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Psyche 
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Etymology: Named for C. Howard, who collected many psela- 
phids during the H. E. C. Survey of the Lower Gordon River. 
Tyrogetus minimus n. sp. 
(Fig. 9) 
Length 1.29. Body with sparse short appressed setae; maxillary 
palpi elongate-pedunculate, last segment with apical half narrowly 
enlarged, eyes with 6-7 facets; elytra with discal stria not reaching to 
middle; tergite I twice as long as II, II almost twice as long as III, II 
and IV subequal, V with strong median carina through apical half of 
length; metasternum short, strongly tumid between meso- and 
metacoxae. 
Males with transverse impression through length of sternite V. 
Females unknown. 
Measurements of holotype: Maxillary palpi with fourth segment 
0.04 wide, 0.24 long; tergite I 0.28 long, II 0.13 long, III 0.07 long, 
IV 0.11 long, V 0.06 long. 
Specimen examined: Holotype male, Tasmania, 4.4 km SE 
Weldborough, 460 m, 11-12/14-1980, A. Newton & M. Thayer, 
Nothofagus, etc. forest, berlese forest leaf & log litter (ANIC). 
Found in northeastern Tasmania. 
Discussion: Quite similar in general appearance to howardi n. sp. 
by the reduced eyes and narrowly swollen maxillary palpi. Sepa- 
rated by the smaller size, simple apex of the last male tergite, and the 
broadly protruding apex of the aedeagus. 
Etymology: The name was suggested by the small size of this 
species. 
Tasmanityrus n. gen. 
Tyromorphus auricomus Lea is an anomaly in Tyromorphus 
Raffray (17 species, Australia and Tasmania). It is somewhat similar 
in general appearance to the members of Tyromorphus, but differs 
conspicuously in the form of the maxillary palpi, which are elongate 
and pedunculate in auricomus (Fig. 10) and are radically different 
from the short, stout apical segments in Tyromorphus (Fig. 1 1). It is 
surprising that Lea placed auricomus in this genus, since the palpal 
form actually approaches that of Gerallus Sharp (8 species, Austra- 
lia and Tasmania), with the fourth palpal segment of Gerallus being 
more fusiform and only narrowly pedunculate at the base (Fig. 12). 
