184 Mr. Francis P. Pascoe ou 



Long. 4 lin. 



Hah. — King George's Sound. 



A very distinct species, although beaiing a close 

 resemblance to the preceding. 



EREMNIN^. 

 Pephricus, n. g. 



Caput latum, fronte convexa ; rostrum, crassum, capita 

 brevius, apice integrum, infra (gula) transversim sulca- 

 tum ; scrohes supernse subapicales cavernosae, oculos 

 versus sensim exeuntes. Oculi mediocres, infra paulo 

 acuminati, supra distantes. Antcnnce sat robustee ; scapus 

 sensim incrassatus, prothoracem attingens ; funicuhis 7-ar- 

 ticulatus, articulis duobus basalibus longiusculis, cjeteris 

 breWter obconicis ; elava libera, ovata. Frothora.v utrin- 

 que rotundatus, paulo depressus, lobis ocularibus dis- 

 tinctis, ciliatis. Scutellum nullum. Elytra prothorace 

 vix latiora, breviter ovata, basi late emarginata, humeris 

 rotundatis. Pedes validi; femora incrassata ; tibioi rectae, 

 apice leviter dilatatee, sub-uncinatte, corbulis posticis 

 apertis; ^ar.sv' articulo tertio late bilobo, quarto longius- 

 culo, uncjuindo nnico munito. Metasternui)i\iYe\\s.^\va\xvii. 

 Abdomen segmento secundo duobus sequentibus con- 

 junctim asquali; sutura prima arcuata. rrocessus inter- 

 coxalis angulatus. Coif us depressum, setulosum. 



The principal characters of this genus place it with the 

 Eremnince, with none of whose genera, however, does it 

 seem to have any affinity, Mandalotus, Er., unknown to 

 me, may be allied ; but the single claw at once distinguishes 

 this genus. One of my specimens has a coppery- metallic 

 tinge. 



Pephricus cchimys. 



P. fuscus, squamis fulvo-griseis fusco-variis tectus, 

 supra longe setulosus ; rostro squamoso, lateribus albidis ; 

 prothorace reticulato-ruguloso, pone apicem transversim 

 imprcsso; elytris punctato-striatis, intcrstitiis convexis; 

 corpore infra pedibusque griseo-squamosis ; antcnnis 

 adpresse pilosis. 



Long. 2^-3 lin. 



Hah. — Western Australia. 



