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(EDEMERID.E. 



PSEUDANAXCA {geii. nov.). 



Palporum Diaxillarium articulus apicalis magiius securiformis ; 



labrum transversum antice subtruncatuni ; caput antice 



pauUo elongatum ; oculi magni proiiiinuli rotunclati sat 



grosse granulati ; antennse jDrope oculos insertse, 11-articu- 



latae (?), capillis elongatis erectis vestitse, articulis 4-10 



(?, articulis 10^, 11° que exempli typici amissis) intus ante 



apicem sat fortiter angulatim productis ; prothorax subcy- 



linclricus ; elytra sat elongata , cox?e intermedi?e et posticie 



minus inter se approximatae ; tibia? vix manifesto ad apicem 



spinosae ; tarsi sat graciles, articulo penultimo subtus sat 



fortiter sat anguste producto, intermediis subtus capillis 



perlongis vestitis ; unguiculi fere simplices, ad basin paullo 



dilatati ; corpus breviter pubescens. 



The very small heteromerous beetle for which I propose this 



new name is difficult to place satisfactorily. The following 



characters in combination seem, however, to point to the 



(Edemerides as its allies, viz., anterior coxae strongly prominent 



and open behind, claws simple (or nearly so), eyes entire, head 



not narrowed into a distinct neck behind the eyes, penultimate 



joint of tarsi strongly produced under the apical joint, hind cox[« 



considerably separated from each other. The most puzzling 



character is the very considerable separation inter- se of the 



intermediate coxae, which, however, are shaped as those of Anayica, 



In some respects this species seems to be near Itltnca, OUifl', but 



it cannot be referred to that genus, even if it be a female (though 



I think it is a male) on account, inter alia, of the penultimate 



joint of its tarsi not being bilobed. It is an elongate insect of 



decidedly CEdemerid facies. 



P. ruficoUis, sp. nov. Sat elongata, minus parallela, breviter 

 subtiliter pubescens ; sat opaca ; nigra, prothoraoe femorum 

 basi tibiis tarsisque (his 2 plus minusve infuscatis) rutis, 

 antennis basin versus picescentibus ; supra sat aequaliter sat 

 crebre sat fortiter punctulata ; capite (oculis inclusis) quam 

 prothorax paullo latiori ; hoc leviter transverso subcylindrico 

 supra inaequali ; elytris quam prothorax duplo latioribus ; 

 antennis quam corporis dimidium sat longioribus ; meta- 

 sterno crasse fortiter sat crebre, abdomine minus fortiter 

 magis crebre, punctulatis ; femoribus posticis (? maris) a basi 

 fere ad apicem albidis et confertim pubescentibus. Long., 

 n 1. ; lat., f 1. 

 N.S, Wales ; Blue Mountains. 



SESSIXIA. 



S. sublineata, Waterh. I have a short series (taken on tlowers 



