116 Notes on Ausiralian Coleoptera. 
part of the elytra; mouth, antenne, under side of the body 
and legs of a reddish colour. 
Port Denison. 
Note.—In form this sort is very much like Grandis ; but 
is easily distinguished by its dimensions being so much 
smaller, and by the striz of the elytra. 
Stlphomorpha Ovalis: length 34; of an oval and 
depressed form; colour shiny, of a dark brown; thorax, 
bi-impressed on its posterior margin; elytra with strong 
striz which do not extend to the base; mouth, antenne, 
inferior side of the body and legs of a reddish brown. 
Pine Mountains of Queensland. 
Note.—This insect has the form of Mastersw and Dubia, 
but is much smaller even than the latter; has no coloured 
margin to the thorax and elytra, and the strie of the latter 
are shorter. 
Silphomorpha Loevigata: length 42’; form oblong, de- 
pressed ; general colour of a light brown, shiny, with the 
lateral margins of the thorax and elytra a little lighter still ; 
head dark, almost black; elytra entirely smooth, emar- 
ginated at their extremity ; a few strong punctures, forming a 
longitudinal line, near the upper part of the margin ; a feeble 
impression, like a short longitudinal striz near the margin 
on the posterior part of the elytra; mouth, antenne, under 
side of the body and legs of a light reddish brown; 
abdomen a little darker. : 
Victoria ; rare. 
Note.—Il have to say a few words on the geographical 
distribution of the described sorts known to me. fallax 
(Orychtochiloides) Hope, inhabits Victoria, South Australia, 
and New South Wales; Colymbetoides, Victoriaand New South 
Wales ; Decipiens, Victoria, New South Wales, and Port 
Denison, Queensland ; Sutwralis, common in South Aus- 
tralia, is also found in New South Wales, as I have received 
specimens from the Clarence River ; Guttiger, in Victoria and 
New South Wales ; Nitiduloides appears common in New 
South Wales, but is scarce near Melbourne ; Hydroporovdes 
is not rare in South Australia, nor in Victoria. All are . 
found under the bark of trees, and run with great rapidity. 
I have not been able, in Australia, to consult the works 
containing descriptions of the following species, and so they 
may correspond to some of those I have here described: 
Maculata, Albopicta (Newmann), and Laevissuma (West- 
wood). 
