106 ON THE PSELAPHID.E OF AUSTRALIA. 



P.S. — Since the above paper was presented to the So- 

 ciety, I have obtained proof that Narcodes pidchra is (as sus- 

 pected before) the male of N. varia : also that Brijaxis linearis 

 and probably B. sculpta, properly belong to the genus Euplectus. 

 Descriptions of these species, with those of several new forms 

 from the Currajong and other places, will supply matter for a 

 third paper on this interesting family. 



DESCRIPTION OF PLATE VII. 



Fig. 6. Palpus of Tt/rus subulatus. 



7. Antenna of Tyclms nigricollis. 



8, 9. Antenna and thorax of Bryaxis Elizabethce. 

 10,11. Ditto ditto oi Bryaxis exigua. 



12. Antenna of Bryaxis clavatula. 



13, 14. Antenna and thorax oi Bryaxis polita. 

 15. Antenna oi Bryaxis Armitagei. 



Descriptions of new genera and species of Coleoptera from Port 

 Denison, by William MacLeay^ Juni-.^ Esq., M.L.A. 



[Read 5th October, 1863.] 



It is now considerably more than a year since I became the 

 possessor of a very fine collection of insects from Port Denison, 

 North Australia. That collection, which was made by Mr. 

 Masters, a member of our Society, comprised Insects of all orders, 

 and, as might have been expected from the latitude and character 

 of the country in which they were found, was corajjosed for the 

 most part of new species, 



Of these, I have already described a considerable number in 

 the several Papers which I have contributed to this Society, and 

 I now purpose to include in this and subsequent Papers all the 

 species not yet noticed which appear to me to differ from those 

 inhabiting other parts of Australia. I have passed over iu 

 this Paper the Philhydridce and Brachelytra of the collection, as I 

 intend to place tlie novelties of the former group in the hands of 



