26 [•'">y. 



PROTOPARNUS, n. g. 



Allied to Parnus, but the body simply pubescent, without indu- 

 meut, the eyes quite small and coarsely facetted ; the antennae ten- 

 jointed, the second joint not auriculate, joints 4 — 10 furnished with 

 an elongate process : metasternum short. 



The insect, for which I propose this generic name, agrees with 

 the generic characters given for Parnida by Broun (Man. N. Zeal. 

 Coleoptera, p. 249), except in the structure of the antenna? ; but if 

 IJroun's description be at all correct, these organs must be very dif- 

 ferent in Parnida to what they are in Profojyarims. In this latter 

 genus they are ten jointed, the basal joint is short and nearly trian- 

 gular, the second joint is short and very broad, quite twice as broad 

 as long, closely applied to the broad end of the basal joint ; the third 

 joint is very small, articulated by a very slender process to the pos- 

 terior Jingle of the second joint ; the fourth and following joints emit 

 each in front a rather long process, so that the six penultimate joints 

 form together a short, very broad mass, the terminal or tenth joint 

 has a less extension in the transverse direction, so as to form an obtuse 

 termination to the mass. 



Pkotoparnus vestitus, n. sp. 

 Piceus, sat nitidus, pnhe moUierecta vestitus, j)rotliorace sat fortlter 

 punctato, intra latera utrinque fvofunde impresso ; elytris leviter 

 striatis, sti'iis internis obsoletis, externis sat prqfundis ; antennis tar- 

 sisque rufis. Long. 3 mm. 



Thorax transverse, the sides in front rounded and narrowed, parallel to each a 

 deep impression extending the whole length, but deeper at the base than in front. 

 Scutellum broad, not pointed, impunctate. Striae of the elytra distinct at the sides 

 and apex, but obsolete towards the suture, some of them deeper at the base, and 

 connected just before the base, so that some of the interstices, more particularly 

 the 5th and 7th, reach quite to the base, while others do not. Legs short and stout. 

 Terminal ventral segment without impression. 



I have not received from Mr. Helms any information as to the 

 habits of this little creature, but I do not suppose they are aquatic. 

 Mr. Reitter has also received this from Mr. Helms. 



CLTPEORHTNCHUS, n. g. 

 Rostrum not quite so long as prothorax, moderately stout, between 

 quadrate and cylindric, antennae inserted so as to leave one-third of 

 the length of the rostrum in front of their insertion ; the anterior 

 portion of the rostrum separated by a deep irregular suture from the 

 other part, and glabrous, the portion behind the suture being rugose 



