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legs are elongated, bat whether curved or not I cannot dis- 

 tinguish. I prefer therefore to have this as a well marked 

 variety, until I can procure specimens for more minute examina- 

 tion. Length, 3^. 



Bryaxis. Leach. 



Sect. 1. 



Having eleven joints to the antennae. 

 Sp. 17. B. linearis. R. L. King (fig. 7. h.) 

 Pallide castaneus setosus ; capite postice truncato, fossula 

 curvata inter oculos verticem elevante impresso ; prothorace 

 obcordato foveis 3''"' ad basin linea transversa conjunctis 

 instructo, et linea longitudinal! impresso ; elytris stria 

 suturali altera discoidali impresso. 



Long. ■^%. 



Parramatta, on fence at sunset. 

 The penultimate joint of the antennae is transverse, the last 

 acuminate ; this species is distinguished by its Hnear form, light 

 colour, and setose thorax. 



Sp. 18. B. sculjita. R. L. King. 

 Ferrugineus elyti'is rubris ; capite subquadrato fossula alta 

 transversa inter oculos verticem elevante impresso ; pro- 

 thorace obcoi'dato non setoso, foveola elongata media antice, 

 et foveis 3^"^ confluentibus fossulam altam curvatam trans- 

 versam formantibus postice instracto ; elytris sub lente 

 setosis, plicatura humerali stria suturali altera discoidali 

 impressis, humeris elevatis lateribus parallelis ; abdominis 

 segmentis ^qualibus. 



Long. ^ poll. 



Parramatta, under bark of decayed tree. 



I have hitherto obtained but a single specimen of this pretty 

 species. The red colour of the elytra disappears in the cabinet 

 and the whole animal becomes almost piceous. It comes near B 

 linearis, having the same linear form, and somewhat similar 

 markings, though much deeper, on the head and thorax : the an- 

 tennae are much alike in the two species, though the penultimate 

 joint is, in B. sculpta, rather globose, the last acuminate. The 



