BY THE REV. R. L. KING, B.A. 45 



This species, which is not uncommon in certain localities, 

 differs from B. angulatus in several important particulai'S. The 

 maxillary palpi has the third joint minute cyathiform, and the 

 fourth fusiform. The shape of the thorax and the median line, 

 which is very distinct, at once separate it from that species. 

 The under part of the head is covered with stiff perpendicular 

 setae ; antennre, as long as the head and thorax, and of the ordi- 

 nary form ; elytra punctate, somewhat broader than the thorax, 

 with parallel sides, a sutural strise and an indistinct one in the 

 middle ; abdomen weakly margined, hardly broader tlian elytra, — 

 second segment the largest. 



Sp. 16. B. hamatus. R. L. King (fig. 6. e.) 

 Castaneus vix nitidus setosus ; capite post oculos I'otundato 

 in breve collum contracto, vertice elevato leviter carinato, 

 linea transversa curvata inter antennas impresso ; thorace 

 ad medium latissimo antice conico postice subito contracto, 

 linea media leviter impresso et 2'^'" carinulis in dentibus 

 dorsalibus acutis postice desinentibus instructo ; elytris 

 convexis, plicatura humerali stria suturali altera dimidiata 

 discoidali instructis, lateribus postice parallelis ; abdomine 

 parum marginato, pedibus gracilibus, coxis posteriorum 

 elongatis curvatis. 

 Long. 3^ poll. Parramatta, September. 

 Var. " sjpeciosus,''^ the Currajong. 



This is a very distinct species. Its elongated form, the shape 

 and dorsal teeth of the thorax, and the curved coxte of the pos- 

 terior legs, fig. 6, c, are very remarkable. The head is rounded 

 behind, the vertex being carinated ; between the termination of 

 the carinre and the base of the antennas is a flattened space 

 bounded towards the antennce by a thin curved line. The sides 

 of the head and face are crowded with stiff perpendicular sette. 

 The terminal joint of the antennfB is acute. 



B. hamatus, variety, speciosus, may eventually prove to be a 

 different species. I have seen but a single specimen from the 

 cabinet of W. MacLeay, Esq. ; it is larger than B. hamatus ; the 

 dorsal teeth of the thorax are less prominent, and the elytra are 

 contracted behind as well as in front ; the coxae of the posterior 



