August, 1909.] THE VICTORIAN NATURALIST. 39 



NOTES ON THE COLEOPTERA OF NORTH-WESTERN 

 VICTORIA.— Part I. 



By J. C. GouDiE. 

 (Read hefore the Field Naturalists' Chih of Victoria, 12t7i July, 1900.) 



Having been engaged in collecting Coleoptera in the north- 

 western or Mallee districts of Victoria for upwards of fifteen 

 years, and having got together what may be regarded as a fairly 

 representative collection, it has seemed to me that such work is 

 not of much value unless published for the use of co-workers. 

 To put it in the form of a list, according to the latest accepted 

 classification, and with brief notes bearing on the habits, &c., of 

 the species, seemed the most convenient way to handle the 

 subject. 



My collecting has been almost confined to the Birchip and Sea 

 Lake districts and the country lying between these towns. 

 Birchip is situated about 215 miles north-west from Melbourne, 

 and Sea Lake is 40 miles further north, and close to the southern 

 edge of Lake Tyrrell, approximately long. 143° E., lat. 353^° S. 

 Being comparatively new settlements, their names are only to be 

 seen on the later railway maps. 



With regard to the naming of the species — an important point 

 — I may say that the names in this list may be relied on as 

 authentic, specimens of all the species having been submitted to 

 acknowledged authorities on Australian entomology. I have 

 much pleasure in expressing my thanks to those who have helped 

 in various ways, especially to Mr. A. M. Lea, F.E.S., Tasmanian 

 State Entomologist, and Mr. T. G. Sloane, the well-known 

 authority on Australian Carabidse. 



Two families, Cicindelidas andCarabidge, are now dealt with, and 

 it is intended to complete the list by instalments, as time and oppor- 

 tunity will permit. There are a large number of species belonging 

 to various families and genera which have not been satisfactorily 

 identified, but it was not thought advisable to include these 

 under the generic name only, though in some cases when one 

 species only is known to occur its position has been indicated. 



The numbers given are those of Master's Catalogue and 

 Supplement, which will enable anyone interested to refer to the 

 literature on the subject. The following note, kindly supplied 

 by Mr. T. G. Sloane, throws some light on the probable origin 

 and geographic dispersion of the principal Carabid groups dealt 

 with in this paper : — 



'' The district over which Mr. Goudie has collected is part of 

 Professor Spencer's great Eyrean sub-region of Australia, which, 

 as shown in the map accompanying his ' Summary of Results of 

 the Horn Scientific Expedition,' includes Australia generally 

 except a narrow coastal strip extending easterly from King's 



