74 GouDiE, Coleopfera of N.-W. Victoria. [vir'xxix. 



with the apex truncate. It has been found in the nests of 

 several kinds of ants, and has a wide range, being also taken 

 in Tasmania, where it appears to be the only species of the 

 genus occurring there. 



A. cylindricornis, Lea, loc. cit., p. 174. 



A. dentipes, Lea, loc. cit., p. 167. 

 Two new species, lately described. Taken in nests of Irido- 

 myrniex nitidns at Birchip. The former has also been collected 

 at Portland by Mr. H. W. Davey, and at Gunning, New South 

 Wales. 



1567. A. dilaticornis, Westw. 



Similar in general appearance to A. curvicornis, but the 

 antennae are rounded at apex. Taken at Geelong (Davey) 

 and Birchip (Goudie) in ants' nests (/. nitidtts). 



A. excavipechis. Lea, loc. cit., p. 169. 

 A new species, found at Birchip and in South Australia. 



1569. A. fortnumi, Hope. 

 A. bostocki, Pasc. 

 A. odewahni, Pasc. 



("The above synonymy is according to Dr. Schaufuss." — 

 A. M. Lea.) 



Occurs in nests of Cycmatogastcr Iceviceps, Birchip and South 

 Australia. 



1570. A. gibhulus, Sharp. 



Taken in company with /. niiidtts and C. Iceviceps, near 

 Birchip. 



Undetermined species belonging ^o the following genera have 

 also been taken in the Birchip district, viz. : — Narcodes, 

 Euplectops, and Palimbolus. 



PAUSSID^. 



The singular beetles belonging to this family will be recog- 

 nized at a glance, the curious broad, flat antennae (e]e\'cn- 

 iointed) appearing as if cut out of thin pieces of shining brown 

 leather. The legs also, in those species known to me, are 

 flattened and dilated. They are all of small size, the largest 

 being a little over half an inch in length, those found in this 

 district being of a uniform dark reddish-brown colour, 

 moderately shining. Some of the species have been recorded 

 as occurring in the nests of ants, and it is probable that all are 

 myrmecophilous. They surprise the collector who handles 

 them alive for the first time by discliarging an acrid fluid or 

 vapour with a slight report, like the Bombardier Carab, 

 Pheropsophus verticalis. There has been some speculation by 



