446 Mr. F. P. Pascoe on some new or IHtle-Tcnown 



PsAcus [PJiipiceridae]. 

 Caput verticale, retractimi, antice triangulare. Oculi prominuli, rotundati. 

 Antennce ll-articulatse ; scapo siibgloboso ; art. 2 brevi ; 3 trigonO; am- 

 pliato ; seqiientibus flabellatis ; tuberibus antenniferis nullis. Palpi 

 7naxillares robusti, art. iilt. ovali. Maxillce bilobae, lobis ciliatis. Tro- 

 thorax marginatuS; transversus, basi bisinuatus. Elytra oblonga. Pedes 

 breves j femora robusta ; tihic^ lineares ; tarsi liliformes, ciliatse, lamellis 

 nullis, articulo ultimo sine onychio. Coxce anticse transversse, baud 

 exsert£e, approximatse, intermediae retractse. Acetahula antica magna. 

 Prostei'num angustum. Abdomen segmentis quinque, primo brevissimo. 



A second specimen in my collection, which I have very little doubt 

 is the female, differs from the above in its larger size, and the antennse 

 considerably less flabellate, the third joint slender and cylindrical, 

 the fourth and fifth shorter and trigonate, the latter transversely, so 

 as to make a beginning to the flabellate structure of the remainder. 

 The male individual described above has been, unfortunately, so 

 thickly gummed on the card, that I have had great difficulty in 

 making out the underparts, and have been unable to obtain the lower 

 lip and its palpi. It will be seen, from the description, that this genus 

 fails in two characters hitherto considered essential to the family, 

 viz. the absence of an onychium to the last tarsal joint, and the non- 

 exserted anterior and intermediate coxae. ^Nevertheless the antennae 

 are so entirely conformable that I think there can be little hesitation 

 as to its being a real, although an aberrant, member of the group. 

 The male has a strong resemblance to Attagenus pellio ; the female 

 I had put aside as a Dermestes. If either exists in collections, it 

 will probably be found stowed away among the Dermestidae. 



Psacus attagenoides. (PI. XYIII. fig. 4.) 

 P. oblongus, niger, villosus, indistincte fulvo marmoratus vel maculatus. 

 Hah. South Australia .(Gawler). 



Oblong, black, sparsely covered with short erect hairs, and obscurely 

 mottled or spotted with fulvous red ; antennae and legs ferruginous, 

 except the black basal joint of the former ; scutellum triangular ; elytra 

 obsoletely striated. Length 2 lines ( $ 3 lines). 



Cnecosa [Telmatophilidae]. 

 Caput verticale, antice subtriangulare. Oculi prominuli, rotundati. An- 

 tennce ante oculos insertae, ll-articulatae, art. 1 subgloboso, 2 breviore, 

 3 longiore, 4-8 subturbinatis, ca^teris clavam magnam oblongam efRci- 

 entibus, ultimo niaximo. Palpi maxillares art. ultimo amplissimo, 

 valde transverse. Maxillce lobis duobus subaequalibus, ciliatis. Labium 

 niinutum. Meiitmn triangulare, apice late truncatum. Paljyi lahiales 



