15G 



I have seen only a single specimen — which has unfortunately 

 lost the greater part of its antennae — of this species, but as it is 

 very distinct from any otlier Psamvuf^cus that I can ascertain to 

 have been described, I have no hesitation in naming it. The 

 markings of its elytra are of quite a difierent type from those of 

 the preceding three species, and the structure of its prothorax is 

 very distinct. The lateral denticulations of that segment are 

 somewhat like those of P. incertior (though more minute — one or 

 two of them a trifle larger than the rest — especially the hind- 

 most), but its surface is very much more closely and less coarsely 

 punctulate. From the other two species described above the 

 very different inequalities of the sides of its prothorax inter alia 

 separate it very widely. 



N. Queensland (Cairns). Mr. Koebele. 



CRYPTOPHAGID^. 



CRYPTOPHAGUS, 



G. nigro-apicalis, sp. nov. Brevis; sat parallelus ; modice con- 

 vexus ; pubescens ; ferrugineus, prothorace infuscato, elytris 

 apicem versus nigricantibus ; antennis minus robustis, arti- 

 culis 9° 10° que fortiter trans versis (hoc quam ille nonnihil 

 longiori nonnihil latiori) ; capite pronotoque crebre fortiter 

 subrugulose punctulatis ; hoc fortiter trans verso, ante scutel- 

 lum utrinque impresso, lateribus ad angulum anticum extror- 

 sum dilatatis hinc ad basin rectis ; elytris fortiter sparsius 

 punctulatis. -Long., i 1.; lat., fV 1. 

 I have only a single specimen of this insect and therefore can- 

 not state positively that its male has heteromerous tarsi, but in 

 other respects and in facies it seems to agree with Gryptophagus. 

 Victoria. 



DIPHYLLUS. 



It is interesting to find this genus in Australia. The species 



described below is evidently a member of it. 



D. ornatellus, sp. nov. Ovalis ; sat nitidus ; pube sat longa 

 erecta vestitus ; piceo-brunneus, antennis pedibus elytrisque 

 livide testaceo-brunneis, his nigro-piceo-variegatis ; capite 

 sat a3quali fortiter sat crebre punctulato ; antennis minus 

 robustis modice elongatis, clava bi-articulata (hujus articulo 

 basali quam alter pauUo latiori) ; prothorace fortiter trans- 

 verso, antice paullo angustato, supra fere ut caput punctu- 

 lato, utrinque carina integra submarginali instructo, lateri- 

 bus minus arcuatis, angulis anticis sat prominentibus posticis 

 sat rectis; elytris obsolete striatis, striis fortiter punctulatis, 

 interstitiis confertim subtilissime punctulatis. Long., 1 1.; 

 lat., I 1. (vix). 



