and species of Pselaphidce and Scydmcenidcs. 505 



to the genus Batrisus is the con-ect one, viz., at the end 

 of the ivne Pselaphuu, ,0 as to be near the ^..;./.c^/..-. 

 Ibe genus is indeed quite intermediate between the two 

 genera, Batrisus and Euplectus, and seems to me to indi- 

 cate that the division of the Fselaphidce into two main 

 groups, Pselaphini and EujAectini, can scarcely be main- 

 tained. •' 



Dalmapuhescens, n. sp. Obscure rufescens, nitidus sed 

 pubescentia (prasertira in abdomine) obtectus ; prothorace 

 ante basin transversim impresso trifoveolatoque, medio 

 antice minus profunde, Lateribus utrinque profunde canali- 

 cuhatis; elytris stria suturali Lata et profunda, basique 

 profunde bi-impressis. Long. corp. 2^ mm. ; lat. elytro- 

 rum fere 1 mm. 



Mas, antennarum articulo nono maximo (imdecimo 

 paulo majore) intus apice fovea magna impresso. 



Eem., ant. articulo nono prtecedente paulo majore. 



Antennae stout in the male, moderate in the female, 

 about as long as head and thorax, basal joint onlj a little 

 elongate ; 2nd joint stout, bead-like, about as long as broad ; 

 joints 3 — 6 short, bead-like ; joints 7 and 8 in the male short 

 and very transverse, in the female scarcely differing from 

 the preceding joints ; 9th joint in the female broader but 

 scarcely longer than the 8th, in the male extremely large, 

 subquadrate and impressed on the inner side at the ex- 

 tremity ; lOtli joint short and transverse in both sexes ; 

 11 til joint stout, obtusely pointed, moderately long, in the 

 male slightly stouter than in the female. Head rather 

 small (smaller in the female than in the male sex), con- 

 siderably narrower than the thorax, the frontal tubercles 

 quite distinct, short, flattened and shining, rather widely 

 separated ; the vertex is elevated, and on each side has a 

 fovea confluent in front with a frontal depression, so that 

 the vertex portion of the head forms a triangle projecting 

 into a large frontal depression. The thorax is narrower 

 than the elytra, not so long as broad, the sides rounded in 

 front and considerably narrow^ed behind ; in front of the base 

 is a deep transverse impression, which commences on each 

 side in a large fovea, from which there proceeds forwards a 

 longitudinal impression ; on the middle of the transverse 

 basal impression is placed a very large fovea or depression, 

 from which a moderately distinct channel proceeds for- 

 ^vards, but does not reach the front of the thorax ; the 



