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from its Australian congeners by its entirely testaceous abdomen 

 in conjunction with the form of the luteous portion of its elytra 

 which occupies the anterior portion to somewhat behind the 

 middle, the suture however being widely bub not very strongly 

 infuscate ; the hind part of the elytra for nearly a third part of 

 its length is nearly black. Of the species having the lateral 

 margins of the pronotum cilia te those most resembling wattsensis 

 are basalis, Er., and hinotatus, Murr.; from the former it differs 

 inter alia by its prothorax scarcely wider at the base than in 

 front and from the latter by the straightness of the sides of the 

 prothorax and the considerably more crowded puncturation of 

 the upper surface of that segment. Compared with B. Murrayi^ 

 Macl. (identified by Mr. Lea by comparison with the type) the 

 pronotum is considerably more closely punctulate and less nar- 

 rowed in front, &c., &c. 



Victoria ; Watts River district. 

 B. Gowleyi, sp. nov. Minus elongatus ; modice latus ; sat 

 parallelus ; minus convexus ; pubescens; subnitidus ; piceus, 

 elytrorum humeris luteis (horum colore retrorsum producto 

 sed gradatim obscurato), antennis pedibusque fulvis ; 

 capite crebre (fere ut B. hasnlis, Er.), pronoto subfortiter 

 minus crebre (quam B. basalis multo minus subtiliter multo 

 minus crebre), abdomine fere ut pronotum, punctulatis ; 

 prothorace transverso, antice sat forliter (ut B. basalis) 

 angustato leviter emarginato, marginibus lateralibus ciliatis, 

 angulis anticis obtusis posticis subacutis retrorsum inclinatis, 

 lateribus leviter arcuatis ; elytris quam prothorax vix latiori- 

 bus tertia parte longioribus, abdominis segmentum 2''™ vix 

 omnino tegentibus, punctulato-striatis, interstitiis planatis 

 uni-seriatim sat fortiter punctulatis. Long., If 1.; lat., f 1. 

 The colouring of the elytra is not much different from that of 

 the preceding species {B. wattsensis). In general appearance this 

 species resembles B. basalis^ Er., and binotatus, Murr., from both 

 of which it is very distinct by the stronger and sparser punctura- 

 tion of its pronotum and especiall}; of the dorsal segments of its 

 abdomen and by the uniformly flattened interstices of its elytra. 

 The outline of its prothorax is similar to that of B. basalis. 

 Compared with B. Murray i, Macl., inter alia the abdomen is 

 very much more strongly punctulate. 



Queensland (sent from Cairns by the late Mr. Cowley). 

 B. Koebelei, sp. nov. Sat elongatus ; minus latus ; parallelus ; 

 minus convexus ; pubescens : subnitidus ; piceo - niger, 

 humeris luteis, antennis pedibusque fulvis; capite pronotoque 

 subfortiter minus crebre (ut B. Cowleyi pronotum), abdo- 

 minis segmento 3° ut pronotum 4° magis subtiliter, punc- 

 tulatis ; prothorace transverso, antice sat fortiter (tu 



