740 AUSTRALIAN AND TASMANIAN PSELAPHIDiE, 



middle. Metasternum gently depressed along middle. Four 

 fi'ont troclmnters each with a small but acute tooth; tibiaa ratlier 

 long. Length 2-2^ mm. 



5. Differs in having shorter antennae with smaller club, epi- 

 pleural furrow shallower, abdomen rather strongly convex on 

 under surface, metasternuin gently convex and trochanters 

 unarmed. 



Hah. — Tasmania (National Museum), Mount Wellington, 

 Hobart, two specimens from fungi, and others from moss (A. M. 

 Lea). 



A moderately elongate species, much the shape of E, adumbrata, 

 but tenth joint not darker than eleventh, and tibiae unarmed. 

 In some respects close to description of E. ovensensis, but head 

 dark and with different sculpture, and hind tibiae not strongly 

 curved at apex. 



The head is sometimes but little or no darker than the pro- 

 thorax, but is usually conspicuously darker; the abdomen is 

 usually just perceptibly darker than the elytra. One specimen 

 has the elytra (except the extreme outer and apical edges) and 

 abdomen (except the tips of the segments) deep black. Another 

 has the elytra and abdomen entirely black. Another has the 

 abdomen black (except the tips of the segments) and the elytra 

 (the discs slightly diluted) and prothorax much darker than usual. 

 Another has the whole body of a uniform shade of reddish- 

 castaneous, with the appendages slightly paler. In all, however, 

 the antennae are unifonn, the tenth and eleventh joints not being 

 at all contrasted in colour. From some directions the interocular 

 foveae appear to be shallowly open in front, but I think they 

 should be regarded as closed. The epipleural furrow commences 

 at the basal fourth, and terminates just beyond the middle, so 

 that it is shorter than usual. 



Rybaxis hiksuta, n.sp. 



(J. Of a rather bright reddish-castaneous, elytra (suture and 

 base excepted) and appendages somewhat paler. With short and 



