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impressed line of the thorax in B. linearis is a deep elongated 

 impression (foveola) in B. sculp ta, while the three basal im- 

 pressions are so continuous as to form a deep fossula. The 

 thorax is not setose under the lens, while, in B. linearis, it is 

 covered with short and a few longer setae. Previously to micro- 

 scopic examination, the median impressed line or elongated 

 foveola on the thorax led me to class these two species with 

 Batrisus, many species of that genus having this peculiar 

 marking. 



Sp. 19. B. strigicollis. J. 0. Westwood. Soc. cit. 

 Castaneus, elytris pone medium pallidioribus, capite obscurioi'i ; 

 antennis, palpis et pedibus cast aneo-ful vis, articulis 9 

 et 10 antennarum nigris ; capite postice profunde bi-im- 

 presso ; prothorace transverso-rotundato, supra striolis 

 minutis, lineaque curvata postica cum punctis duobus 

 magnis lateralibus, elytris linea profunda submedia im- 

 pressis. 

 Long. lin. 1|. 

 Ants' nests, Melbourne. 



The fovese on the head are behind the eyes. The Pro thorax 

 is hardly as long as the head but somewhat broader, trans- 

 versely ovate, with the sides regularly rounded, the disk thickly 

 striolate. The second joint of the tarsi in all the feet broader 

 than the rest. 



Sp. 20. B. hortensis. R. L. King. 

 Castaneus sub lente setosus, antennarum clavis piceis ; capite 

 foveis inter oculos duabus magnis ; thorace breviter obcor- 

 dato, foveis 2*'"^ lateralibus linea curvata conjunctis in- 

 structo ; elytris stria suturali altera discoidali impressis ; 

 abdomine marginato elytris paulo latiori, segmentis sequali- 

 bus. 

 Long. -^ poll. 



Flying at sunset and under stones, Parramatta. 

 Fovese on the head rather more forward than the eyes. 

 Prothorax as long as the head — a Httle broader at its widest 

 part, posterior angles somewhat acute. Tarsal joints 2 and 

 3 nearly equal in width. The base of the elytra is notched 

 near the exterior angle. 



