24 THE WOMBAT. 



858. Sarticus discopunctatus (Chaud.) Geelong. 



,, obsulus (Chaud.) Common under rubbish, 



Geelong. 

 ., (2 species) Cape Otway Ranges. 



911. Dicrochile brevicollis (Chaud.) Geelong. 



914. „ minuta (Casteln.) ,, 



925. Platynus marginellus (Er.) „ 



(7555 Blackb.) Platynus murrayensis (Blackb.) Cape Otway Ranges. 

 Euthenarus morganensis (Blackb.) Geelong. 

 Pristonychus australis (Blackb.) Under stones, wood, &c, 



Geelong. In the 

 spring of 1899 I 

 noticed hundreds float- 

 ing down the Barwon, 

 the river being in flood 

 at the time. 

 Ectroma beneficum fNewm.^ Very common under 



gum bark, Geelong. 

 „ civica f Newm). Very common between 



Geelong and Cape 

 Otway Ranges. 

 Oxtelus sculptus (Gray) Geelong. 



Quedius fulgidus (Fab.) Under logs and bark, 



Geelong. 

 Creophilus erythrocephalus (Fab.) Found under rotten 



vegetable and animal 

 matter, Geelong. 



The numbers attached to some of the above are from the 

 catalogue by Mr. Geo. Masters, of the Australian Museum. I take 

 this opportunity of expressing my thanks to Messrs. T. A. Sloane, 

 A.M.Lea, and J. A. Kershaw, for their kind assistance in identify- 

 ing species. — J.F M. 



NOTES ON THE BIRDS OF THE 

 BENDIGO DISTRICT. 



By H. E. Hill. 



Gypoictinia melanosterna. — I put up three large hawks in a 

 paddock at Sandy Creek, 15/6/95, which I believe to have 

 belonged to this species. Ihey had been feeding on the 

 carcase of a sheep. 



Cerchneis cenchroides. — Occasional in the more open parts. Very 

 rarely is a hawk to be seen in the scrub, and there are not a 

 great number anywhere in the neighbourhood of the town. 

 Though I have seen other species besides those mentioned, 

 it has never been near enough to identify them. 



