Famity—PSELAPHID. 101 
catus; elytra striola suturali, carina mediana e basi ultra medium extensa, angulisque humeralibus carinatis ; 
abdomen fortiter marginatum, segmentis duobus basalibus carina utrinque instructis ; pedes longi, tibiis curvatis, 
in medio parum dilatatis, tarsis biunguiculatis; mesosternum simplex; metasternum haud_ bitubereulatum ; 
trochanteres pedum intermediorum sublongi, clavati, haud spinosi. 
SINTECTES CARINATUS. 
(Westw. Trans. Ent. Soc. loc. cit.) 
PuatEe IV, Fie. 10. 
Castaneo-piceus, elytris magis castaneis; capite et pronoto delicate granulatis; elytris punctis minutis 
oblongis ; abdomine punctatissimo,. 
Long. corp. lin. 14 (cire. mill. 3). 
Habitat ; Australasia (Schmeltz). In Mus. Hopeiano Oxonie. 
Grnus—PHALEPSUS. 
(Westw. Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. 1870, part ii. June, p. 131.) 
Corpus breve, glabrum, abdomen et elytra subglobosa; caput subovale, vertice ante oculos bituberculato, 
fossula fureata e medio capitis ad angulos posticos oculorum divergente ; antenne satis long, articulis tribus 
ultimis gradatim incrassatis, ultimo maximo; mandibule falcatie, apice acute, sub apicem 4- vel 5-denticulate ; 
maxille bilobatw, lobis setigeris; palpi maxillares longissimi, articulo primo brevi, secundo longo curvato ante 
apicem tumido, tertio brevi subovali, quarto longissimo et in medio inflato; mentum crateriforme ; labii lacinize 
duz intus setis instruct ; palpi labiales graciles (longitudini laciniarum eequales), biarticulati, articulo basali, 
ut videtur, secundo dimidio breviore; prothorax conicus, postice fossula curvata in impressionem lateralem 
utrinque desinente ; elytra valde convexa, glabra; abdomen brevissimum, immarginatum ; pedes longi, graciles, 
inermes, tarsis biunguiculatis, unguibus inequalibus. 
PHALEPSUS SUBGLOBOSUS. 
(Westw. Trans. Ent. Soc. loc. cit.) 
PLATE IV, Fie. 11. 
Rufo-castaneus, glaber, nitidus, palpis et tarsis testaceis. 
Long. corp. fere lin. 1 (mill. 2). 
Habitat ; Amazonia (Bates). In Mus. Hopeiano Oxonie. 
Individuum dimidio minus et magis rufum distinguitur antennis brevioribus, articulis apicalibus presertim 
erassioribus, et prothoracis lateribus paullo magis angulatis. An sexus alter? an species nova, Phalepsus 
Batesellus nominanda ? 
Grnus—RYXABIS. 
(Westw. Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. 1870, part. ii. June, p. 131.) 
Corpus oblongum, ovale, opacum, setulosum; caput transverso-quadratum, in collum breve contractum ; 
oculis mediocribus ad angulos anticos capitis locatis, margine antico parum producto, verticis medio biimpresso ; 
antenne ¢ longitudini elytrorum et abdominis fere wquales, 9 paullo breviores; articulis 7 basalibus minutis, 
4 ultimis longis crassis, magnitudine inter se fere «wqualibus; mandibule subfalcate, apice acute, margine 
interno simplici; maxille bilobate, palpi maxillares satis breves et crassi, articulo tertio breviore, quarto 
oblongo-ovali; mentum transversum, lateribus in medio constrictis; labii lacinie intus setigere, setis incum- 
bentibus ; palpi labiales exarticulate, apice bissetigere ; prothorax subcordatus, postice truncatus, disco absque 
fossula postica; elytra semiovalia, striola suturali, costaque tenui basali ante medium evanescente ; abdomen 
ovale, convexum, segmento basali tenue marginato; pedes mediocres, femoribus in medio subclavatis, tarsis 
3-articulatis et biunguiculatis. 
