4.00 Mr. G. C. Champion on the Tenebrionidx 
hairy, moderately slender, the penultimate joint of all the tarsi 
small, simple, the tarsi clothed with long hairs beneath, the first 
joint of the hind pair not longer than the following two joints 
united, the tibial spurs short but distinct; the upper surface clothed 
with long, erect bristly hairs, with intermixed short, appressed, fine 
hairs, the latter forming well-defined patches on the elytra. 
This genus is proposed for a single species from 
Tasmania. It seems to be best placed near LHctyche. 
The clothing of the upper surface resembles that of the 
“ Amphidorides,” except that the finer hairs on the elytra 
form well-defined patches. The form of the antenne is 
peculiar—the ninth to the eleventh joints being stouter 
than those preceding, the ninth and tenth triangular, the 
ninth longer than the eighth or tenth. 
Phennis fasciculata, n. sp. (Plate VIII., fig. 14.) 
Oe Moderately elongate, rather convex, pitchy- brown, the front 
of the head and the anterior margin of the prothorax paler; the 
elytra with an oblong humeral patch and the suture indeterminately 
testaceous, the interstices also paler towards the base ; the antenns 
fusco-testaceous, with the three apical joints piceous ; the legs 
fusco-testaceous, with the femora darker towards the base; the 
upper surface sparsely clothed with long, erect, bristly, brownish 
hairs, which are serially arranged on the elytra, and with intermixed 
short, appressed, yellowish-cinereous hairs, the latter forming well- 
defined patches on the elytra ; the legs and antennz clothed with 
long, fine, bristly hairs. Head thickly, shallowly punctate ; pro- 
thorax transversely cordate, much narrower at the base than at the 
apex, transversely convex, coarsely and irregularly dentate at the 
sides (with about six teeth on each side), the surface thickly covered 
with coarse, rounded, very shallow punctures ; elytra parallel to 
beyond the middle, flattened on the disc, with rows of coarse, deep, 
closely placed punctures, the punctures subtransverse on the disc, 
rounded towards the sides, the interstices narrow, sparsely, very 
minutely punctate, the third, fifth, andseventh subcostate. Length 
43, breadth 13 mm. 
Hab. Tasmania—Hobart. 
Of this species Mr. Walker has sent three specimens 
to the British Museum, and one to myself; the description 
is entirely taken from the latter. They were all found 
under the bark of Hucalyptus. 
