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It must be very closely allied to P. geminatus, Westwood, 

 which unfortunately I have not seen, but according to this 

 author's description and figure the antennse are much more 

 elongate and slender, the prothorax bearing three well marked 

 foveas; for these reasons it seems to me evident that pilosus is a 

 very different species. 



Bridgetown, W.A. (Mr. A. M. Lea). 



Genus Pselaphophus, Raffray. 



Rev. d'Ent. 1890, pp. 137 and 139. 



This genus is very closely allied to Pselaphus and differs only 

 in the following points — head broader and shorter; maxillary 

 palpi much shorter, last joint fusiform or flagelliform, with 

 hardly any basal peduncle, the long, slender basal part so striking 

 in Pselaphus wanting; the prothorax more cordate. 



It has been confounded by Dr. Schaufuss with Curcidionellusi 

 from which it is different. 



It includes Bryaxis atriventris, Westwood, of which I have not 

 seen an authentic specimen, but I have received several times 

 from British entomologists, under the name of Bryaxis atriventris, 

 Westw., insects which answer exactly to the description and 

 figure of "Westwood, and belong to the genus Pselaphophus. 



This genus is peculiar to Australia. 



Pselaphophus atriventris, Westwood. 



Bryaxis atriventris, Westw., Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. 1856, 

 p. 270, PL 16, fig. 2; Pselaphus clavatus, King, andvar. Edwardsi, 

 King, Trans. Ent. Soc.KS.W. 1865, p. 169 : Pselaphus clavicomis, 

 Schfs., Nunq. Otios. iii. p. 483; var. simplicior, Schfs., I.e. hi. 

 p. 484; var. vexator, Schfs., Tijds. v. Ent. xxix. p. 254 : Curculio- 

 nellus anopunctatus, Schfs., I.e. xxix. p. 254. 



The colour of this species varies a good deal, but generally the 

 abdomen is darker; this part of the body may also show a punc- 

 ture more or less marked (anopunctatus, Schfs.), but these are 

 mere individual variations. The body is rather short and thick,, 

 the head broad, the antenna- are short and the joints moniliform. 



