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but I found one Aphodius only, A. Hoivitti, Hope, a rather large 

 pallid species. Proctoplianes sculptus, Hope, a black Ammoecius-\We 

 insect, is fairly abundant under dung in sandy places. On the white 

 blossoms of the so-called " box tree " {Bursar ia spinosa, Cav.), a little, 

 fulvous, hairy, long-legged chafer, Phyllotocus assimilis, Macl., occurs 

 in astonishing profusion about Christmas, and the flowers of the " tea 

 tree " {Leptospermum) are equally attractive to the brilliant green 

 Diplmcephala coJaspidoides, Gyll., an insect w^hich is sometimes in- 

 jurious to fruit trees by devouring the leaves. Small hairy " chafers " 

 of the genera Caulobius, Liparetrus and Reteronyx are taken freely by 

 beating, the larger HapJonycha obesa, Bdv., and Clieiroplatys melius, 

 Er., occurring on the wing at dusk. " Fire weed " flowers produce 

 sparingly the queer elongate Telura vitticollis, Er. ; and the large green 

 AnopJognathus sutiiraUs, Bdv., is attached to the " wattles." The very 

 anomalous Cryptodus tasmanianus, Westw., frequents old trees, es- 

 pecially when infested with ants. 



The Buprestidw, although not so well represented as in most 

 parts of temperate Australia, include some fine species, of which the 

 most conspicuous are the large black and yellow Cyria imperialis, Don., 

 and Stigmodera Mitclielli, Hope, both of which occurred to me very 

 sparingly. S. ocelligera, Grory, a lovely little metallic-green species 

 with orange apical spots on the elytra, was found in profusion on 

 Leptospermum-hlo^^om^ in the marsh at Bellerive, but it appeared to 

 be very local. A beautiful scarlet and black insect, Nascio Parryi, 

 Hope, occurs rather commonly on freshly cut stumps, but is very active 

 and difiicult to catch. The brilliant Melohasis gloriosa, Lap. et Gory, 

 and one or two bronze-coloured species of Mkon, are also taken on 

 freshly cut timber as w^ell as by sweeping. A Throscus {elongatus, 

 Bonv.*), very like our larger British species, may be taken freely under 

 loose bark, where also two or three nice EiLcnemidcB occur sparingly, 

 and numbers of ElateridcB, some (as for instance, Lacon caliginosus, 

 Guer.) in great profusion. The largest insects of this group are the 

 conspicuous Ghrosis trisulcata, Er., and G. gracilis, Jans., w^hich are 

 sometimes met with in and about rotten timber. 



Among the 3falacodermafa, the species of Metriorrhynclius (con- 

 spicuous red and black Lycidce) are the most noticeable, being found 

 everywhere in flowers, and running on fallen trunks, in the latter 

 situation often in company with a species of Eros. Several of these 

 insects are very closely mimicked by species of the Heteromerous 

 genus Pseudolycus, which occur with them, and are quite similar in 



* This species belongs to the recently described genus Aulonothroscus, Horn.— G. C. C. 



