BY THE EEV. E. L. KING, B.A. 73 



In the specimens from Melbounie the tufts are more numerous 

 and coarse. But I cannot detect any difference which requires 

 that they should be regarded as a distinct species. 



Among the Museum specimens collected by Mr. Masters at 

 King George's Sound, there is one which probably will form a 

 new species, but it is in a bad state for description, and whether 

 it was originally clothed with set£e disposed in tufts, or (as in 

 M. minor) in lines it is now impossible to discern. It is black 

 and about one-half the size of those which I regard' as M. 



SpllCBTWUS. 



Sp. 3. M. minor. 



Niger, elytris striato-punctatis, squamis cinereis adpressis et 

 setis erectis truncatis longitudinailter dispositis vestitis ; 

 pedibus piceis tetrameris. 

 Long. .07. poll. 



Paramatta, under stones in grass ; rare. 

 Sydney ; Mr. Masters. 

 The very small size and the want of tujts of truncate setae at 

 once distinguish this from the former species. The truncate 

 sette are placed in the punctures of the elytra, and are thus 

 arranged in regular lines. 



The antennfB are 10-jointed; the first rather long; the succeed- 

 ing joints gradually decrease in length to the 5th, which is the 

 smallest of all ; the remaining joints gradually increase in breadth, 

 though not in length, to the tenth, which is as long as the three 

 preceding. The tarsi are all tetramerous. 



Genus II. MoRTCHUS. Erichs. 



The genus Moryclms of Erichsen is readily distinguished by 

 having the anterior tarsi only concealed in the groove of the 

 tibia ; the labrum, the mandibles, and part of the eyes are visible 

 when the head is retracted into the thorax. The elytra cover the 

 whole of the abdomeo. The genus has a somewhat wide range, 

 viz : — from Siberia on the north to southern Africa. The de- 

 tection of the genus in Australia is due to my friend Mrs. 

 Kreusler of South Australia, from whom I have received a 

 specimen, to which I have given the name, of — 



