234 AUSTRALIAN PSELAPHlD^l, 



Genus Schaufussia, Raffray, 



Rev. d'Ent. 1883, p. 238; 1890, pp. 149, 159 and 160, PL iii. 

 fig. 1 1 : Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. 1896, p. 132. 



I have discussed already (Soc. Ent. Fr. 1896, p. 132) the rather 

 intricate synonymy of this genus, and I will reproduce it. 

 9. formosa, King, (Tyrusformosus) Trans. Ent. Soc. N.S.W. 1863, 



p. 41, PI. 16, fig. 1.— Parramatta. 

 (J9- brevis, Schfs., (Bryaxis brevis) Nunq. Otios. iii. 1880, p. 498; 



Schaufussia brevis, Pvaffr., Rev. d'Ent. 1883, p. 239, PL iv 



fig. 15. — Tasmania. 

 9. angnstior, Raffr., (Schaufussia angvstior) Rev. d'Ent. 1883,. 



p. 239, PL iv. fig. 16.— New South Wales. 

 9. intermedia, Schfs., (Durbos intermedins) Tijds. v. Ent. xxix. 



p. 292. — Australia. 

 9. affinis, Schfs., (Durbos affinis) Tijds. v. Ent, xxix. 1886, p. 291. 



— Tasmania. 

 £. constrictinasus, Schfs., (Tyromorphus constrictinasus) Tijds. v. 



Ent. xxix. p. 285. — Wide Bay, Q.; Tasmania. 

 All these different descriptions refer to the same species, which 

 according to seniority must retain the name of formosa, King. 



Genus Gerallus, Sharp. 



Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. 1874, p. 493; Raffray, Rev. d'Ent. 

 1890, pp. 150 and 160 : Zosimus, Schfs., Tijds. v. Ent. xxix. 

 p. 293. 



Gerallus and Zosimus are absolutely one and the same. Dr. 

 Schaufuss considers that Gerallus is identical with Rytus, King, 

 which is wrong. The antennae are always long, with a strong 

 triarticulated club, joints 9-10 being more or less globose and the 

 last one ovate-acuminate; the legs are long; the prothorax is 

 attenuated behind without transverse sulcus, the head is more or 

 less elongate and attenuated in front, with the antennal tubercle 

 indistinct, broad and more or less flattened; the elytra are more 



