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Wales, Victoria, and Tasmania. I also took many specimens, 

 of minuta from the nest of a small variety of Ectatomma-: 

 metallicum, on Mount Tambourine in Queensland. 



HISTERIDAE. 



Chlamydopsis inquilina, Lewis. 



Many specimens taken by Mr. J. S. Clark about the 

 Swan River from the nests of Iridomyrmex conifera appear 

 to belong to this species ; they agree well with the original 

 description, but differ from the figure subsequently given in 

 having the elytra across the epaulettes wider than any other 

 part, instead of (as in the figure) narrower than across the 

 middle; the difference may be sexual or due to inaccuracy 

 of the figure. The deep notch in each epaulette, combined 

 with the inconspicuous punctures and striae on most of the 

 upper-surface, and the strongly and evenly elevated sides of 

 pro thorax, render the species extremely distinct. 



In a note on the species ( 5 ) a letter from Mr. Lewis was 

 quoted recording the type as from Liverpool, in New South 

 Wales; in the original description it was noted as from ' 'Aus- 

 tralia/' and taken by du Boulay. Liverpool was probably 

 noted in error, for, so far as I am aware, the late Mr. F. 

 H. du Boulay was never there, whereas he did a lot of 

 collecting from ants' nests in Western Australia. 



Chlamydopsis comata, Blackb. 



-Mr. Elston has presented to the Museum a specimen of 

 this fine species ; he obtained it from a nest of Ectatomma 

 metallicum. (adjacent to a termite's nest) on the Mount Lofty 

 Ranges. 



Chlamydopsis excavata, Lea. 



Mr. W. du Boulay took two specimens of this species (now 

 first recorded from the mainland) from a nest of Ectatomma 

 at Hunter Hill (near Sydney) in October. 



Chlamydopsis tuberculata, Lea. 



Three specimens of this species were taken at Lome (Vic- 

 toria) by Mr. F. E. Wilson, from nests of a small black species 

 of Iridomyrmex ; one specimen was presented to the South 

 Australian Museum, and another to the National Museum. 



Chlamydopsis agilis, Lea. 



A specimen of this species was taken at Nairne (South 

 Australia) by Mr. W. L. Burton, from a nest of Ectatomma 

 metallicum. 



(5)Proc. Roy. Soc. Vict., 1912, p. 72. 



