collected in Australia and Tasmania. 399 
MIcREcTYCHE. 
Micrectyche, ¥. Bates, Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond., 1873, 
p. 362. 
These insects are found at the roots of low plants on 
sandy beaches, according to Mr. Walker. 
Micrectyche intermedia. 
Micrectyche intermedia, F. Bates, loc. cit., p. 363. 
Hab. W. Australia—H. Wallaby Island in the Hout- 
mann’s Abrolhos Group. 
One specimen, agreeing perfectly with the type from 
Champion Bay. 
Micrectyche ferrugmea. 
Micreciyche ferruginea, F'. Bates, loc. cit., p. 364. 
Hab. W. Australia—Fremantle. 
Three specimens. The type is stated to be from Swan 
River. 
PHENNIS, 0. gen. 
Head short and broad, sunk into the prothorax up to the eyes, 
with the sides of the front obliquely converging and not at all 
prominent (not projecting over the points of insertion of the 
antennz) ; the epistoma very short, truncate at the apex, limited 
behind by a shallow groove ; labrum prominent, separated from 
the epistoma by a coriaceous space ; the eyes small, transverse, 
moderately prominent, rather finely faceted, feebly emarginate ; 
last joint of the maxillary palpi ovate ; antennz hairy, moderately 
slender, extending to a little beyond the base of the elytra, joints 
1—8 more or less ovate, 1 stout, 2 about as long as 4, 3 nearly as 
long as 4 and 5 united, 4—8 equal in thickness but gradually de- 
creasing in length, 9 nearly twice as long as, and very much wider 
than, 8, triangular, longer than broad, 10 triangular, as broad as 
long, 11 oval, narrower than 10, blunt at the tip ; prothorax trans- 
versely cordate, subtruncate in front and behind, coarsely, irregularly 
dentate at the sides, the latter slightly expanded; scutellum strongly 
transverse, transversely convex; elytra fully one-half broader than, 
and about three times the length of, the prothorax, truncate at the 
base, parallel in their basal half, each with ten rows of .coarse deep 
punctures ; anterior coxal cavities closed behind ; legs rather short, 
