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notched towards apex, the others slightly dilated and not notched ; 

 tarsi rather short. Length 1J to 2 mm. 



Hob. N. S. Wales, Otford. (H. J. Carter and A. M. 

 Lea.) 



The male differs from the female * in being smaller, 

 with stouter legs, longer antennae, and wider front tarsi. 

 The two specimens described were taken under small but 

 deeply buried stones in a small gully near the Otford 

 railway station. The pubescence can only be seen dis- 

 tinctly from the sides; the setae are also by no means 

 distinct. 



Readily distinguished from I. stcphensi by its much 

 greater size, and by the absence of the strong elytral striae 

 so noticeable in that species. Other differences are that 

 in stephensi the prothorax at its widest is very little wider 

 than the head or narrower than the elytra, and that its 

 apex is considerably wider than its base and its sides with 

 less sinuous outlines. 



colydiim:. 



Anommatus 12-steiatus, Mull. 



This minute British species I have taken at the roots of 

 grass in Hobart. Specimens must be common, although 

 seldom seen, as I obtained nineteen living specimens and 

 fragments of many others by the use of sieves. The plan 

 adopted was to break up the earth for about three inches 

 from the surface, this was then thrown into water and 

 stirred about ; every thing that floated was picked out, 

 dried, and afterwards put through sieves, the rubbish that 

 came through the finest sieves being gone over on white 

 paper in the ordinary way. The specimens would often 

 remain for minutes together without moving, and even 

 when they did move would walk at a very slow rate. 



SCARABAEIDiE. 

 Phycochus graniceps, Broun. 



In Hobart, obtained at the roots of plants (usually the 

 bracken fern) growing close to the sea-beach. I have seen 



* The type female has been returned to Mr. Carter. 



