agree exactly with two in 

 ray collection which were taken by the late Rev. R. L. King at 

 Liverpool, in New South Wales. 



Nepharis goudiei, n. sp. (PI. XXVII., Figs. 3, 9). 



Narrow, flattened, reddish-brown, subopaque, glabrous. 



Densely covered all over with rather large shallow punctures, 

 smaller on the elytra and coarser on the under surface of the 

 head than elsewhere. Head about once and one-half as lonsr as 



