1)2 ON THE SCYDM^NIDES OF N. S. WALES, 



Phagonophana. Nov. Gen. 

 Mentum bilobatum. 

 Palpi lahiales breves 2-articulati, ai-ticulo 1'"° robusto, 2''° 



aciculari. 

 Palpi Maxillares utin Scydma^no. 

 Mandihdce robustte, dentibus 2^""^ fortibus, ad basin setis raem- 



branaceis fimbriata3. 



Labrum ad latera rotundatum. 

 Caput collo brevi instructum. 

 Antennce oculis proximge. 

 Goxce posteriores contiguas. 

 Pedes graciles, femoribus clavatis. 

 Tarsi articulis 1-4 brevibus b^" longiori. 

 Corpus setosum, alatum. 



Although this genus has the general appearance and Maxillary 

 Palpi of Scydmsenus, it is clearly separated from it by the labial 

 palpi, the shape of the Mandibles, and particularly by the conti- 

 guity of the posterior legs. The Coxfe are quite close together. 

 In this particular it resembles the CholevidEe, and adds a link 

 between this familj'^ and those minute Coleoptera. 



Phagonophana Kingii. 



Castaneo-picea, setosa ; antennis capitis et thoracis longitudine, 

 articulo l"** longiori, 2'^° brevi, 3-10 sub-£Bqualibus 11™° vix 

 latiori acuminate ; tborace ovato autice latiori ; elytris ovatis. 



Long. ^ poll. PI. VI. fig. A. 1-4. 



Paramatta ; Petersham, Mr. Masters. 



Under the bark of dead trees of Eucalyptus resinifera (Iron- 

 bark) in company with Passalus, Dendrophilus, &c., I have met 

 with but four specimens at Paramatta. Mr. Masters has captured 

 a few specimens near Sydney. It is the largest of all the Austra- 

 lian species of the family known to me. I have ventured to name 

 it after my father, the late Rear-Admiral P. P. King, F.R.S., 

 &c. ; whose contributions to science in various branches, entomo- 

 logy inchided, stand in no need of my fccV)le praise. 



