BY THE REV. R. L. KING, B.A. 309 



Sp. 46. B. dominorum. 

 (Part III., p. 173.) 

 Long. 0-04. 

 The Clyde River. Mr. Masters. 



Sp. 47. B. afra. 

 Atra polita minui3issime setosa ; capita sub-rotundato non 

 foveolato, puiictis paucis minutis ; antennis brevibus sub- 

 capitatis, clava tri-articulata, articulis 3 — 8 subgequalibus 

 (6'° majori) 9 at 10 transver-sis ; thorace obcordato ad basin 

 lato ; elytris politis lateribus sub-parallelis, linea obsoleta 

 suturali nulla discoidali ; abdomiue segmento 2°*^° magno, 

 pedibus piceis. 

 Long. 0-04. 

 The Daudenong Ranges — in moss. I have seen but a single 

 specimen of this minute but interesting form. It is now in the 

 collection of Dr. Howitt, at Melbourne, and was obtained by him 

 out of some moss sent from the Dandenong Ranges. In that 

 specimen the palpi are not suflBciently visible to enable me to be 

 sure of the genus. The description given above will, however, 

 enable observers to identify it, should any fresh specimens occur. 

 The setae are vary minute, and only appear under a microscopic 

 power of GO. The deep black of the elytra make the setae appear 

 to be of a whitish colour. 



Several species having been detected bearing a general 

 resemblance to Bry axis polita, I have thought it better to revise 

 the description of that common form, and to place it with, others 

 under a sub-genus, which I would call Eupines. They are all 

 distinguished by an extreme polish, large elytra which have no 

 discoidal strise, and freedom from the large foveas so common in 

 the typical Brijaxis. The very interesting form, B. Elizaheilue, 

 will come under this sub-genus, which may therefore be divided 

 according to the number of joints of the antennas. 



A. — Antennas eleven-jointed. 



B. (Eu'pine-'i) polita. 



Picea, abdoraine solum setoso ; capite inter oculos bi-impresso, 

 anteunarum clava triarticulata articulo nono precedent! vix 



