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from the mainland, and the under-surface is nearly always 
black. 
The punctures in the elytral strize are normally concealed 
by the clothing, but when this has been abraded they are 
seen to be rather coarse at the sides and practically absent 
from the disc. When the clothing of the metasternum 
has been abraded the punctures there are seen to be 
considerably larger at the base than at the apex. 
Hab. TASMANIA, Victoria, N. S. WALES. 
MicROCHETES MINOR, King, Trans. Ent. Soc. N. S. Wales, 
ii, p. 73; Blackb., Trans. R. Soc. S. Aust, 1903, 
p. 174. 
The Rev. T. Blackburn regarded this species * as pro- 
bably not being a true Microchxics. It has every appear- 
ance of being one however, despite the want of fascicles. 
My specimen (a co-type from the late Rev. R. L. King’s 
collection) is in rather bad preservation and I have been 
unable to examine its antenne and tarsi; but this (owing 
to their small size and the frequency with which they 
are covered with dirt) is not often: easy even in the 
larger species; so King may quite easily have been 
misled in describing the tarsi as tetramerous. 
Hab. N.S. WALES. 
MICROCHETES FASCICULARIS, Macl., Trans. Ent. Soc. N.S. 
Wales, ii, p. 171; Blackb., Trans. R. Soc. S. Aust., 
1903, p. 174. 
The Rey. T. Blackburn mentions having received speci- 
mens from me under the above name and queries the 
correctness of same. I received the name originally from 
Mr. George Masters and subsequently compared my speci- 
mens with the type. On examining them again, however, 
in April 1905, I found that I had two species mixed 
together, one being scoparius and the other fascicularis; this 
latter was again and more carefully compared with the type 
and found to agree with it. Macleay’s remark, “Thorax 
. with a transverse series of five fascicles” 1s erroneous, 
as on the type there are only four. On abrasion the 
metasternum of my specimen is seen to be covered with 
very coarse punctures, becoming smaller (but still rather 
coarse) to apex; there are also a few minute punctures 
* Unknown to him except by description. 
