198 AUSTRALIAN PSELAPHIDjE, 



Pselaphus Leanus, n sp. 



Sat convexus, totus rufus, antennis pedibusque dilutioribus. 

 Caput elongatum et angustum, sulco longitudinali lato, inter 

 oculos abrupto, lateribus vix ampliatis et vix gibbosis, in vertice 

 impressione parum profunda, minuta et subangulata. Palpi 

 maxillares elongati, articuli quarti parte pedunculata basali clava 

 fere triplo longiori. Antennae parum elongatae, articulis sub- 

 oblongis, clava triarticulata, parum conspicua. Prothorax sub- 

 ovatus antice plus attenuatus, sulco transverso, arcuato, lato, parum 

 profundo, parte basali reticulata, opaca. Elytra elongata, basi 

 attenuata; humeris vix obliquis, stria suturali alteraque dorsali. 

 Abdomen elytris brevius, disperse bi'eviter pubescens, postice 

 obtuse acuminatum. Metasternum juxta coxas posticas leviter 

 depressum. §. Long. 1 70-1 -75 mm. 



This species differs from antipodum by the head being more 

 elongate, hardly dilated between the eyes; the impression on the 

 vertex is much smaller, the maxillary palpi are longer, the 

 peduncle of the 4th joint being nearly three times longer than 

 the club. 



Pselaphus brevipalpis, Schaufuss. 



Nunq. Otios. iii. p. 483 ; squamiceps, Schfs., Tijds. v. Ent. 

 xxix. 1886, p. 252. 



This species is peculiar owing to the short ochreous pubescence 

 which covers entirely but not thickly the body, the short antenna?, 

 the head broad, flattened, with the longitudinal furrow narrow 

 but extending between the eyes in a very large and flattened 

 depression, at the bottom of which are two small fovese ; the. 

 maxillary palpi are short, with the peduncle of the 4th joint 

 hardly as long as the club, which is an unusually large one; in 

 the £ the metasternum is entirely and deeply sulcate. Long. 

 1-60-1 -80 mm. 



Gawler, S.A.; Melbourne, Vic. 



