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were so badly damaged as to be beyond recognition. Many 

 of the specimens obtained undoubtedly belong to new species ( 3 > 

 and a few to new genera, but some of these were so badly 

 abraded or otherwise injured that it was inadvisable to make 

 them into types. 



The gem of the collection is a fine ground beetle of the 

 Helhionides, herinafter named HeUuarchus whitei. 



COLEOPTERA. 



Carabid^e. — Carenum transversicolle, Chaud. Finke 

 River. Catadmmus australis, Cast. MacDonnell Ranges. 

 Cenogmus rotundicollis, Cast. MacDonnell Ranges. Chlce- 

 nius australis, Dej. Ellery Creek, Finke River. Ch. Iceteviridis, 

 Chaud. Oodnadatta to Blood Creek, Finke River, MacDon- 

 nell Ranges. Clivina bovilli, Blackb. Hamilton Bore to 

 Oodnadatta. Ectroma benefica, Newm. Ellery Creek, 

 Hamilton Bore to Oodnadatta, Oodnadatta to Blood Creek. 

 Eudalia waterhousei, Cast. Finke River. Gigadema bostocki, 

 Cast. Finke River. Gnathaphanus pidcher, Dej. Ellery 

 Creek. HeUuarchus whitei, n. sp. ^) Loxandrus ruflabris y 

 Cast. Ellery Creek. Oodes planipennis, Macl. Oodnadatta 

 to Blood Creek. ( 5 ) Phorticosomus horni, Sloane. Finke River, 

 Ellery Creek. Rhytisternus arnheimensis, Cast. Ellery 

 Creek. Silphomorpha rockhamptonensis, Cast. Finke River. 

 XanthopJuea suturata, Newm. Ellery Creek. 



Dytiscid^e. — Bidessus bistrigatus, Clark. Urinilla 

 Springs to Deep Well. X ecterosoma regular e, Sharp. 

 Urinilla Springs to Deep Well. 



Staphylinid^e. — Creophilus erythrocephalus, Fab. Ellery 

 Creek. Lathrobium notaticolle, Fvl. Oodnadatta to Blood 

 Creek. Scymbalium australe, Fvl. Charlotte Waters to 

 Hamilton Bore. 



Histerid^e. — Hypocaccus since, Mars. Ellery Creek, 

 Finke River, Urinilla Springs to Deep Well. Saprinus 

 viridipennis, Lewis. Ellery Creek, Finke River. 



Colydiid^e. — Bitoma hilaris, Blackb. Arltunga to 

 Urinilla Springs. 



Dermestid^e. — Dermestes cadaverinus, Fabr. Through- 

 out trip. D. vidpinus, Fabr. Throughout trip. 



'3) As no advantage is to be gained by giving their generic 

 names only these are not further referred to. 



• 4) Name received from Mr. Sloane, who wrote: "Have this 

 in my collection from Central Australia under L. rufilabris, with 

 which it seems conspecific, perhaps a variety." 



<5)Name from Mr. Sloane. 

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