526 REVISION OF THE AMYCTERID-i:, 



followed in ascribing to Amycterii^s those species of which A. 

 Schonherri may be taken as the type. 



From the time of Fischer and W. S. Macleay, till that of 

 Lacordaire and Sir William Macleay, all the descriptions of 

 species were (with the exception of members of the genus Acan- 

 tholophus) referred to Amycterus; these species have since been 

 drafted into various genera, but a few have been placed in 

 Masters' Catalogue under Psalidura, and with these I now 

 purpose to deal. 



P. granosa Gu^rin (Voy. de Coquille, ii. (2), 1830). — I have 

 carefully examined the description of this species, which is said 

 to come from Port Jackson, and am of opinion that it should 

 most probably be relegated to Talaicrinus and possibly as a 

 synonym of T. bucephalus Oliv. The following description fits 

 the female of T. bucephalus Oliv., or one of its numerous varieties 

 — " le dernier segment de I'abdomen presente au milieu une 

 petite fossette au centre de laquelle il y a unpetit tubercule ovale, 

 lisse et luisant." The dimensions given are — long. 17 mill., lat. 

 7 mill. 



Owing to the kindness of Mr. A. M. Lea, I have been permitted 

 to examine the types of most of Boisduval's species, published in 

 1835 (Voy. de 1' Astrolabe, ii.), seven of which are in Masters' 

 Catalogue as Psalidicrce, viz.: — P. carinata, P. crenata, P. 

 impressa, P. postica, P. reticulata^ P. scabr-a, and P. tuberculata. 

 P. carinata should be referred to SclerorrhinuSy P. scabra to 

 Talaurinus, while P. tuberculata is a synonym of Talaurinus 

 ver^nicosus Guer. P. postica I cannot recognise, and have not 

 seen the type, but am inclined to think that it is not referable to 

 Psalidura. 



P. 'reticulata was described from a female, and will be referred 

 to later on. 



P. impressa and P. crenata are synonyms, and of the two 

 names I regard P. impressaas preferable. 



P. mirabunda Gyll., (Schonh., Gen. Cure, ii., p.471, 1834) was 

 unfortunately described from a female, but undoubtedly belongs 



