BY THOMAS G. SLOANE. 591 



rounded on anterior 4, sinuate posteriorly; apex widely eniargi- 

 nate; anterior angles oljtuse, a little advanced; base truncate; 

 basal angles subrectangular (summit obtuse) ; lateral border 

 reflexed — widely so (and bearing the posterior marginal seta) 

 near base; marginal channel wide; median line finely impressed, 

 not extending on to the flattened l)asalpart; lateral basal impres- 

 sions wide, concave, reaching base, bordered externally by the 

 upturned lateral border of jDrothorax. Elytra oval (9*3 x 5'5mm.), 

 depressed, strongly declivous to sides after 6th interstice; base 

 truncate, with shoulders rounded; apex lightly sinuate on each 

 side ; sides lightly rounded ; basal border slightly prominent 

 externally (opposite base of 6th stria); lateral border reflexed, 

 passing round humeral angle to meet basal border; striae 3-6 

 slightly in turned near base, 7 th obsolete except on apical third. 

 Length 16, breadth 5 '5 mm. 



Hah. — N.S. VV. : Ourimbah (a single specimen in my collection, 

 given to me by Mr. J, J. Walker, R.N.). 



Phersita, n.g. 



Teraphis, Castelnau, I.e., p. 127. 



The genus TerajjMs cannot stand, being too near TerapJius, 

 Motschulsky (1864); therefore it is now proposed to replace it by 

 Phersita.'^ 



Phersita melbournensis, Castelnau. 



Terapliis inelbouT7iensis, Casteln., I.e., p. 128. 



I identify as Terapliis melbournensis, Casteln., a species sent to 

 me by Mr. C. French. Owing to the total insufficiency of 

 Casteinau's descriptions of his three species, it is necessary to 

 offer a short description, so that the species I have now before 

 me ma}' be recognisable. 



Piceous-black; inflexed margins of elytra, femora, antennae and 

 palpi piceous-red. Robust, elliptical. Head rather large ( 1 -7 mm. 

 across eyes); ej^es convex; postocular part of orbits sharply raised 



Formed by a transposition of the letters in Teraphis. 



