Tenebrionida? /rr)7?i Australia and Tasnidnia. 53 



tared, very short, the sides nearly parallrl, hut a litth' rouiKU'd 

 anteriorly, anterior angles slightly ])roduce(l ; seiitdlinn ])rown, 

 curvilinearly triangular; elytra a little broader than the ])ro- 

 tliorax, parallel at the sides, irregularly eovered with small 

 a])proxiniate ])unctures ; body l)eneath and legs glossy elicst- 

 nut-brown, with minute scattered punctures ; antenna' not 

 reaching to the base of the prothorax, and, with the tarsi, dull 

 glossy ferruginous. Length 5 lines. 



Barytipha. 



Subfamily CtpualeinjE. 



Antenncv, breviusculce, art. 8", 9°, 10° transversis. 

 EpipleurcB olytrorum postice vix angustiores. 

 Tarsi subtus apice breviter pilosi. 



Head deeply inserted in the prothorax, convex in front ; 

 clypeus strongly emarginate, its groove arched. Eyes narrow, 

 transverse, constricted in the middle, distant above. Antennai 

 rather short, third joint twice as long as the second, fourth to 

 seventh gradually shorter, eighth, ninth, and tenth transverse, 

 the last rounded. Mentum broadly subcordiform, its face 

 concave ; lower lip rounded anteriorly. Maxillae short, the 

 inner lobe strongly hooked. Maxillary palpi securiform, labial 

 subobconic. Prothorax transverse, apex broadly emarginate, 

 anterior angles not produced. Elytra slightly broader than 

 the prothorax at the base, their sides subparallel ; epi2)leura3, 

 except at the base, nearly equal in width throughout. Legs 

 rather short ; tibiae gradually broader below ; tarsi shortly 

 pilose at the apex, basal joint of the posterior not longer than 

 the two next together. Metasternum rather short ; inter- 

 femoral process narrowly triangular. 



The peculiar vestiture of the tarsi (composed of short stiff 

 hairs confined to the apices of the joints) is exceptional, and 

 at once differentiates this genus. Dr. HoAvitt tells me that the 

 species described below is gregarious in old deserted swallows' 

 nests in hollow and decaying trees. 



Barytiplia socialis. PI. XII. fig. 5. 



B. fusca (ahquando brunnea), subnitida ; elytris fere opacis, siib- 

 tiliter substriato-punctatis. 



Hah. Victoria. 



Dark brown, sometimes reddish brown ; head and prothorax 

 subnitid, very minutely punctured, the latter regularly Init not 

 very convex above; scutellum rather broadly triangular; 

 elytra somewhat opaque, lightly striatc-punctate, the punctures 



