1008 ON A COLLECTION FROM NORFOLK ISLAND INSECTA, 



PSEPHOLAX PaSCOEI, Sp.ll. 



Elongate, somewhat narrowed both in front and behind, black, 

 shining ; prothorax strongly narrowed in front, moderately 

 strongly punctured ; elytra tuberculose at the base, rather strongly 

 seriate-punctate, the interstices sti-ongly raised ; each elytron with 

 three ridges of short erect pubescence at the apex. 



Head and rostrum finely, closely, and irregularly punctured ; 

 the latter short and broad ; eyes oval, not very prominent. 

 Antemife i-ather short, pitchy red. Prothorax about one-third 

 broader than long, much narrower and slightly constricted in 

 front, moderately strongly, irregularly, and not very closely punc- 

 tured, a small patch of yellowish scales at the base ; the anterior 

 margin very slightly emai'ginate in the middle. Elytra trans- 

 versely impressed near the base, about two and a half times as 

 long as the prothorax, nearly parallel-sided for two-thirds of their 

 length, seriate-punctate, the base closely covered with minute 

 spiniform tubercles, the interstices raised, those on the disc having 

 a serrate structure ; the sides clothed with long fulvous pubescence : 

 each elytron provided near the apex of the 1st, 3rd, and 5th 

 interstice with a ridge of erect black pubescence. Legs black ; 

 posterior femora thickly clothed both internally and externally 

 with stiff fulvous pubescence. Length 11-12 mm. 



A very distinct species representing a genus confined to Austra- 

 lia and New Zealand. I have dedicated it to Mr. F. P. Pascoe 

 who has made known three Australian forms; of these Fsepholax 

 egerius appears to have some affinity to the present species. 



EUTHYRRHINUS MEDITABUNDUS. 



Euthyrrhinus meditabiondus, Fabricius, Syst. Ent., p. 139. 



A common and widely distributed species which is also founc' 

 in Lord Howe Island. 



