166 AUSTRALIAN PSELAl'HID.1:, 



Briara dominorum, King. 



Trans. Ent. Soc. N.S.W. i. 1865, p. 173; breviuscula, Schfs., 

 Nunq. Otios. iii. p. 503. 



Sat crassa, prothorace et elytris obscm^e castaneis, capite abclo- 

 mineque piceis, pedibus et an tennis (articulis ultimis obscure 

 castaneis exceptis) pallide runs, sat dense breviter griseo-pubescens. 

 Caput subtransversum, antrorsum attenuatum, lateribus obliquis, 

 fronte truncato, insuper minute trans versim biimpi*esso et inter 

 oculos foveis duabus magnis. Antennae parum elongata?, articulis 

 1° valido, subcylindrico, 2° paulo breviori, ovato, ambobus majori- 

 bus, 3 leviter obconico, 4, 5, 6 ovatis, 5 paulo majori et prsesertim 

 crassiori, 7 quadrato, 8 leviter transverso, 9 paulo majori, leviter 

 transverse, 11 ovato, basi truncato. Prothorax subconvexus, 

 capite latior, latitudine et longitudine subsequalis, antice plus et 

 postice paulo minus attenuatus, basi recta, truncata, lateribus 

 medio valde rotundatis, foveis lateralibus mediocribus. Elytra 

 latitudine sua paulo longiora, subconvexa, lateribus vix rotundata, 

 humeris rotundatis, basi foveis duabus. striis suturali integra, 

 dorsali ante apicem attenuata et leviter bisinuata. Segment! 

 primi dorsalis carinulis duabus brevissimis et approximatis. 

 Metasternum parum convexum, simplex ; segmento 2 ventrali 

 (1° conspicuo) disperse punctulato et fere toto longitudinaliter 

 carinato; tibiis leviter incrassatis, posticis apice leviter incurvis. 

 £. Long. 1*10 mm. 



This species is much shorter than the preceding ones. 



The type of Dr Schaufuss, from which the above description 

 is made, is a 9, but I have no doubt that it belongs to the genus 

 Briara, and it corresponds very well to the description of />. 

 dominorum, King. 



Genus Anarmoxys, nov.gen. 



Crassa; caput quadratum, simplex. Palporum articulis ultimo 

 ovato, acuminate Antennarum articulo 1° simplici et secundo 

 breviori, clava triarticulata. Prothorax utrinque tantummodo 

 foveatus. In elytris striis suturali et dorsali validis. Abdominis 



