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124 The Queensland Naturalist. 
close to the earth, very demurely ; only examples of the 
male sex being represented. Interesting Centipedes were 
also encountered here, of which more anon : save only to 
remark, that one — a species of Cormacephalus — was found 
feeding upon that noteworthy animal, Peripatus. Four 
different kinds of land mollusca also rewarded our search, 
a small black slug and an Helicarion being the more 
numerous. Still confining attention to the flat, the foliage 
of Melaleuca nolosa was “ worked” for what it would yield. 
A small bronzy green chrysomelid was found to be the 
most prevalent beetle in this situation, but a small but 
rare longicorn was also secured from the same source , 
whilst a brown plant bug of elongated form was fairly 
common. 
Leaving the flat and proceeding on to higher ground, 
the quest for insects was pursued amongst some large 
Eucalypt trees. 
In one spot there was a remarkable prevalence of one 
of our smallest Cicadas, Melampsalta nehulosa. Thousands 
of the empty pupa cases were to be seen attached to the 
stalks of grass plants, even within our area of a few square 
yards, and the adult insects themselves were found close 
at hand- as if recently emerged (E. Jarvis). Another 
Cicada was also found here, but occurred in much fe\\er 
numbers— it A\as the Pauropsalta annulata — and a living 
pupa apparently of the same species was dug out. 
Beneath the loose bark of the Eucalypt trees referred 
to, were found examples of three different Hemiptera a 
rather gaily coloured Pcecilometis, in its immature con- 
dition ; the peculiar Ptilocnemus lemur, that has the tihim 
of its hind legs conspicuously fringed, and the red and 
black bug, Havinthus rufovarius, Bergroth. The two latter 
are alike predatory, and the Havinthus is wont to consume 
bark-frequenting species of ants, amongst many other 
insects. 
In the same situation occurred, too, examples of a 
rather pretty bronzy-green clerid beetle, evidently the 
adult form of some ‘^grub” that exercises the habit ot 
pursuing timber-destroying larvae within their burrowing 
a frequently exhibited feature in this family. 
The most “ exciting” discovery under the loose 
bark was constituted by the detection there of the remark- 
able active Horse-Shoe Cockroach (Ischnoptera, sp.), notable 
for exhibiting, as its name implies, a black horse-shoe 
shaped mark on its clear white pronotum. An eqiially 
active cockroach was found in debris on the flat, ims 
second indigenous blatta was uniformly pale reddish- 
brown. 
On young Eucalypt saplings were also found examples 
of two very gaily coloured beetles belonging to the family 
