768- AUSTRALIAN AND TASMANIAN PSELAPHIDiE, 



particulars it agrees with his description, but its head is darker 

 than the rest of its body, and in fact is almost black; this, how- 

 ever, is probably an individual variation. Of the head, E affray 

 says : — " inter oculos foveis duabus "; on my specimen there are 

 two minute interocular impressions. Of the prothorax he says, 

 " fovea ante basali valida "; but, on my specimen, tlie fovea is- 

 decidedly small, and in other families of beetles would be regarded 

 only as a puncture, and a rather small one at that. By an error 

 in the table dealing with T. Icevis, the word " antennae" is used^ 

 instead of " palpi." 



Mr. Carter has sent me a male, from Sydney, that appears to 

 belong to the species; its head is no darker than the rest of its 

 body, and the armature of its legs is as follows : — four front 

 trochanters dentate, the teeth of about equal length, but more 

 acute in the front than in the middle pair; front femora each witb 

 a small acute subbasal tooth, middle femora each with an ob^ 

 tuse subtriangular subbasal tooth; middle tibiae subdentate about 

 middle, and excavated thence to apex, with tiie apex itself pro- 

 duced into a long stout spur; front tibiae each with a strong; 

 obtuse apical spur. Its apical ventral segment is long, subtri- 

 angular, raised to apex, and with a feeble longitudinal impression.- 



Hamotopsis auricomus, n.sp. 



Reddish-castaneous; suture and abdomen somewhat darker. 

 Clothed with rather long and somewhat golden pubescence. 



Head with dense and distinct punctures; a small deep fovea 

 on each side, and rather closer to the eye than to each other, 

 near middle of base with a very feeble impression, a distinct im- 

 pression separating antennary ridges; a short obtuse ridge touch- 

 ing the lower side of each eye. Antennae passing base of elytra, 

 first joint not quite as long as second and third combined, sixth, 

 seventh and eighth feebly transverse, ninth .slightly larger and 

 more transverse, tenth distinctly larger than ninth, eleventh 

 much wider than tenth, and about as long as eighth to tenth 

 combined, irregularly ovate or lopsided. Apical joint of palpi 

 very large and highly polished. Prothorax slightly longer than. 



