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holidays, and from two nests took 13 Chlattiydopsis inquilina, 

 4 Enasiba tristis, 10 Scydmaenus, but I have not tried to count 

 the various Articerus, Ectrephes, and Staphylinidae." Many 

 of his takings of the Staphylinidae I hope to record at a later 

 date ; he also took some remarkable small flies and bugs. 



Having recent occasion to examine many of the large 

 wheat-stacks in New South Wales, Victoria, and South Aus- 

 tralia, several introduced species of beetles, not previously 

 recorded from Australia, were found in greater or less abund- 

 ance; for the names of several of these I am indebted to Mr. 

 G, J. Arrow, of the British Museum. 



HYDROPHILIDAE. 



PSEUDOHYDROBIUS FLAVUS, n. Sp. 



Flavous, some parts tinged with red. Upper-surface 

 polished, under-surface subopaque, and very finely pubescent. 



Head with small and rather dense punctures, clypeus 

 with still smaller punctures, its suture distinct only at sides ; 

 labrum very small. Apical joint of maxillary palpi slightly 

 longer than the subapical. Prothorax with slightly larger 

 punctures than on head. Elytra with slightly larger punctures 

 than on head, and with series of somewhat larger ones. 

 Length, 3-4*5 mm. 



Hab. — New South Wales: Blue Mountains (Blackburn's 

 Collection), Wentworth Falls (A. Simson), Mount Victoria, 

 Wollongong, Sydney, National Park (A. M. Lea), Richmond 

 River (A. J. Coates) ; Queensland : Stradbroke Island (J. H. 

 Boreham and H. Hacker), Mapleton (Hacker), Cairns (F. P. 

 Dodd and Lea). Type, I. 8214. 



Much smaller and paler than fori col a, but with similar 

 outlines; and, like that species, it may be taken from flowers 

 (especially of the genus Leptospermiim) producing nectar in 

 abundance. The seriate punctures on the elytra are close 

 together and moderately distinct, but not in striae, but there 

 is a distinct sutural stria from the middle to the apex. 



PSELAPHIDAE. 



Leanymus mirus, n. sp. 

 PL xxv., figs. 1-3. 

 d ■ Light castaneous, antennae (eleventh joint excepted) 

 somewhat darker. Moderately clothed with short, pale 

 pubescence. 



Head with three small foveae or large punctures triangu- 

 larly placed : two between eyes and one in front. Antennae 

 long, first joint cylindrical, about as long as three following 

 combined, second — tenth subequal in length, the ninth and 



