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Batrisus Leai, n.sp. 



Totus rufus, caput latitudine sua longius cannula media longi- 

 tudinali, valida, simplici, antrorsum, inter oculos, abbreviate, 

 sulcis latis et parum profundis, fronte inter antennas late, trans- 

 versira depresso. Antennae sicut in specioso. Prothorax breviter 

 cordatus, antice abrupte attenuatus, lateribus muticus, sulco 

 medio longitudinali lato, cum carinulis lateralibus medio abrupto. 

 Elytra latitudine sua longiora, humeris valde obliquis et notatis, 

 sulco dorsali fere inconspicuo. Segmento dorsali 1° basi valde 

 transversim triimpresso, impressione media paulo majori, et 

 utrinque carinula intus recurva, valida, limitata. $. Long. 

 2-70 mm. 



Tamworth, N.S.W. (Mr. A. M. Lea). 



This is a species very closely allied to both B. hamatus and B. 

 speciosus; I received it from Mr. Lea under the name of hamatus, 

 and although I know only the 9 I do not hesitate in considering 

 it as different. The prothorax has no lateral tooth; the median 

 sulcus and the lateral carinules are abbreviated towards the 

 middle; the antennae are much more elongate, the 9th joint being- 

 ovate and the 10th longer than broad; the abdomen is longer and 

 somewhat contracted at the base, the median impression at the 

 base of the first dorsal segment is wider than the lateral ones, 

 (whilst it is equal in B. hamatus and smaller in s2?eciosus) and 

 bounded on each side by a strong, much longer and inwardly 

 recurved carinule. 



Batrisus bimucronatus, n.sp. 



Totus dilute ferrugineus. Caput latitudine sua paulo longius, 

 sulcis lateralibus validis, carinula media longitudinali valida, inter 

 oculos antrorsum abbreviate et utrinque tuberculo minutosummo 

 truncato, antennis sicut in specioso sed validioribus. Prothorax 

 cordatus, antice abrupte attenuatus, lateribus valde rotundatis, 

 muticis et post medium sinuatis, sulco medio valido, fere integro, 

 carinulis lateralibus mediocribus et medio attenuatis. Elytra 

 latitudine sua vix longiora, humeris valde obliquis et dentatis, 



