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I have named it after W. MacLeay, Esq., M.L.A. ; to whose 

 kindness my cabinet is indebted for many of its choicest 

 Coleopterfe. 



Tyeus. Aube. 

 Sp. 6. T. spinosus. J. 0. Westwood. 

 Niger, pernitidus et sub lente setosus ; capitis vertice antice 

 truncato et decKvi inter oculos, impressionibus duabus 

 minutis instructo, augulis anticis ad basin antennarum 

 elevatis, clypeo semiovali, facie antice picea ; antennis 

 castaneis, articulis 7 — lO""" obscure piceis ; prothorace 

 piceo ; elytris sanguineis, humeris valde elevatis, sutura et 

 apice nigricantibus ; abdomine nigro, apice piceo-rufo : 

 pedibus castaneis, coxis et basi femorum anticorum Inspi- 

 nosis. 

 Long. Corp., lin. 1|. 

 Ants' nests, Melbourne. 

 T. hisjjinosus. Westwood. In Trans. Entom. Soc, vol. III., 

 N.S., page 271. (PI. XVI., fig. 4.) 

 The prothorax is a little broader than the head. Elytra 

 semiovate, much broader than the thorax ; a thin strin at the 

 suture, and a deep fold at the shoulders. 



Sp. 7. T. Immeralis. Westwood. 

 Castaneus, nitidus, creberrime punctatus et setosus ; anten- 

 narum articulis tribus ultimis castaneo-nigris ; capite subro- 

 tundato ; prothorace truncato-cordato, fossula parva media 

 postica ; elytris magnis, semi-ovatis. 

 Long. corp,. lin. 1. 

 Ant's nests, Melbourne. 

 T. Immeralis. Westwood. Loc. cit. (PI. XYL, fig. T).) 

 Prothorax, with a minute oval impression near the base. 

 Elytra semiovate, thickly punctate and setose, with a stria near 

 the suture and another in the disk, and a fold at the shouklers. 

 Abdomen oval, with broad segments, laterally margined, the 

 second with two longitudinal impressions above. 



Sp. 8. T. formosus. R. \i. King (fig. 4. a.) 

 Castaneus, elytris pallidioribus, nitidus levitcr punctatus et 

 setosus ; capite impressionibus duabus minutis (quandoque 



