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] GouDiE, Coleopiera of Noiih-Western Vicloria. 157 



found in large numbers under pieces of wood, &c., in the mud 

 round the margins of water-holes. 



A species of Paracymus occurs very plentifully in the spring 

 and summer. It is of a shining black colour, and is about 

 y^ of an inch in length. 



1145. Philhydncs elongatulus, Macl. (Sept.-Dec.) 



1 146. P. maculiceps, Macl. (Sept.-Dec.) 



These are of a general yellowish tint, with darker markings. 

 The former is about f\j and the latter J of an inch long. 



7611. Hydrohaticus australis, Blackb. (Jan. -Dec.) 



A common species, widely distributed. It is barely J of an 

 inch in length, and is dull yellow, with a black sutural stripe 

 and two short black longitudinal lines on the prothorax. The 

 elytra are densely striate. It is met with clinging to the under 

 surface of pieces of floating timber, &c. 



7621. Berosus majuscuhis, Blackb. (Oct.) 



I have seen only one example of this. It is rather unlike the 

 typical water-beetles, having a protruding head and very 

 prominent eyes. It measures J of an inch, and is pale yellow, 

 with dark blotches on prothorax and elytra. The latter are 

 strongly striate, and finely pitted with black punctures. 



1 154. Hydrochus parallelus, Macl. (Oct.-Dec.) 



This is a narrow, elongate, rugose black species, with red 

 and black legs and prominent eyes. It is about J of an inch 

 long. Usually found in the same situations as Hydrobaticiis 

 australis. 



THE IDENTITY OF THE BUTTERFLY MILETUS 

 EUCLIDES, MISKIN. 



By G. a. Waterhouse, B.Sc, F.E.S. 



{Read before the Field Naturalists' Club of Victoria, 14th Nov., 1910.) 



In the Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 

 for 1888 (p. 1,517), W. H. Miskin described the male and the 

 female of a Miletus in the collection of Dr. T. P. Lucas. To 

 these butterflies he gave the name of Hypochrysops euclides, and 

 he stated that they came from Gippsland (Victoria). 



When preparing my revisional paper on the Australian 

 Lycaenidae (Proc. Linn. Soc, New South Wales, 1903), I 

 endeavoured to trace this species, but, as mentioned on page 170, 

 Dr. Lucas wrote me that the types had been destroj^^d. 



Some months ago it occurred to me that Miskin's description 

 of Miletus eudides fitted the North Queensland species I described 

 in the above-mentioned paper (page 270) as Miletus meleagris 

 On a recent visit to Brisbane my friend, Mr. K. lUidge, told me 



