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few beetles of its family wliinh sinell really nice, as it emits, in a con- 

 centrated form, the very pleasant balsamic fragrance of the resin of 

 that tree.* Several PselaphidcB, of which the finest forms belong to 

 the genus SagoJa, occur under bark and logs, but are not generally 

 common. Among the Clavicoriis, the handsome little ISilpha-Wke form 

 Necropliilus py^'oJoncjatus, Nharp, was first found here by me, but 

 appears to be very rare in the district. Scaphisoma abounds under 

 damp logs, and Histeridce, of small or minute size {Ejjierus, Abrceus) 

 are found under loose bark, with the extraordinary Khizophagid, Lenax 

 mirandiis, Sharp, the active Parah'ontes setif/erus, Br., and Grypta- 

 morpha hrevicornis, White, the more sluggish Brontopriscus sinuafus, 

 Sharp, Leperina nicjrosparsa, White, and L. sobrina, White, and the 

 fiat elongate shining Diagrypnodes wakefieldi, Wat., looking at first 

 sight, with its greatly abbreviated elytra, exceedingly like a Staphy- 

 linid. The curious little spinose black Soronia hystrix, Sharp, unlike 

 most of its tribe, is usually taken by beating, and the fine black 

 Chatosoma scaritides, Westw., remarkable for the very long hairs on 

 the elytra, is found sparingly under dry bark. The ColydiidcB include 

 two or three comparatively large and stout species of Enarsus, found 

 clinging to the under-side of pieces of wood ; Ulonotus, of which genus 

 U. antarcticKs, White, not unlike our rare Endophlceus spinulosus, 

 Latr., in appearance, is the largest and most common ; Coxelus, Noto- 

 ulus, and other small forms, some of which, as Bitoma sellata, Sharp, 

 Tarphiomimus wollastoni, Sharp, and T. indentatus, Woll., are remark- 

 able for the curiously lobed side margins of the prothorax, and the 

 irregular upper surface. Two of the most interesting and singular 

 Clavicorn forms are found deep in the interior of logs in an advanced 

 stage of decay, often in some numbei's together ; these are the cylin- 

 drical, black, deeply striate Bhysodes aterrimus, Br., and the very flat 

 testaceous-red Bryocora howitti, Pasc, I'emarkable in all its stages for 

 the curious shape of its head, which in the larva and pupa, as well as 

 in the perfect beetle, is produced behind into two conspicuous lobes. 

 Cryptodacne, a very anomalous form of the Erotylidce, is represented by 

 three species, occurring usually among fungoid growth on moist dead 

 timber, and the hairy AlJoparnus agrestis, Broun, is found in the deep 

 gullies under very damp logs near water. 



Several members of the family LucanidcB are met with rather 

 commonly under logs and bark, as Borcus squamidorsis, White, 

 B. abditus, Sharp, and the prettily variegated Mitophyllus parryanus, 



* I have recently taken in the Illawarra District, New South Wales, another species of 

 Mttoponciix (cyanipeiinis, Macl.), which possesses in an eminent det;iee the nutnio(,'-like scent of 

 the bark of the Sassafras fAthtrosperma moschatumj under which it is found.— J. J. W. 



