Transactions.—ZAvology. 
articulo basali ampliato, secundo subelongato, tertio breviore, duobus 
ultimis conjunctim globosis, intermediis transversis. Oculi pro- ` 
minuli, liberi. Palpi maxillares articulo ultimo ovato. Prothorax 
antice productus, lateribus ciliatus, basi rotundatus. H/ytra modice 
convexa, subrotundata. Tibie antice subtrigonate, apice inermes, 
omnes extus denticulato-ciliate ; tarsi lineares, antici liberi, articulo 
ultimo majuseulo. 
In the rounded base of the prothorax, in contact only with the elytra in 
its middle portion, this genus agrees with Hyocis; but the globose two- 
jointed club of the antenne, the last joint being very small, differentiates it 
from all the other genera of its sub-family. The genus contains four species, 
two only inhabiting New Zealand; the other two, from Australia, are 
described in the note. One of the species, and probably all, like many 
others of the Phaleriine, is found on the sea-shore under Alge. 
Phycosecis discoidea. 
P. breviter ovata, nigra, elytris vel totis pallide ochraceis vel nigris, 
sepissime 1n medio plus minusve nigris, squamulis minutis albis rare 
adspersa; fronte longitudinaliter sulcata; antennis fuscis; pro- 
thorace sparse punctato, antice leviter granulato ; elytris sat rude 
seriatim punctatis, singulis in medio seriebus irregulariter dispositis ; 
corpore infra fusco, sparse punctulato ; pedibus subsetulosis, fer- 
aie tarsisque dilute fuscis, tibiis ochraceis. Long. 1} lin 
: Waikato. 
redes species in regard to the coloration of the elytra. 
Phycosecis atomaria. 
P. breviter ovata, nigra, squamulis albis sparse irrorata, antennis pedi- 
busque piceis; fronte minus sulcata; prothorace pone medium 
latiore, punctis sparsis singulis squama repletis ; elytris subrotunda- 
tis, haud seriatim punctatis, punctis singulis squamulam albam 
elongatam erectam gerentibus ; eorpore infra pedibusque sparse albo- 
setosulis. Long. 1j lin. 
Hab.: Great Barrier Island; Kaikarua. 
The silvery white, small, erect scales dotting the elytra will, inter alia, 
readily distinguish this species from the preceding.” 
* Phycosecis algarum. 
P. breviter ovata, supra pedibusque fulvo-testacea, squamulis minutissimis albidis 
dense tecta; capite castaneo vel subcastaneo; antennis pallide fe errugineis; pro- 
thorace subtransverso, marginibus lateralibus longe albo-ciliatis ; elytris subrotun- 
datis, punetis numerosis, singulis squama pallida repletis, sat confertim i impressis ; 
eorpore infra pedibusque subtiliter sparse setosulis; tarsis artieulo ultimo apice 
nigro. Long. 1j lin. 
Hab.: Melbourne. 
