Austvidiaii, and Tasmaaian Scydmaenidae. 207 



/lead sliglitly loii^aT than wide, soniewhat rounded and flattened 

 betAveen antennae. Eyes small and rather prominent. Antennae 

 rather long and thin ; club four-jointed. Prothorax distinctly 

 longer than wide, rather convex; base with two rather large foveae. 

 Elytra moderately long, extreme base no wider than prothorax, but 

 almost twice as wide across middle. Tjei/s long; hind coxae rather 

 widely separated; femora subclavate. Length, If mm. 



Hah. — Tasmania : Mount Wellington, Waratah, common in moss- 

 and fallen leaves. (A. M. Lea.) 



About the size of tenuiconiisi, but rather narrowei', antennae- 

 not abnormally long, and elytral clothing unusually short for the 

 family. It is, however, more noticeable than in the preceding 

 species, from which it also differs in being larger, appendages 

 longer and thinner, and prothorax not quite the same. From 

 Phagonophana ahundans, the most abundant of all the moss fre- 

 quenting species in Tasmania, it is readily distinguished by its 

 smaller size, distinctly clubbed antennae, and shorter clothing. 



The seventh joint of the antennae is slightly wider but no long" 

 than the sixth; and decidedly nanower than the eighth; the latter 

 is slightly narrower, but no shorter than the ninth, the two follow- 

 ing combined are about as long as the eleventh. The protlioracic 

 foveae are larger and closer together than usual; they are connected 

 by a transvei'se impression that varies in apparent depth with the 

 point of view; each also is more or less distinctly connected with a 

 lateral fovea, or longitudinal impression, that is quite invisible 

 from directly al)(>ve. 



Scydmaenus teniticoruis, n.syj. 



<? Castaneous, elytra scarcely or not at all jjaler than elsewhere; 

 antennae and legs somewhat paler, tarsi and palpi flavous. Elytra 

 with faii-ly numerous, and ratlier long, suberect pale hairs; \)V0- 

 thorax ratlier densely elutlied at sides. \n\t gi'eater portion of disc 

 glabrous; head sparsely clothed and without fascicles. 



Head moderately transverse; feebly impressed between antennae. 

 Eyes of moderate size, but very prominent. Antennae unusually 

 long and thin; clul) four-jointed. Pro'thorax slightly longer than 

 wide, widest across apical third; with two large basal foveae, and 

 a smaller longitudinal one on each outer margin, the four more or 

 less distinctly connected by a transverse impression. Elytra rather 

 long, at extreme base slightly narrower than widest part of pro- 

 thorax, sides evenly rounded and widest almost in exact middle. 

 Metasternnm flattened along middle or verv feeblv concave. Abdo- 



