72 Arthur M. Lea : 



epipleurae wtih dense minute punctures, and with fairly numerous 

 larger ones. Prosternuni, smooth and shining in front, but elseAvhere 

 shagreened. Metasternum shagreened and densely and finely punc- 

 tate ; with a narrow median line. Ahdomeii highly polished except 

 parts of the sides, and most of the middle of the basal segment, 

 which is shagreened and with rather coarser punctures than on 

 metasternum. Fnnura wide ; tibiae angularly dilated from base 

 to basal third, and then rounded to apex, all wide, but the hind pair 

 wider and less angular than the front pair. Length 4^^ mm. 

 ^a&.— New South Wales : National Park (W. Du Boulay).i 

 Closer to glabra than to any other desci-ibed species, but upper 

 surface shagreened and opatpie, elytra with conspicuous punctures, 

 the transverse subbasal impression narrower and njore ])arallel-sided, 

 its dilated portion narrower, with a faint line running in from each 

 shoulder (not a trace of this is in glabra) suggesting the position of 

 the epaulettes of other species, epipleurae with conspicuous punctures 

 and the under sui'face opaque, except front of prosternuni and most 

 of abdomen. The outlines as given for glabra, however, are exactly 

 as in this species. Tlie type has the head completely retracted within 

 the prothoracic cavity, and, fearing injury, no attempt was made to 

 force it out. 



*Chlainyd()psis formicirula, King. 



*€'. striatella, Westw. 



*C'. inquilina, Lewis. 

 Mr. Lewis recently wrote to me of these species: — 

 " C. forinicicola, King, differs from striatella, Westw., by being 

 darker! in colour, less quadrate in form (the elytra being longer), by 

 the thorax being acutely angulate at the anterior angles, and the 

 surface is less opaque and less distinctly granulate, by the elytra 

 having the two elevations behind the scutellum much less oljliipie 

 and somewhat acutely pointed at their ends. Tlie elevations in 

 ■striatella are somewhat short, distinctly divided in the middle, oblitjue, 

 and end on each side obtusely. '". inquilina diti'ers from both 

 species by being nitid, and the thorax is much less transverse, and 

 is parallel laterally, the edges in front and at the sides being uniformly 

 and more strongly elevated, the elytra also have the elevations behind 

 the scutellum ])erfectly transverse, not ol)li(|ue, and they are longer 

 and acute at the ends, and there is scarcely any discernible median 

 partition. The legs of inquilina are iiwjre robust, a character 



1 A son of the 1>U Bouhiy ulio took llio lirst iloscribfil spefifs ot the ini'inis. 



1 This is evidently an error, as /'intiiricota is more or less reddish, and slrinlflla was 

 described as i)ioeoiisl)lack. My own specimen of ulrialella, from ihe type locality (.Swan Ki\ tr), 

 is considerably darker than the type of fiirmicicola ; but as Mr. Lewis wrote that his specimen 

 of striatella was from New South Wales, it seems jiossible that his identification of that species 

 was not correct. 



