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are also shoi-ter. The punctures on both head and prothorax are 

 of the characteristic form of those of Sii7iiiiK. 



Family PSELAPHID^E. 



The late Rev. R. L. King's Collection was allowed to get into 

 extremely poor condition before it was acquired by the Australian 

 Museum, but the Pselaphidce and Scydmcenidce fortunately escaped 

 desti'uction, a fate tliat befell some of his types in other families. 



In Sydney, recently (September, 1910), I examined his types of 

 Pt^elaphidcf, as well as those of Macleay's from Gayndah. The 

 types of all their species are there, with the following exceptions. 



Tyrus VicTORiiE King (now Palimbolus). 



Described from Castelnau's Collection, and probably never 

 retained by King. The species supposed to be this, was described 

 by Raifray as a Didimoprora, and consequently is now referred 

 to PalimboluK. It is not represented at all in the King Collection. 



Bryaxis insignis King (now Rybaxis). 



This species is represented in the Australian Museum by two 

 Tweed River specimens, that were apparently taken by myself, 

 and were certainly never seen by King. The species, however, is 

 the same as the one identified by Raffray. 



EuPLECTUs Excisus King(now Euplectops). 



The specimen in the Howitt Collection, redescribed in Proc. 

 Roy. Soc. Victoria, 1910, p.l3, as the type or a cotype of this 

 species, appears to be really the type. There is, in the King 

 Collection, a specimen labelled " Euplectus excisus R.L.K.(?)" 

 but it is from Cape Schank, and does not agree well with the 

 original description. 



Tyrus Howitti King (now Tyromorphus). 



Rytus Victoria King. 



Bryaxis atra King(now Eupines). 



BvTHiNUS NIGER King(now Eupines). 

 The types of these species are in the Howitt Collection, and 

 are not represented at all in King's. 



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