564 Mr. G. C. Champion on the Tenebrionidx 
prothorax, joints 8—11 much wider than those preceding, 9 and 10 
strongly transverse ; prothorax strongly transverse, widest before 
the middle, the sides moderately rounded and gradually converging 
to the rather obtuse hind angles, the anterior angles somewhat 
prominent, the base feebly sinuate on either side, the disc rather 
convex and witha shallow median groove which becomes deeper 
behind, the entire surface densely, rugulosely punctured ; elytra 
three times as long as the prothorax, subparallel to about the 
middle, deeply punctate-striate (the punctures moderately coarse, 
approximate, and transverse), the interstices narrow (not wider than 
the striz), slightly raised, and thickly, finely punctate, the humeri 
subrectangular ; beneath densely, rugulosely punctured, the punc- 
tures on the abdomen finer than those on the metasternum, Length 
3—3 mm, 
Hab. W. Australia—Fremantle. 
Six examples. Longer and more parallel than ZH, 
bakewelli, Pasc., the thorax not sinuate at the sides be- 
hind, the ser iate punctures on the elytra finer and closer, 
the antennee much shorter, with the ninth and tenth 
joints strongly transverse. In Pascoe’s collection there 
is a much more closely-allied form, labelled H. griseipilis, 
Pasc., type, but I am unable to find the description 
of it. 
[ PHYCOSECIS. 
Phycosecis, Pascoe, Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist. (4), xvi., 
p. 213 (1875). 
This genus, of which four species were described by 
Pascoe (two from Australia and two from New Zealand), 
has five-jointed hind tarsi, the basal joint of all the tarsi 
being small and not easily seen. It cannot, therefore, 
be retained in the Heteromera. Pascoe refers it to the 
“ Phaleriides ” without hesitation, and does not even 
mention the form of the tarsi. Phycosecis should perhaps 
be placed in the Clavicorn-series, near ‘lrogositida or 
Cucujidee. 
Phycosecis litoralis. 
Phycosecis litoralis, Pascoe, loc, cit., p. 214, nota. 
Hab. W. Australia—Fremantle. 
Described from King George’s Sound. In sand, under 
tidal refuse (Walker). | 
