402 Descriptive Catalogue [1898. 



Bryaxoxoma filiceum, 

 Plate XVIII., fig. 15. 



Piceous, chestnut, rufous, ov testaceous ; palpi testaceous ; legs 

 always lighter in colour than the body ; entirely covered above and 

 beneath with a strong but rather distant punctuation, each puncture 

 bearing a short and depressed seta ; head not much convex, trape- 

 zoid, as long as broad, attenuate in front, wdth the sides oblique ; 

 eyes situated behind the median part of the head ; antennae having 

 the two first joints much larger than the following ones : first sub- 

 quadrate, second sub-cylindrical, longer than broad, third obconical, 

 fourth to sixth sub-cylindrical, longer than broad, fifth somew^iat 

 larger, seventh square, eighth a little smaller and very little trans- 

 verse, ninth much larger and transverse, tenth nearly double and 

 very transverse, eleventh big, briefly ovate and acuminate ; pro- 

 thorax convex, a little broader than the head, a little transverse, 

 equally attenuate in front and behind, sides rounded ; elytra trans- 

 verse, much broader at the apex than long, much attenuate towards 

 the base, sides hardly rounded, a little sinuate at the external apical 

 angle ; first dorsal segment a little longer than the elytra, the follow- 

 ing ones narrow ; legs rather long ; tibiae hardly increased, but a 

 little sinuate. Length 1-30 mm. 



I have both sexes on which the penis and oviduct respectively are 

 distinctly protruding, and yet I am unable to find any external sexual 

 difference. 



Hab. Found in roots of ferns growing along the walls of the 

 mountain. Muizenberg, Cape Colony. 



TiuBE PSELAPHINI. 



Gen. PSELAPHOXYS, Eaffray, 

 Rev. d'Ent., vol. ix., p. 137, 1890. 



Oblong, much attenuate in front ; head elongate, sulcate in the 

 anterior part ; maxillary palpi strong, first joint long, filiform, second 

 shorter than the first one, conical, third small, transverse, fourth 

 longer than the two first ones put together, fusiform, strongly papil- 

 lose ; antennae strong, club tri-articulate ; prothorax oblong ; elytra 

 much attenuated towards the base, ampliated behind ; first dorsal 

 segment very large, sub-triangular at the apex, with the sides broadly 

 marginate, following ones small, immarginate, depressed, last one 



