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XXIV. Descriptions of new genera u)id species of 

 Pselapliicla3 gtzcZ ScydniiKnidEe from Australia 

 and Neio Zealand. By D. Sharp. 



[Reatl 2ud November, 187^.] 



I HAVE much pleasure in offering to the Society the 

 following descriptions of some small but interesting 

 Coleoptera from the Antipodes. The insects described 

 in this paper have been received by me from several 

 sources ; the Australian species from H. Edwards, Esq. 

 (now of San Francisco), and Mr. Du Boulay, of West 

 Australia ; while the New Zealand species have been sent 

 me by Mr. Edwards and by JNIr. T. Lawson, of Auckland, 

 through his brother, Mr. li. Lawson, of Scarborough. 



Forty-four ncAv species are here described, three of 

 which belong to the family ScydmcsnidcB. I have about 

 twenty other species of ScydmcenidcB from Australia, 

 most of which are apparently undescribed ; but as many 

 of these species are represented by but a single specimen, 

 I have not thought it advisable to describe them, especially 

 as I beheve we may expect a paper from Dr. Schauhiss, 

 of Dresden (who has acquired the rich material accu- 

 mulated by Count Castlenau in this family), and who has 

 such an extensive knowledge of these insects. 



Of the iiimWy Psehqjhidoi forty-one species are described ; 

 twenty-six from Australia, fifteen from New Zealand. No 

 species of the family from New Zealand has been yet 

 made known, so that these fifteen species contribute an 

 important addition to our knowledge of the New Zealand 

 fauna. These fifteen species I have distributed m six 

 genera, two of which are considered new ; while the other 

 four are already described genera, all of which occur in 

 Europe. It Avould, however, be incon-ect to conclude 

 from this fact that the New Zealand PselapfiidcB Ax&yAiiy 

 a great affinity with the European Pselapkidce ; for it is 

 probable that ultimately it will be considered con-ect to 

 estabhsh three other genera for species which I have placed 

 in the genera Tyrus and Bryaxis ; so that it would per- 

 haps b? more correct to state that the fifteen species of 



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