5.1. [August, 



ON THE COLEOPTEEA OF KERGUELEN'S ISLAND. 



BT CIIAS. O. WATEKnOUSE. 



The few species of Coleoptera brought to tliis country by the 

 Rev. A. E. Eaton from Kerguelen's Island, have already been referred 

 to in this Magazine {ante p. 2). They are only Bix in number, and 

 are all apteroua ; the larger Rhynchophorous insect, which 1 have 

 named Cnnonopsis, has the elytra united. 



The following arc the descriptions : — 



BRACHELTTRA. 



ALEOGHABIDM. 



Phttostjs atriceps, sp. n. 



Ruf o-testaceus, breviter pubescens, capite abdominisque segmentis 

 quatuor basalibus nigrescentibus. Long. 1| lin. 



Statura P. mp'iveniris, at paulo latior. Ruf o-testaceus, vix nitidus. 

 Antennis capite thoraceque conjunctis vix longioribus, apicem versus 

 parum incrassatis, articulis tribus basalibus elongatis, primo sccundo 

 paulo lougiori, tertio pra?ccdenti breviori, elougato-obconico, quarto 

 sub-quadrato, reliquis nigrescentibus, 5 — 10 brevibus, pcnultimis 4 

 transversis, articulo ultimo ovato. Capite rotuudato, subtiliter crebre 

 punctulato, posticc carina transversa circumdato. Thorace capite 

 paululo latiori, longitudine vix latiori, supra depresso, subtilissime 

 coriaceo, basin versus paulo angustato, angulis rotundatis. Elytris 

 thorace vix angustioribus, basin versus angustatis, longitudine } 

 latioribus, subtilissime coriaceis, humeria obliquis. Abdominc niti- 

 diori, nigrescenti, apice rufescenti, lateribus fere parallelis. 



A single example. 



The tarsi in this species present no particular difference from 

 those of P. nip'tvcnfris ; the claws, however, are distinctly longer and 

 more slender. 



RHYNCHOPHORA. 



BBA CRTDEBIDIN^. 



CANONOPSIS, gen. nov. 



Rostrum short, thick, truncate at the apex ; antcnnal scrobes small, 

 deep, and somewhat reniform, oj^en in front. Antenna) placed very 

 near the apex of the rostrum, long, but not very slender, scape just 

 reaching the front margin of the thorax, slightly enlarged at the apex ; 

 funiculus with the 1st and 2nd joints elongate, the Ist rather longer 

 than tlie 2nd, 3rd joint short (about two-thirds the length of the 2nd), 

 the -Ith, 5tli, and (Itli joiat.s gh)bular, the Tth a little broader than the 



