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otlicr segments with one on each side of tlic middle in the 

 female, in the male tiiere are only two at the a[)ex of the 

 fourth sejimiiit. 



Tidia straij^ht, the intermediate pair and the tarsi distinetly 

 setose. The other eharacters ajifree with those defined hy 

 me on page (JO'J, vol. xi. I'JO.'i, of the Aim. it Ma<^. Nat. Hist. 



^Vhcn eompared with (). j>arvuliis, this new sj)eeies may 

 be at onee distinguished by the more ample and oblong, but 

 evidently less eonvcx, hind body, whieh, moreover, does not 

 possess the rather coarse seulpture so apparent in the former 

 speeies. In two or three examples 1 notiee an additional 

 seta at the thoracie hind angles. 



Length 1^; breadth ^ lines. 



Found unibr stones near a stream on the Carriek Range, 

 near Obelisk Peak, at an elevation of 4100 feet, by Mr. J. 

 II. Lewis. 



Group Oxytelinae. 

 P/ilaoiKeus cordicuUis, sp. n. 



E/iJiif/ale, subdcpressed, slightly shining, rufo-testaccous, 

 elytra paler, finely pubescent. 



Head shining, with an indistinct transverse impression 

 behind the eyes, behind this it is so minutely sculptured as 

 to appear smooth ; in front, near the eyes, it is punctate, and 

 seems there a little asperate and hairy ; the antennal tubercles 

 are prominent. Ai/es rather flat, distinetly facetted, quite 

 lateral. Mandibles eurvate, inwardly bideutate. Antennce 

 finely pubescent, basal artituhation elongate and gradually 

 inerassate; the teiminal three joints nearly twice as broad as 

 the intermediate ones. Thorax about as long as it is broad, 

 truncate and widest in front, gradually curvedly narrowed 

 tow aids tlie rounded base, and without perceptible hind 

 angles ; its punctuation is moderate and ratlier shallow, it is 

 almost smooth along the middle, and the greyish pubescence 

 is disposed transversely. Elytra pallid, short, broader than 

 long, subtruncate behind, posterior angles oblique or rounded; 

 their surface is not definitely sculptured, but bears evident 

 greyish hairs. Ilitul-body elongate, parallel, marginated, its 

 five exposed segments are nearly equal and distinctly pubes- 

 cent, the sculpture is ill-defined ; the terminal segment is 

 short and retracted and is trituberculate at the extremity. 



Legs of moderate length, rather slender ; tibial minutely 

 spinose externally, the anteiior outwardly curved, with ^mall 

 terminal spurs. Tarsi slender, the basal two joints, taken 



