ii8 GovDiB. Coleoptera of N.-W. Victoria. [voT'^xxxvi. 



7976. LcBMophlceus p^tsillus, Schon. 



An introduced species. 



Cryptamorpha villosa, Grouvelle. 



On the ground, under dead leaves. 

 1873. Silvamis castaneus, Macl. (?) 

 1826. Nepharis alata, Cast. 

 1827." N. costata. King. 



Nephariniis goudiei, Lea, Proc. Roy. Soc. Vic, xvii. (new 

 series), part 2, p. 377, plate xxvii., figs. 3-9. 



The small beetles belonging to the genus Nepharis are very 

 remarkable in appearance and habits. The head is produced, 

 rostrum-like, in front, with very short antennae. A^. alata has 

 the sides of prothorax produced into flattened, wing-like lobes. 

 In A^. costata and Nepharinus the sides of prothorax are strongly 

 serrated. The antennae of the latter, really many-jointed, 

 appear as if composed of a single joint, while its eyes are so 

 small as to be almost invisible. A new species {Nepharis 

 serraticollis, Lea) was discovered at Geelong by Mr. H. W. 

 Davey, while another (N . doddi, Lea) comes from Cairns, 

 Queensland. All the species occur as guests in the nests of 

 ants, Iridomyrmex nitidus apparently being the one most 

 favoured, although Nepharinus has so far only been found 

 with Crematogaster Iceviceps. 



CRYPTOPHAGID>E. 



7996. Atomaria anstralis, Blackb. 



LATHRIDID/C. 



8005. Lathriditts costatipennis, Blackb. 



DERME5TID>e. 



1887. Dermestes cadaverinus, Fab. 

 1891. D. vidpinus, Fab. 

 8053. Anthrenus varius, Fab. 



Introduced pests, which are only too well known for their 

 ravages amongst skins and hides, also museum specimens. 



BYRRHID>e. 



191 1. MicrochcBtes scoparius, Er. 



This curious tufted, pellet-like little beetle has been found 

 by several collectors to associate with ants. 



HETEROCERID/E. 



8061. Heterocerus indistinctus , Blackb. 



A small, mottled greyish insect, met with on the margins 

 of pools and amongst the froth and debris of flooded creeks. 



LUCANID/E. 



The comparatively dry climate of the Mallee regions seems 

 to be a barrier to the members of this family, with the excep- 



