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species in Queensland and 1 in Tasmania, whilst Scopodes, 

 Harpalus, and Chl/snioideus have species in Tasmania but 

 not ill Victoria. With these exceptions all the Tasraanian 

 genera are common to Victoria. 



Of genera common to Australia and New Zealand, Tas- 

 mania does not possess many representatives. Homalosoma 

 has no species in Tasmania, Mecodema has 1, Dicrochile has 

 1 common to Tasmania and Victoria and Scopodes has 2. 



The family Hydropliyll'uUe, with 15 genera and 45 species, 

 is mainly confined to the north east of the continent, having 



1 species of Hydroph'dm extending south to Victoria and 

 New South Wales and being represented by 1 species and 

 genus ( Cercyon dorsaJis) in Tasmania. 



The Stap/iy/inidce are well represented in Australia, which, 

 together with Tasmania has 69 genera and 204 species. Of 

 these only 9 genera and 12 s|)ecies are found in Tasmania. 

 Only 1 genus is confined to Tasmanian but 11 out of the 12 

 species are peculiar, 1 species ( Oxytelus discipennis) being 

 identical with a New South Wales form. Nine out of the 12 

 genera are common to Victoria and widely distributed over 

 the continent, whilst, two do not occur in Victoria but are 

 found, one in Queensland and one in the latter and New 

 South Wales. 



The Trichopterygidce are a very small family with only 



2 genera in Australia and Tasmania, each having 1 species 

 only. Actinopteiyx australis is peculiar to West Australia 

 and Ptilium simsoni to Tasmania. None are as yet recorded 

 from the other colonies. 



The PhalacridcB are represented by 1 genus and species 

 only — Litochrus brunneus — confined to the island. 



In the Cucujidce we have a family comprising in Australia 

 and Tasmania 16 genera and 46 species and well represented 

 in Tasmania where there are 11 genera and 18 species — a 

 large proportion wlien compared with other families. One 

 genus is peculiar and 6 s])ecies. Ancistria retusa is found 

 in Queensland and Tasmania, Prostomis atkinsoni in Victoria 

 and Tasmania, two forms — Cryptomorpha triguttata and 

 Prostomis cornutus — in South Austraha and Tasmania, three 

 forms — Isaphes moerosus, Lcemophlceus bistriatus, and L. 

 testaceus — in New South Wales and Tasmania whilst others 

 such as Platisiis obscums and Brontes militares are widely 

 distributed. 



The LiicanidcB, or stag beetles, form an attractive group 

 the members of which have hence been largely collected 



