446 Mr. F. P. Pascoe on some new or little-known 
Psacus [ Rhipiceridee ]. 
Caput verticale, retractum, antice triangulare. Oculi prominuli, rotundati. 
Antenne 11-articulatee ; scapo subgloboso ; art. 2 brevi; 3 trigono, am- 
pliato; sequentibus flabellatis; tuberibus antenniferis nullis. Paln 
macxilares robusti, art. ult. ovali. Mavzille bilobe, lobis ciliatis. Pro- 
thorax marginatus, transversus, basi bisinuatus. Elytra oblonga. Pedes 
breves; femorarobusta; tibie lineares ; tarsi filiformes, ciliate, lamellis 
nullis, articulo ultimo sine onychio. Cove antice transverse, haud 
exserte, approximate, intermediz retracts. Acetabula antica magna. 
Prosternum angustum. -Abdomen segmentis quinque, primo brevissimo. 
A second specimen in my collection, which I have very little doubt 
is the female, differs from the above in its larger size, and the antenne 
considerably less flabellate, the third joint slender and cylindrical, 
the fourth and fifth shorter and trigonate, the latter transversely, so 
as to make a beginning to the flabellate structure of the remainder. 
The male individual described above has been, unfortunately, so 
thickly gummed on the card, that I have had great difficulty in 
making out the underparts, and have been unable to obtain the lower 
lip and its palpi. It will be seen, from the description, that this genus 
fails in two characters hitherto considered essential to the family, 
viz. the absence of an onychium to the last tarsal joint, and the non- 
exserted anterior and intermediate coxee. Nevertheless the antenne 
are so entirely conformable that I think there can be little hesitation 
as to its being a real, although an aberrant, member of the group. 
The male has a strong resemblance to Attagenus pellio; the female 
I had put aside as a Dermestes. If either exists in collections, it 
will probably be found stowed away among the Dermestide. 
Psacus attagenoides. (Pl. XVIII. fig. 4.) 
P. oblongus, niger, villosus, indistincte fulvo marmoratus vel maculatus. 
Hab. South Australia (Gawler). 
Oblong, black, sparsely covered with short erect hairs, and obscurely 
mottled or spotted with fulvous red; antennz and legs ferruginous, 
except the black basal joint of the former; scutellum triangular; elytra 
obsoletely striated. Length 2 lines (@ 3 lines). 
Cyecosa ['Telmatophilidee }. é 
Caput verticale, antice subtriangulare. Ocwdi prominuli, rotundati. An- 
tenne ante oculos insert, ]1l-articulate, art. 1 subgloboso, 2 breviore, 
3 longiore, 4-8 subturbinatis, ceteris clavam magnam oblongam effici- 
entibus, ultimo maximo. Palpi mazillares art. ultimo amplissimo, 
valde transverso. Mazille lobis duobus subzequalibus, ciliatis. Labiwm 
minutum. Mentwn triangulare, apice late truncatum. Palpi labiales 
