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intermediate and posterior coxae almost equally and widely separated. 

 Metasternum as long as the basal 2 ventral segments, medially sulcate ; 

 2nd segment shorter and more finely sculptured than the 1st ; both unim- 

 pressed. 



The above description has been drawn up from specimens of Eutornus 

 duhius, and will, I hope, prove more satisfactory to New Zealand students 

 than the original one, which necessitates a careful comparison with Japanese 

 and Malayan genera, which he may never see. The species occur in Ceylon 

 and the Malay Archipelago. 



The short broad head and rostrum, and strongly flexuous scape, will 

 enable this genus to be separated from Phloeofhagosoma. 



Eutornus dubius, Wollaston. 948. Man. N.Z. Coleopt., p. 534. 



Elongate, fusiform, rather nitid, piceo-niger, elytra rufo-piceous. 



Head broader than the rostrum, with a linear interocular impression, 

 moderately punctured, more distantly behind the eyes, nearly smooth 

 behind. Thorax not twice as long as broad, rather wider near the base 

 than it is elsewhere, but only slightly rounded at the sides, gradually nar- 

 rowed anteriorly ; moderately coarsely bixt not closely punctured. Elytra 

 truncate at base, striate-punctate, interstices with fine serial punctures and 

 in some aspects appearing rugose. Antennae rufo-piceous. 



3 . Length, If lines ; breadth, nearly | line. 



Auckland, Parua, &c. 



E. vicinus, Broun. 949. Man. N.Z. Coleopt., p. 535. 



Shining, piceous, elytra castaneous, with the suture and sides piceous, 

 antennae and tarsi dark red, with some minute grey setae visible on the 

 posterior decUvity. 



Differs from E. dubius in having a less flexuous scape, the rostrum about 

 a third longer and more finely punctate, the head more closely and finely 

 and without any interocular impression ; the occiput smoother and slightly 

 incurved between the thorax and the eyes, which are hardly at all prominent ; 

 the thorax more closely, scutellum more distinct ; elytra striate at the base 

 and alongside the sutiu^e, their interstices not rugose, and with their apical 

 margins a little dilated or thickened. Antennae inserted, almost behind 

 the middle. 



2 . Length, IJ lines ; breadth, f line. 

 Parua. One only. 



E. breviceps, Broun. 950. Man. N.Z. Coleopt., p. 535. 



Eostrum finely and somewhat rugosely punctate, with an angular im- 

 pression near the apex. Eyes small and subdepressed. Funiculus short, 

 so that the club appears to equal it in length. Thorax cylindrical, nearly 

 as broad in front as at the base, slightly constricted in front, much more 

 closely and finely (and somewhat rugosely) punctured than that of E. duhius ; 

 the intervals between the punctures densely and minutely sculptured, as 

 is also the case on the rostrum. Body rufo-castaneous. 



3 . Length, 1^ lines ; breadth, | line. 

 Parua. Unique. 



The type, unfortunately, was diblodged from the mica slab on which it 

 was mounted, and lost. 



