140 . AUSTRALIAN PSELAPHID.R, 



sua vix duplo longioribus, 8 fere subquadrato, 9 brevissime ovato, 

 10 breviter obconico, 11 ovato, acuminato. Prothorax subovatus, 

 lateribus simplicibus, sulco longitudinali medio integro, transverso 

 medio interrupto, postice tuberculis duobus magnis, acutis, cari- 

 nulis duabus lateralibus delicatulis et medium superantibus. 

 Elytra sat elongata, basi attenuata, humeris obtuse carinatis, 

 sulco dorsali obsoleto sed plicatura longitudinali medium fere 

 attingenti limitato. Abdomen elytris longius, sat eonvexum, basi 

 leviter angustatum, segmento 1° dorsali subsequaliter transversim 

 impresso. 



(J. Metasternum late impressum, trochanteribus posticis apice 

 longe productis, isto processu compresso, apice abrupte et valde 

 recurvo, acuto. Long. 2-70 mm. 



Gayndah, Q. 



I received the insect above described from Mr. Masters under 

 the name of Bryaxis hirta, Macleay. I cannot say if it is the 

 true Bryaxis hirta, Macleay, but it does not at all resemble a 

 Bryaxis, and it is difficult to admit that Mr. Macleay made such 

 a mistake; his description, however, may apply to man}' insects. 



Batrisus hamatus, King. 



Trans. Ent. Soc. KS.W. 1863, p. 45, tab. 16, fig. 6c. 



Oblongus, ferrugineus, elytris pedibusque dilutioribus, ochraceo- 

 setosus. Caput longitudine et latitudine subtequale, temporibus 

 obliquis, cannula longitudinali media inter oculos abrupta, post 

 oculos foveis duabus et sulcis duobus in fronte angulatim connexis, 

 lateribus deplanatis. Antennae validse, crassfe, articulis latitudine 

 sua haud duplo longioribus, 8 quadrato, 9-10 majoribus, leviter 

 transversis et tuberculatis, 11 ovato. acuminato. Prothorax 

 cordatus, antrorsum sat abrupte attenuatus, ad medium lateribus 

 parum rotundatis et minute dentatis, dein ad apicem emarginato- 

 angustatus, fovea laterali magna, sulco laterali sinuato, parum 

 profundo, sulco longitudinali medio valido, antice abrupto et 

 postice in foveam ovatam desinenti, carinulis duabus obsoletis 

 antice abruptis et postice in dentem validum desinentibus, basi 

 ipsa quadrifoveata. Etytra disperse subrugoso-punctata, sat 



