_Natalis porcata_, 1 inch in length, is black covered with a whitish down, and is found under the dead bark on tree trunks; it is probably parasitic upon the grubs of longicorn beetles (_Phoracantha_). _Cleromorpha novemguttatus_ measures only ⅕ of an inch; it is rich metallic blue, lightly clothed with black hairs, and the elytra spotted on either side with white dots: it is common in the flowers of the _Angophora_ in early summer. The Genus _Aulicus_ contains a number of bright metallic green or blue beetles which live on flowering shrubs; about 20 species are described, chiefly by Cheverolet (Memoirs of the Cleridae 1878). _Aulicus instabilis_, one of the smallest, is only ¼ of an inch in length; it has a wide range over Australia. _Trogodendron fasciculatum_ is another widely distributed species, and may be often seen flying about in the height of summer; if captured it bites most viciously. I have on several occasions pulled its body off, leaving the head with the jaws buried in my finger: it is parasitic on the pupae of our large wood moths. It is variable in size, about 1 inch in length, thickset and broad in proportion; is dark brown, with bright yellow antennae, and broad black fasciae at the base and apical half of the elytra. _Zenithicola obesus_, ⅓ of an inch in length, is like the last in general form, but with dull yellow thorax and shining black elytra marked with white: _Z. australis_, a slightly larger species, has a black thorax. The members of the Genus _Eleale_ are elongate, dark metallic green or blue beetles clothed with fine hairs and deeply punctured wing covers; they also live among flowers. _Tarsostenus zonatus_ is typical of the small, slender, cylindrical clerids that infest the gall-making coccids, and are often bred from these galls. It has a bright reddish brown head and thorax, and green wing covers barred across the centre with white. _Lemidia hilaris_, ⅙ of an inch long, is a short broad beetle of a shining black tint, with the basal half of the elytra red. The Red-legged Ham Beetle, _Necrobia rufipes_, an introduced species, is found all over the world. In the interior it swarms under dead animals, feeding upon fresh bones; and is also often found about cheese and other preserved foods in the pantry. Family 35. Anobiums. PTINIDAE.