196 Mr. F. P. Pascoe on Additions to 



narrower at the base, and the elytra on each side of the scu- 

 teUum are projected forward, the part bet^veen this and the 

 shoulder showing a deep emargination. 



Brexius lineatus. 

 B. oblongus, niger, squamiihs piliformibus griseis adspersus ; rostro 

 prothorace breviore, antice carinulis quinque manifeste munito ; 

 scrobibus terminahbus ; antennis subferrugineis, clava infuscata ; 

 prothorace paulo longiore qiiam latiore, confertissime granulato- 

 punctato ; eljtris striato-punctatis, interstitiis in medio uniseriatim 

 setosis, alternis paulo elevatis, sexto sordide albido ; corpora infra 

 nitide castaneo, parce setoso ; femoribus infuscatis ; tibiis tarsisque 

 subferrugineis, longe pilosis. Long. 3 lin. 

 Hob. Melbourne. 



A dark, almost black, species, notwithstanding its greyish 

 scales ; the scrobes are completely terminal. I placed Brexius 

 with the Amalactinte on account of its cavernous corbels, the 

 only character apparently that separates it from the Erirhinin*. 



Psepholax Mastersii. 

 P. ovalis, fuscus, opacus, disperse squamosus ; capite inter oculos ex- 

 cavate ; rostro brevi, antice et inter oculos dense ferrugineo- 

 hirsuto ; antennis ferrugineis ; prothorace transverso, antice multo 

 angustiore, utrinque fortiter rotundato, creberrime granulato- 

 punctato ; elytris striato-punctatis, interstitiis convexis, sat con- 

 fertim granulatis ; tibiis intermediis in medio dente magno in- 

 structis. Long. 4 lin. 

 Hob. Wide Bdy (Queensland). 



Differs from P. barbif/-ons,Wh.. (Ereb. & Terr., Ins. p. 15), 

 in its more closely punctured prothorax, with the intervals 

 granuliform, the different form of the intermediate tibiae, &c. 

 This and the two following species are interesting as belonging 

 to a genus hitherto supposed to be peculiar to New Zealand. 



Psepholax egerius. 



P. obovatus, fuscus, vix nitidus, rostro breviusculo, basi antice et 

 inter oculos pallide barbato ; antennis ferrugineis, longioribus ; 

 prothorace transverso, apice subito coustricto, creberrime granulato- 

 punctato ; elytris oblongo-cordatis, striato-punctatis, interstitiis 

 convexis, dense ferrugineo-squamosis, pygidio detecto ; tibiis in- 

 termediis dente magno instructis. Long. 3^ lin. 

 Hab. Queensland. 

 I am indebted to Dr. Howitt for my specimens of this :^pecies. 



It may be known at once from the preceding by its outline, 



dependent on its short prothorax, suddenly narrowed anteriorly, 



and its cordiform elytra. 



