BY ARTHUR M. LEA. 429 



Soc. N. S. Wales, 1900, p. 137, PI. x., fig. 28), described and 

 figured as A', cyclops, a species, t'ruin the tyi>e of /i. ijirdjfu, 

 which he supposed to be identical with B. ct/clops: but, in 

 this, he was evidently mistaken, as B. ci/clops is a distinct 

 species. The species he doubtfully described as B. Jtnt<t (p. 

 139) was correctly identified. 



Batrisus Elizabeth.e King (now Batrisodes). 



A small, pale species, base of abdomen on up])er sni'faco 

 with three impressions occupying almost the entire width, the 

 median one as wide as the others conjoined. The dorsal stria 

 on each elytron is strong, and continued to well beyond the 

 middle. The legs are apparently unarmed, and the type is 

 evidently a female. 



Batrisus conspicuus King (now Mesoplatus). 

 MfsoplatuK J/iisfi'i'si Ivafi'r. 



There are two female specimens standing under this name 

 in the King Collection, although but one was known to King 

 when the species was described. Raffray subsequently de- 

 scribed the species as Mesoplatus Mastei-si ; both he and King 

 referred to its resemblance to M . harhatus. 



Batrisus nobilis King (now Tvhoaiorphus). 



In Proc. Roy. Soc. Vic. 1910, p. 149, with some slight 

 doubt I identified a Batrisodes as belonging to this species ; 

 but the type of B. nohUis is not even near Batrisodes, as its 

 abdomen is strongly margined. Its legs are unarmed, but as 

 the under-surface of its abdomen is feebly, longitudinally 

 'impressed, it is possil)ly a male. The head is shallowly, longi- 

 tudinally impressed, the impression at its hind end being marked 

 by two foveas. The prothoi-ax has a biarcuate impression near 

 the base. The dorsal stria on each elytron is represented by 

 a small basal fovea, behind which is a very faint longitudinal 

 impression. There are fairly distinct punctures on the whole 

 of the upper surface. 



