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auo rufescente ; capite, protliorace elytris efc abdominis 



seginentis (basi excepta) creberrime subtiliter punctatis ; 



protliorace subtilissime canaliculato, antice truncato, pos- 



tice sat augustato, elytris sat breviore, lateribus fortiter 



rotundatis. Long., S-Ss mm. 



The black mark common to the elytra proceeds from tbe 



scutellum down the suture, becoming wider to about tbe middle 



of the elytra, where it expands abruptly on each side till it 



reaches nearly half way across each elytron, and does not 



extend into the apical quarter of the elytra. It has somewhat 



the shape of the club in a pack of cards. 



I have named this species after my son, who obtained a 

 short series by washing sand on the banks of the Port Eiver, 

 near Adelaide. 



JB. minax, sp. nov. Niger ; nitidulus ; parce pilosus prothoracis 

 cornu, elytris, pedibus, anoque piceis vel rufescentibus ; 

 antennis elongatis minus clavatis ; capite creberrime sub- 

 tiliter punctato, inter spinam utrinque elongatam acutam 

 longe ciliatam fortiter incurvam, et verticem, transversim 

 late depresso ; prothorace convexo, subquadrato, parce 

 nigro-piloso, parce prof unde punctato, angulis anticis sub- 

 rotundatis, lateribus medio intus emarginatis postice for- 

 titer coarctatis, angulis posticis minus perspicuis, sulco sat 

 prof undo antice spina gracili acuta a basi ad apicem incurva 

 producto ; elytris convexis, prothorace vix latioribus, hand 

 longioribus, dense crasse punctatis ; abdomine alutaceo, 

 segmentis apicem versus obscure crasse punctatis. Long., 

 5 mm. 

 Allied to B. liamifer, Pauv., from which it differs inter alia 

 in its more parallel form, longer and more slender antennae, 

 frontal horns strongly bent inwards, and very coarsely punc- 

 tured thorax. 



A single specimen occurred to me on the bank of a creek 

 about 35 miles north-west of Port Lincoln. 

 B. injucundus, sp. nov. Piceo-niger ; minus nitidus ; antennis, 

 tibiis, tarsisque rufescentibus ; antennis sat brevibus, 

 apicem versus incrassatis, articulis subaj^icalibus sat for- 

 titer transversis ,• capite alutaceo vix evidenter punctato ; 

 prothorace leviter canaliculato subtilius sat crebre, elytris 

 fortius sat crebre, abdomine sparsim subtiliter, punctatis. 

 Long., 3i mm. 

 This is an inconspicuous species, but it does not appear to 

 bear much resemblance to any yet described as Australian. 



I have a single specimen from Port Lincoln, but I do not 

 know the circumstances of its capture. 



