152 Mr. F. P. Pascoe on new Genera and Species of 



inner narrow and unarmed ; maxillary palpi with the first 

 joint very short, second long, the last obconic, truncate at the 

 apex. Prothorax transverse, slightly emarginate anteriorly, 

 anterior angles not produced, sides rounded, without a raised 

 border, and terminating in well-marked posterior angles, base 

 broad and subtruncate. Elytra ovate, slightly convex, broader 

 than the prothorax. Femora sublinear; tibias strongly spurred; 

 tarsi slender, gradually longer from the anterior, nearly naked 

 beneath, except a few seta3 at the tips. Prosternum narrow, 

 declivous ; mesosternum V-shaped ; metasternum moderately 

 elongate. Abdomen with the fourth segment very short, its 

 sutural edge arched. 



The general appearance of the insect forming the type of 

 this genus is more nearly that of Iplithimus italicus than any 

 other known to me. The vestiture of the tarsi, however, and 

 the presence of spurs to the tibia? is sufficiently distinctive ; 

 the former character, indeed, may lead to the doubt of its be- 

 longing to the Tenebrioninge at all ; but in this case I believe 

 it is exceptional. 



I am indebted for my specimens to Johannes Odewahn, Esq. 



Ejphidonius acuticor^ns. PI. XI. fig. 6. 



E. niger, capite prothoraceque nitidis ; elytris opacis, seriatim et 

 leviter punctulatis. 



Hah. Gawler, South Australia. 



Black ; head and prothorax finely punctured, shining, the 

 former from the clypeus backwards smooth and convex ; base 

 of the prothorax close to the elytra, but below their level ; 

 scutellum triangular ; elytra finely seriate-punctate, the suture 

 thickened into a line, three other lines also on each elytron 

 placed on the intervals of every four rows of punctures ; body 

 beneath and legs shining pitchy brown ; antennse reddish 

 brown. Length 9 lines. 



Tanylypa. 



Subfamily Boeinje. 

 Oculi transversi. 

 Maxillce lobo interno inermi. 

 Tibice arcuatse. 



Head exserted, small, gradually narrower behind the eyes ; 

 clypeus separated from the front by a short arched suture. 

 Eyes rather narrow, transverse. Antennte a little thicker 

 outwards ; the basal joints more or less obconic, the eighth to 

 the tenth transverse, the last rounded. Mentum trapezoidal ; 

 labium short, transverse, corneous. Maxillary lobes short, the 

 inner narrow, unarmed, the outer broadly triangular. Maxil- 



