On the Scaritidre of Neiv Holland, 

 By William MacLeay, Jun., Esq., M.L.A. 



2nd Paper. 

 [Read 7th March, 1864.] 



Since my Paper on the Scaritidce in the first part of our 

 Transactions, I have received from Mr. E. P. Ramsay for descrip- 

 tion a very fine collection of insects of this family, sent to him 

 by Mr. T. G. Waterhoiise of South Australia. 



The greater number of the specimens were damaged, and 

 some literally knocked into atoms on the passage from Adelaide. 

 I have, however, from those which were sufliciently entire for 

 description, been enabled to make out twelve new species. 



Mr. Waterhouse has not sent any account of the habitat of 

 the various species, but from the number of new ones, I am 

 inclined to think that they must have been chiefly collected in 

 liis late N'orthern expedition. 



A. Tihice anticce extus bidentatce. 



1. CaRENUM LjEVIGATDM. 



Nigrum nitidum violaceo-marginatum, capite utrinque pro- 

 funde canaliculato, elytris Isevibus postice bipunctatis. 



Long. 8| lin., lat. 3 lin. 

 This insect is smooth, black, and shining. The head is 

 square with a deep canal on each side, extending from near the 

 base to near the clypeus, where it curves off to the anterior angle 

 of the head, within which on each side there is a deep punctui'e. 

 The thorax is broader than long, truncated in front, and having 

 the anterior angles porrected, while the basal angles are very 

 much rounded, and the base itself is very slightly emarginate ; 

 the medial dorsal line is not deeply marked. The elytra are 

 somewhat truncate at the base, and have a few punctures along 

 the basal margin ; the lateral margins have a violet reflection. 

 Each elytron has a small impressed puncture near the apex. 



