290 MR. A. MURRAY'S MONOGRAPH OF THE FAMILY OF NITIDULARLE. 
(Subgenus TasMus*.) 
Corpus depressum, elongatum, pubescens. Thorax marginibus ciliatis. Mandibulz leviter bidentate. 
Ligula lobis curtis cireumplicatis. Abdomen segmentis 1mo et 2do brevibus. 
Body depressed, elongate, pubescent. Eyes small, reaching the base of the head. 
Mandibles feebly bidentate at the apex. Labrum short and transverse. Ligula short, 
with membranous lobes, very little projecting, apparently folded round and united to 
the ligula on the front and back. Labial palpi with the last article longest, straight on 
the inner side, conico-rounded on the outer. Thorax fringed with hairs at the margins. 
Abdomen as broad as the elytra, not gradually attenuated, the first and second segments 
considerably shorter than the rest; fimbrisz distinct, subparallel except on the pygidium. 
2. BRACHYPEPLUS BASALIS. 
Erichs. in Wiegm. Arch. f. Naturg. Jahrg. viii. Bd. 1. 149. 54 (1842). 
Parallelus, vix nitidus, niger, antennis, tibiis tarsisque rufis; elytris subtiliter 
striatis, macula magna basali subtriangulari testaceo-rufa. Long. 1$ lin., 
lat. $ lin. 
Habitat in Tasmania. 
Parallel, very slightly shining, black. Antenne rufous. Head closely punctate, 
in front slightly bifoveolate, very slightly nigro-pubescent, with the mouth rufous and 
palpi testaceous. "Thorax a little shorter than broad, slightly narrowed in front, with 
the sides a little rounded, the posterior angles somewhat acute, densely but lightly punc- 
tate, slightly nigro-pubescent, the sides griseo-pubescent, the lateral margin reflexed; 
rufo-piceous, densely fringed with short hairs. Scutellum large, transverse, densely 
punctate. Elytra rather more than a half longer than the thorax, faintly striate, with the 
interstices punctulated, nigro-pubescent, with a large basal subtriangular testaceo-rufous 
patch clothed with longer pubescence of the same colour, less marked near the suture. 
Abdomen faintly and densely punctate, slenderly nigro-pubescent, with the antepenulti- 
mate segment luteo-pubescent on the back; fimbriæ, except on the pygidium, widest 
behind; under side of abdomen slightly griseo-pubescent. Legs piceous, with the tibie 
and tarsi rufous. 
From Van Diemen’s Land. 
3. BRACHYPEPLUS BINOTATUS. (Pl. XXXIV. fig. 5.) 
Affinis B. basali: angustus, nitidus, niger; antennis basi rufa, clava nigra; Fig. 48. 
elytris macula basali aurantiaca transversa, ad suturam interrupta; ab- 
domine piceo, segmentorum marginibus rufescentibus. Long. 13-2 lin., 
lat. 4—2 lin. 
Habitat in Victoria in Australia. 
Allied to B. basalis. Narrow, black, shining. Antenne rufous, with the club dark. 
Head finely punctate, bifoveolate in front. Thorax much punetate, narrowest in front, 
but with the sides nearly parallel, and slightly rufescent and translucent towards the 
* Derivative from Tasmania, the babitat of the species which was first described. 
