ii8 GovDi^, Coleop/era of North-Western Vicloria. [^octoblr'' 



7682. Homalota sordida, Marsham. 



A small black species {| of an inch), with brownish or piceus 

 elytra. The measurements given in these notes are those of 

 dried specimens. When alive, the dimensions would be some- 

 what larger, as the soft integument of such insects as Staphy- 

 linidae, Malacodermidae, and others shrink considerably after 

 death. 

 7684. Dahra myrmecophila. Oil. 



D. nitida. Lea, Proc. Roy. Soc. Vic. (new series), xxiii., 



P- 133- 

 D. termitophila, Lea, var. victoriensis, Lea, loc. cit., p. 134, 



The species of this genus have only been found, so far as I 

 know, in the nests of ants and termites. They closely re- 

 semble each other in appearance, requiring a critical examina- 

 tion to separate them. Brown in colour, and about 3^ mm. 

 in length. They run freely about in the nests of the ants, who 

 seem to regard them with friendly tolerance. D. termitophila, 

 as its name implies, has been taken in the galleries of " white 

 ants." In two papers communicated to the Royal Society of 

 Victoria (1904 and 1910), Mr. Lea has dealt very fully with all 

 the species of Australian beetles known to inhabit the nests 

 of ants, bees, and termites, describing several new genera and 

 a large number of new species, with finely-drawn figures of 

 many curious forms. 

 Glyptoma kingi. Lea, loc. cit., p. 142. 



A rare species, also associating with ants {Iridomyrmex 

 nitidis). It is smaller than the species of Dabra (2^ mm.), and 

 is of a bright chestnut colour, with strong costae near outer 

 margins of prothorax and elytra. 

 121Q. Conosoma elongaiulitm, Macl. 



This is a wedge-shaped insect, broad in front and tapering 

 behind, dark brown or piceus in colour, and about {'^ of an 

 inch long. One of my specimens was taken in an ants' nest 

 {Ponera lutea), but it is doubtful whether it is a regular in- 

 habitant, though several other species of the genus are known 

 to be myrmecophilous. 

 1236. Heterothops picipennis, Fvl. 



Occurs rather frequently, like many other species, in the 

 vicinity of sheep-yards, stables, &c. It is ^ of an inch in 

 length, and is black, or nearly so, with piceus elytra. 

 7700. Qiiedius andersoni, Blackb. 



A distinct species, not uncommon, measuring ^ of an inch. 

 The head is black, round, and shining, and both prothorax and 

 elytra are bright red, the latter thickly beset with yellowish 

 setae. 

 7708. Q. ruficollis, Grav. 



Rather larger than Q. andersoni, and differs in having the 



