196 Mr. F. P. Pascoe on Additions to 



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

 tellum are projected forward, the part between this and the 

 shoulder showing a deep emargination. 



Brexius lineatus. 

 B. oblongus, niger, squamiilis piliformibiis griseis adspersus ; rostro 

 prothorace breviore, antice cariniilis quinque mauil'este munito ; 

 Bcrobibus termiualibus ; antennis subferrugiueis, clava iufuscata ; 

 prothorace paulo longiore qiiam latiore, confertissime granulato- 

 punctato ; elytris striato-puuctatis, iuterstitiis in medio uniseriatim 

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

 nitide castaneo, parce setoso ; femoribus infuscatis ; tibiis tarsisque 

 siibferrugineis, longe pilosis. Long. 3 lin. 

 Hab. Melbourne. 



A dark, almost black, species, notwithstanding its greyish 

 scales ; the scrobes are completely terminal. I placed Brexius 

 with the Amalactinfe on account of its cavernous corbels, the 

 only character apparently that separates it from the Erirhininai. 



Psepholax Mastersii. 

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

 cavato ; rostro brevi, antice et inter ocidos dense ferrugineo- 

 hirsuto ; antennis ferrugineis ; prothorace transverse, antice multo 

 angustiore, utrinqne fortiter rotuudato, creberrime granulato- 

 punctato ; elytris striato-punctatis, iuterstitiis couvexis, sat con- 

 fer tim granulatis ; tibiis iutermediis in medio deute maguo in- 

 structis. Long. 4 lin. 



Hab. Wide Bay (Queensland). 



Differs from P. barbtfrons,W\\. (Ereb. & Terr,, Ins. p. 15), 

 in its more closely punctured prothorax, with the intervals 

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

 This and the two following species are interesting as belonging 

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



Psejjholax egerius. 

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

 inter oculos pallide barbate ; antennis ferrugineis, longioribus ; 

 prothorace transverse, apice subito constricto, creberrime granulato- 

 punctato ; elytris oblongo-cordatis, striato-puuctatis, iuterstitiis 

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

 termediis deute maguo instructis. Long, ^g lin. 



Hab. Queensland. 



I am indebted to Dr. Howitt for my specimens of this species. 

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

 dependent on its short prothorax, suddenly narrowed anteriorly, 

 and its cordiform elytra. 



