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Pawa; Ugi, British Solomon Islands. 



Described from two females (one without developed wings) 

 reared from pupae found on a leaf in a nest of Technomyrmex 

 albipes F. Smith. 



The puparium is 7 mm. long and 4 mm. broad; is not as con- 

 vex as those of Microdon and brownish in color and not reti- 

 culated. 



I have considered papuanum as generically distinct from 

 Microdon because of the structure of the antennae. 



Fig. 1. Bardistopus papuanum gen. and sp. nov. Antenna and head from side. 

 Fig. 2. Middle femur, showing spines of a, Fustiger vitiensis sp. n.; b, Fustiger 



raffrayi sp. nov.; c, Fustiger leverani sp. nov.; d, Fustiger wasmanni sp. nov.; 



e, Kaisia oceanica sp. nov. 



CoLEOPTERA. (Family Pselaphidae) . 

 (Subfamily Clavigerin^) . 



No species of this group have hitherto been recorded from 

 the Melanesian region, but as they occur in nearly all parts 

 of the world, it was not surprising to find some in a region as 

 old zoologically as Fiji. 



Five of the seven species that I found were taken at Nadari- 

 vatu, in the high mountains of Viti Levu, and four of them in 

 company with the same host species, Pheidole knowlesi var. 

 extensus Mann (mss.)*,a common species in the islands and one 

 that nests beneath stones, a- situation most favorable for the 



* The ants named as host have been described in a paper on the ants of Fiji, 

 now in the hands of the editor. 



