246 MR. A. MURRAY’S MONOGRAPH OF THE FAMILY OF NITIDULARLE. 
scutello sat magno ; elytris vix thorace sesqui longioribus; tibiis apice valde dila- 
tatis. Long.1 lin., lat. + lin. 
Habitat in Victoria, in Australia. 
Flavo-testaceous, only slightly shining, thickly punctate, and cinereo-pubescent. The 
thorax transverse and convex, and, viewed directly from above, its sides almost parallel, 
gently rounded, the angles rounded. Scutellum rather large. Elytra not quite a half 
longer than the thorax. Tibiæ much dilated at the apex. 
This might at first be mistaken for a Cercus, but the characters of the claws and mouth 
show that Prof. Boheman has rightly placed it in this genus. 
From Victoria, in Australia. 
15. BRACHYPTERUS FLAVICORNIS. 
Küst. Kaf. Eur. xv. 40 (1848). 
Niger, nitidulus, parce punctatus, tenuiter pubescens; prothorace lateribus rotundato, 
angulis posticis obtusis; elytris cupreo micantibus; mandibulis, antennis totis pedi- 
busque ferrugineo-rufis. Long. ? lin., lat. 2 lin. 
Habitat in Italia. 
Black, somewhat shining and brassy, sparingly punctate and thinly cinereo-pubescent. 
Thorax with the sides rounded and posterior angles obtuse. Elytra convex in the middle, 
narrowed behind. Mandibles, antenns, and all the legs ferruginous. 
According to Küster, this species is * very near to B. fulvipes and B. labiatus; distin- 
guished from the first by the sides of the thorax, which are tolerably rounded, from 
the last by the black labrum, and from both very distinctly by the antenne being uni- 
colorous." It appears to me to be nearer to 2. 
I have received a specimen from Count Motschulsky, bearing this name, which corre- 
sponds with Küster's description. It is of the size and form of B. Urtice, and has a 
very slight brassy lustre on the elytra and a longish scattered hoary pubescence. 
This forms the passage between this subgenus and the next, but has more of the 
character of this. The base of the thorax is sinuate, and consequently the posterior 
angles are turned a little back, but only in a small degree. The elytra, however, are 
long and the exposed part of the abdomen short. 
From Italy. I have placed my specimen in the British Museum. 
Note.—The species described by Prof. Boheman, in his * Insecta Caffraria, under the 
name of Brachypterus subeneus, does not belong to this tribe. It has a great outward 
resemblance to B. cinereus, but is truly one of the Strongyline. 
(Subgenus HETEROSTOMUS.) 
Jacq. Duv. Gen. des Coléopt. d" Europe, ii. 138 (1857-59). 
Thorax basi elytris haud multum angustior, angulis posticis plus minusve retroaspectantibus. Palpi 
labiales articulo ultimo ovato. (See Plate XX XII. fig. 7, e.) 
The base of the thorax is bisinuate, the posterior angles embracing the elytra, which 
are short and scarcely wider than the thorax. The last article of the labial palpi ovate. 
