200 AUSTRALIAN PSELAPHlDJi, 



PSELAPHUS ELONGATUS, Il.sp. 



Elongatus et gracilis, rufus, pedibus antennisque dilutioribus. 

 Caput parum elongatum, sulco longitudinali parum profundo, 

 inter oculos abrupto et bifoveato, vertice convexo; palpi valde 

 elongati, graciles, articuli quarti parte basali pedunculata clava 

 ovata mediocri vix triplo longiori. Antennae parum elongatse sed 

 graciles, articulis omnibus suboblongis, clava parum conspicua. 

 Prothorax ovatus, sulco transverso arcuato, parum profundo 

 medio interrupto, foveis lateralibus validis. parte basali minutis- 

 sime reticulata. Elytra elongata, basi attenuata, lateribus sub- 

 obliquis, humeris nullis. Abdomen elytris paulo brevius, leviter 

 convexum. Metasternum convexum postice declive. Q. Long. 

 160 mm. 



This species has the head very much like that of insignis, but 

 the maxillary palpi are much longer; the antennse are not very 

 long and slender, and each joint is longer than broad; the elytra 

 are much longer, the sides are oblique, and there are no shoulders. 



Tweed River, KS.W. (Mr. A. M. Lea). 



PSELAPHUS CRASSUS, n.sp. 



Totus pallide rufus, setis aliquot pallidis, dispersis. Caput ante 

 oculos constrictum, juxta antennas ampliatum, inter oculos 

 bigibbosum, vertice multo latiori, con vexo, antrorsum medio declivi 

 et postice juxta collum leviter medio impresso, sulco longitudinali 

 sat profundo. Palpi maxillares sat elongati, articuli quarti parte 

 basali pedunculata arcuata clava valida ovata vix duplo longiori. 

 Antennae breves crassa?, articulis 3 et 4, 7 et 8 latitudine et 

 longitudine fere ?equalibus, 5 et 6 paulo longioribus, 9 subobconico, 

 10 paulo breviori et crassiori, 11 magno, ovato, acuminate 

 Prothorax subovatus, lateribus pone medium nonnihil sinuatus, 

 disco convexus, sulco transverso profundo, valde arcuato, medio 

 fovea bicarinata interrupto, foveis lateralibus minutis. Elytra 

 parum elongata, basi valde attenuata, lateribus leviter rotundatis, 

 humeris nullis, setis lineatim dispositis. Abdomen elytris latius 

 et brevius. Long. 2 40 mm. 



