Tenebrionidse from Australia and Tasmania. 153 



laiy palpi stout, broadly dilated upwards ; the labial distant 

 at the base, Avith the last joint very large, cup-shaped, obli- 

 quely truncate. Prothorax longer than broad, narrowed and 

 truncate at the apex, sides rounded, posterior angles acute, the 

 base truncate. Elytra elongate, parallel, not broader than the 

 prothorax, rounded at the apex ; epipleura narrow and nearly 

 equal throughout, but expanding as it ascends to the shoulder. 

 Femora stout ; tibiae strongly curved ; tarsi short, the last joint 

 as long as the rest together. Anterior coxae transverse. Pro- 

 sternum slightly elevated, rounded behind. Mesosternum 

 short, V-formed. Metasternum elongate. Intercoxal space 

 very narrow, short, triangular. Abdomen with five segments, 

 all nearly equal in length and with corneous edges. 



Allied to Boros 7 Herbst, a genus placed with the Pythonidae 

 by Dr. Leconte*, on account of its anterior cotyloid cavities 

 being open behind. The same authority also credits them 

 with conical anterior coxae. I do not know the American spe- 

 cies ; but in B. Schneider i they are slightly transverse f, mid 

 they are still more so in the present genus. Although I can- 

 not agree to separate Boros from the Tenebrionidae, as Dr. 

 Leconte and M. C. G. Thomson have done, yet it seems de- 

 sirable to keep them apart from Calcarince, with which they 

 do not appear to be very intimately connected. 



Tanylypa morio. PI. XI. fig. 4. 



T. nigra, nitida ; prothorace basi trifoveolato ; elytris seriatim 

 punctatis. 



Hab. Tasmania. 



Black, shining ; head and prothorax very finely punctured, 

 the latter with three very distinct foveae at the base ; scutellum 

 semicircular ; elytra rather strongly punctured in closely ap- 

 proximate rows, the sutural row diverging near the scutellmn, 

 a very short one taking its place ; body beneath and legs dark 

 pitchy, smooth and shining ; antennae glossy ferruginous ; fore 

 tibiae with a delicate fringe of hairs within. Length 6 lines. 



EXPLANATION OF PLATE XI. 



Fig. 1. Ectyche erebea : a, mentum &c. ; b, maxilla &c. 



Fig. 2. Mcneristes laticoUis. 



Fig. 3. Asphalus ebcninus : a, maxilla ; b, mentum. 



Fig. 4. Tanylypa morio : a, mentum ; b, maxilla ; c, fore leg. 



Fig. o. Brises trachynotoides : a, mentum ; b, maxilla. 



Fig. 6. Ephidonms acuticornis : a, mentum ; b, maxilla. 



Fig. 7. Apasis Howitlii (<S)- 



* Class. Col. N. Am. p. 255. 



t M. C. G. Thomson characterizes them as " ovato-globosse " (Skand. 

 Col. vi. p. 326). 



