Notes on Australian Coleoptera. 165 
transverse impression on the posterior part; thorax con- 
siderably broader than wide ; its greatest breadth being past 
one half of its leneth ; it is rounded and marginated laterally, 
with the anterior angles rather rounded, and the posterior 
_broadlyso; behindthoseangles thethoraxisrather prolongated 
forward with a strong sinuosity on each side ; there is a light 
transverse impression on the anterior angles, and a strong 
rounded one behind ; elytra oval, rather depressed, covered 
with striz, very strong near the sutura, and disappearing 
almost entirely as they go near to the lateral margin ; legs 
and parts of the mouth red; antennee black and hirsute, 
except the basal articles, which are brown. 
This insect has something of the form of a large Dyscha- 
rvs; it is from the Crooked River, in New Zealand. 
BRULLEA. 
Mentum broad, very deeply emarginated, with a small 
bilobated tooth in the centre of the emarginated part; the 
wings very large, broad and curved on the external side, 
obliquely truncated at their extremity ; palpi with: their 
anti-penultimate articles very long and slender; the terminal 
long, slender, fusiform, and curved, rounded at its end; 
labrum very transversal; mandibule large, strong, carinated, 
very prominent, almost straight on their inner side, and 
arched externally ; legs short, very strong; thighs largely 
inflated, particularly the posterior ; tibize strongly curved in- 
ternally, particularly the posterior; they arevery much dilated, 
and almost triangular, very rugose, and having externally a 
sharp edge; tarsi (the anterior missing in my specimen) 
having their four first articles triangular, the first longer 
than the others; their inferior side covered with long 
straight hair ; antennze short, thick, with the basal article 
the largest, the second narrower and a little shorter, the 
others granular and hirsute, the last oval; body thick; 
head almost square, transversal, much broader than the 
mandibule; thorax cordiform, rather depressed, separated 
from the body by a pedunculi; elytra oval, broader behind 
than in front; posterior trochanters very large, oval, arched, 
and pointed. me 
This genus, which I dedicate to my friend Aug. Brulle, 
a well-known naturalist, comes very near his genus Glyp- 
tus, but is distinct by its labrum not being emar- 
ginated, and its curved tibie. Its place is evidently near 
Mecodema and Maoria, forming the link between them. 
