190 AUSTRALIAN PSELAPHID.E, 



EUPINBS GLOBULIFER, SchauftlSS. 



Bryaxis globulifer, (£) Schfs., Nimq. Otios. 1880, p. 504; 

 Tychus politus, ($) Schfs., Tijds. v. Ent. xxix. 1886, p. 206; 

 Patranus (Raffray) globulifer, {$) Schfs., Rev. d'Ent. 1890, 

 pp. 118 and 123, pi. ii. fig. 33; Bryaxis ampliventris, ($) Schfs., 

 Nunq. Otios. p. 505. 



(Plate x., fig. 14.) 



Ovalis, rufo-testacea, antennis pedibusque dilutioribus, disperse 

 sed longe setosa. Caput latitudine sua paulo longius et antror- 

 sum vix attenuatum, inter oculos foveis duabus, fronte medio 

 impresso. Antennae in utroque sexu variabiles. Prothorax 

 cordatus, latitudine sua paulo longius. Elytra sat elongata, basi 

 attenuata, lateribus leviter rotundata, huineris oblique notatis. 

 Pedes sat graciles, elongati. 



<£. Antennarum articulis duobus primis majoribus, 3 et 4 

 obconicis, latitudine sua tantummodo longioribus, 5 magno, 

 ovato, intus ante medium appendiculato, isto appendici apice 

 oblique truncato, 6-7 inter se sub;vqualibus et latitudine sua paulo 

 longioribus, 8 fere quadrato, 9 paulo majori, leviter transverso, 10 

 multo majori et leviter transverso, 11 oblongo-ovato, basi truncato. 

 Metasternum valde et profunde sulcatum, utrinque postice obtuse 

 plus minusve tuberculatum; segmentis ventralibus 2° (primo con- 

 spicuo) pone medium tubercido oblongo, brevissime fasciculate 

 pnedito, ultimo basi transversim impresso 



9. Antennae graciliores, articulis 3-4 latitudine sua multo 

 longioribus, 5 pnecedenti vix crassiori sed dimidio longiori, sub- 

 cylindrico, 6-7 latitudine sua longioribus, 8 fere quadrato, !> et 10 

 majoribus, quadratis. Metasternum multo minus sulcatum. 

 Long. 1-10-1 -30 mm. 



I cannot detect the slightest difference between the types of 

 Bryaxis globulifer, Schfs., and Tychus politus, Schfs. As regards 

 Bryaxis ampliventris, Schfs , it is certainly the 9 of the same 

 species. I received from Mr. Lea the £ and 9 mixed together. 

 Tt seems to be much spread in Australia. The type of Tychus 



