BY A. RAFFRAY. 145 



hardly carinate at base on the sides, is much larger than all the 

 others together, which are generally very little conspicuous when 

 seen from above and are abruptly declivous; the prothorax bears 

 generally three, or at least two, longitudinal grooves. 



This genus is very largely represented in the Indo-Malayan 

 region and extends westwards as far as Africa and eastwards to 

 Japan; it seems to be very scarce in Australia. 



Batrisodes tibialis, King. 

 Batrims tibialis, King, Trans. Ent. Soc. N.S.W. 1863, p. 171. 



(Plate x., fig. 29.) 



Oblongus, ferrugineus, elytris rubris, antennis pedibusque runs, 

 ochraceo-pubescens. Caput grosse sed disperse punctatum, 

 elongato-quadratum, deplanatum, lateribus leviter sinuatum, inter 

 oculos foveis duabus mediocribus et sulcis duobus vix arcuatis et 

 antice liberis. Antennas elongatse, articulis 3, 4, 6 latitudine sua 

 fere triplo, 5 et 7 plus quam triplo, 8 duplo longioribus, 9-10paulo 

 crassioribus, leviter ovatis, 11 fere fusiformi Prothorax cum 

 punctis aliquot dispersis, subovatus, sulco medio longitudinal i 

 deficienti, utrinque fovea magna laterali et ante basin tuberculis 

 duobus obtusis. Elytra latitudine sua longiora, basi valde 

 attenuata, humeris obliquis, notatis. Abdomen elytris longius et 

 paulo angustius, basi aaqualiter transversim triimpressum. Meta- 

 sternum sulcatum; femoribus omnibus incrassatis, trochanteribus 

 intermediis et posticis medio obtuse angulatis, tibiis anticis 

 irregularibus, intus lobatis, isto lobo antrorsum acuto, supra 

 sulcatis et fasciculatis, intermediis apice intus calcaratis. £. 

 Long. 2 - 30 mm. 



Clarence River, N.S.W. (Mr. A. M. Lea). 



I received the insect above described from Mr. Lea under the 

 name of B. tibialis, King, and it answers exactly to the description. 

 The dilatation and emargination of the fore tibiae are very 

 remarkable. 



I do not know the $. 

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