BY A. RAFFRAY. 141 



elongata, ad basin attenuata, humeris obliquis et dentatis, sulco 

 dorsali olisoleto. Abdomen elytris longius, haud angustius, 

 segmento dorsali 1° sequentibus vix longiori, basi impressionibus 

 tribus transversis inter se agqualibus. Metasternum sulcatum et 

 postice inter coxas tuberculatum. 



£. Trochanteribus intermediis medio dente conspicuo, brevi, 

 acuto armatis, posticis apice longe productis, isto processu recurvo 

 et apice truncato; segmento ventrali ultimo deplanato, lrevi. In 

 capite medio elevatione longitudinali, cariniformi, transversa 

 antice limitata et utrinque fovea minuta. Long. 2-60 mm. 



Sydney, Parramatta, N.S.W. 



I have found in the Schaufuss collection under the name 

 hamatas the insect from which the above description has been 

 made ; I think that it is the true hamatas, King. 



Batrisus speciosus, King. 



Trans. Ent. Soc. N.S.W. 1863, p. 45. 



Oblongus, totus rufus. Caput longitudine sua paulo latius, 

 fere deplanatum, sulcis parum profundis, cannula media valde 

 obsolete. Antennarum articulis 3-7 latitudine sua plus duplo 

 longioribus, 8 latitudine sua paulo longiori, 9 subovato, 10 

 trapezoiclali, 11 ovato, acuminate Prothorax sicut in hamato, 

 sed paulo breviori, sulco medio et carinulis obsoletis. Elytra 

 antrorsum et apice tequaliter attenuata, lateribus leviter rotun- 

 datis. Segmento dorsali 1° basi transversim triimpresso, impres- 

 sione media lateralibus angustiori. 



<£. Trochanteribus intermediis medio spina brevi armatis, 

 posticis paulo ante apicem dente valido sed brevi compresso, 

 recurvo et truncato prseditis. Long. 2 "60 mm. 



Forest Reefs, N.S.W. (Mr. A. M. Lea). 



]>. speciosus was considered by the Rev. R. L. King as a mere 

 variety of hamatus. The insect above described is at any rate 

 different from hamatus; it corresponds as well as possible to the 

 few words of description given by the Rev. R, L. King, and if it 

 proves — as I suppose it will — to be identical with sjjeciosus, 

 K ing, the latter is a very good species. 



