BY THE KEV. R. L. KING, B.A. K''^ 



Long. O'll. 



The Currajong, on a fence at evening. W. MacLeay, l^sq. 

 This species appears to belong to the genus Faronus, but as 

 there is but a single specimen, I have not been able to examine 

 the trophi. The hooks on the tarsi, though of equal length, are 

 not of equal thickness. It is quite possible that when we obtain 

 other specimens for dissection, it may prove to belong to a 

 new genus. 



PSELAPHUS CLAVATUS. 



Castaneus politus capite 2""' inter oculos foveis elongatis antice 

 confluentibus ; palporum maxillarium articulo ultimo crasso 

 truncate ; thorace ad medium latiori antice contracto, 

 postice minus contracto linea curvata basali notato ; elyti'is 

 parce setosis setis in lineis 3 aut 4 longitudinalibus dispo- 

 sitis, ad bases setis longioribus et pluribus oruatis ; stria 

 suturali altei^a discoidali submedia. 

 Long. 0-07. 



The Clyde River, under a log. Mr. Masters. 

 Yar. Echvardsii, Melbourne. Mr. Edwards. 

 The Melbourne specimens are more setose, and appear to 

 vary somewhat inter se in the sculpture of the head. The setce 

 on the elytra are not in lines. The shape of the last joint of the 

 maxillary palpi in this species is very remarkable, and very 

 distinct from that of every other species of the genus with which 

 I am acquainted. The insect appears to be common at Melbourne. 



PSELAPHUS PUNCTATUS. 



Piceus, capite elongato, alte punctate inter antennas canali- 



culato ; palporum maxillarium articulo ultimo subfusiformi 



truncate, antennis ad bases squamosis ; thorace capite vix 



breviori alte punctate linea transversa ad basin notato ; 



elytris depressis politis, stria suturali linea discoidali 



elevata; abdomine parce setoso segmento 2*^° magno. 



Long. 0-12. 



Rockhampton, from the collection of the Count Castelnau, 



It is, perhaps, hardly a true Pseh^jJius. The thorax is short, 



and the last joint of the maxillary palpi is thick at the base ; yet 



