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modice convexa, basi incurvata^ prothorace paulo latiora, 

 humeris obsoletis. Femora incrassata ; tibice rectas, intus 

 bisulcatae, apice mucronatse ; tarsi breves, articulis tribus 

 basalibus transversis, infra leviter pilosis, articulo tertio 

 sub-bilobo, ultimo elongate ; unguiculiliheri. Propectiis in 

 medio longitudinaliter excavatum. Metasternwn brevis- 

 simum. Abdomen segmentis duobus basalibus connatis, 

 ampliatis, tertio quartoque brevissimis. 



The sole exponent of this genus bears a close resem- 

 blance to Liosoma ovatula, only it is less glossy and much 

 more coarsely punctured. But it differs essentially from 

 Liosoma, and from all the other genera of its subfamily, 

 in its lateral sci'obes not meeting beneath, but, on the 

 contrary, terminating in front of each eye, while directly 

 beneath the scrobe, and parallel to it, is a well-marked 

 groove which joins the basal portion of the scrobe ; or 

 the scrobe might be described as being very broad, and 

 divided beneath by a narrow septum, and terminating 

 obliquely partly in front and partly below the eye ; it 

 may be added, that this groove does not receive the 

 funicle in repose, the scape passing to a line drawn 

 through the middle of the eye. Mr. Masters, from whom 

 I have also received this species, tells me, that it is found 

 burrowing in sand, generally above, but often below high 

 water mark. 



Psahhis liosomoides. 



P. sub-ovatus, niger, vix nitidus ; rostro apicem versus 

 latiore, sulcato-punctato, apice antennisque pallide ferru- 

 gineis; prothorace latitudine longitudine fere sequali, 

 utrinque valde rotundato, supra crebre punctate, punctis 

 in medio setulosis ; elytris profunde sulcato-punctatis, 

 punctis glabris, approximatis, interstitiis angustis con- 

 vexis, uniseriatim punctulatis, punctulis setulosis ; meta- 

 sterno abdomineque crebre punctatis ; pedibus sub-ferru- 

 gineis, setulis dispersis. 



Long. 1^ lin. 



Hab. — King George's Sound. 



HYPERIN^. 



PROPHiESIA, n. g. 



Rostrum capite duplo vel triple longius, subtenue, 

 cylindricum, paulo arcuatum ; aerobes praemedian^e, infra 



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