Broun. — Revision of the New Zealand Cossonidse. 201 



not at all closely punctured. Elytra evidently striate and crenate-punctate, 

 interstices rugose and, like the suture, with serial punctures ; the base 

 distinctly biarcuate. Tarsi simple, their terminal joint rather long and 

 slender. 



The antennte are inserted before the middle. This will lead to its recog- 

 nition. 



Length, 2| lines ; breadth, f line. 



Mount Manaia, Whangarei. 



P. abdominale, Broun. 1311. Man. N.Z. Coleopt., p. 738. 



Shining, black, glabrous, legs and antenna? piceo-rufous. 



Rostrum slightly dilated behind the middle, distinctly arched or convex 

 there, but not impressed behind, with two minute rufescent projections, 

 and line pale setae at the apex : finely but not closely punctured ; occiput 

 finely and distantly punctured, the interocular fovea minute. Eyes ratlier 

 large, subtruncate behind, not prominent. Antennae inserted behind the 

 middle. Thorax slightly longer than broad, a good deal rounded behind 

 the middle and narrowed but not deeply constricted in front, its sculpture 

 similar to that of 1310. Scutellum transverse. Elytra subtruncate at the 

 base, wliich is slightly wider than that of the thorax ; they are not cylindric, 

 being gradually but quite perceptibly attenuated posteriorly ; punctate- 

 striate, the intermediate stria? indistinct, interstices and suture with fine 

 serial punctures but not rugose. Tarsi simple. 



The antennal insertion, broad scutellum, larger, depressed, and differently 

 formed eves are features which will enable it to be identified. 



Obs. — Whilst the various members of this genus were under review I 

 noticed that the extreme apex, or clypeus, was more or less rufescent, 

 and angularly emarginate in the middle, as is certainly the case in this 

 species. 



Length, 2| lines ; breadth, f line. 



Mount Manaia. Unicjue. 



Eutornus, WoUaston. Man. N.Z. Coleopt., p. 534. 



Allied to the Malayan Conarthrus, the body more fusiform and lightly 

 sculptured, more rufescent, &c. 



S . Rostrum broad, hardly as long as the head nor as broad as it is, 

 subparallel. Scrobes deep, oblique, passing abruptly to the lower surface 

 in front of the eyes. Head globose, quite as long as broad, subparallel, 

 the occiput not perceptibly marked off from the head. Eyes widely sepa- 

 rated from each other and distant from the thorax, quite prominent, rotund- 

 ate, moderately large. Scape medially inserted, reaching backwards to 

 beyond the eye, stout, gradually incrassate, and distinctly flexuous. Funi- 

 culus closely articulated, the basal joint largest, joints 2-7 almost equally 

 transverse. Club large, ovate, or oblong-oval. Thorax subcylindrical, its 

 sides a little rounded, moderately narrowed and constricted in front. Scu- 

 tellum very small. Elytra broader than thorax, subparallel, gradually 

 narrowed posteriorly. Legs of moderate length and thickness, tibial hooks 

 well developed. Tarsi finely setose underneath, 2nd joint of the anterior 

 oblong or quadrate, 3rd not expanded, excavate in front, but not lobate, 

 terminal rather slender and hardly the length of the basal three combined. 



Underside shining, nigrescent, moderately finely and distantly punctate. 

 Prosteruum truncate in front, the coxae only moderately separated ; the 



