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Rostrum a third shorter than thorax and about half its breadth, some- 

 what medially arched above, with shallow longitudinal sculpture, nearly 

 smooth in front. Head bisculate between the eyes, not smooth. Thorax 

 rather longer than broad, slightly wider at the middle than elsewhere, a 

 little narrower at the base than in front ; distinctly and closely granulate, 

 rather rufescent. Elytra closely adapted to the thorax and of the same 

 width at the base, considerably dilated near the middle, and unevenly 

 vertical behind ; the scutellar region is depressed, relatively large, and 

 bounded by the oblique, shghtly raised and tliickened sutural margins ; 

 these are interrupted on top of the declivity but immediately reappear as 

 a pair of slight elongate elevations, and a pair of smaller ones lower down ; 

 on the dilated part of each elytron there are 3 or 4 very irregular series 

 of punctures ; the interstices are unevenly elevated and interrupted, so that 

 there appear to be 6 or 7 more or less elongate nodosities on each elytron ; 

 the side, near each shoulder, is nearly smooth. 



Scape glabrous, fiexuous, and slender, but much clavate at the extremity. 

 Funiculus finely setose, basal joint remarkably short but stout, 2nd rather 

 longer than broad, joints 3-5 transverse and about equal, 6th not as broad 

 as 7th. Club large, ovate, its basal joint very distinctly marked off ; 2nd 

 large, quadrate, and finely ciliated with grey setae at its extremity, so that 

 the terminal one seems small and conical. 



Underside subopaque, nigrescent, with some fine distinct brassy setae. 

 Basal ventral segment longitudinally depressed and smooth in the middle, 

 its sides obtusely but distinctly elevated. In 2557 the depression is more 

 shallow, broader, and punctate, but the sides are nearly flat. 



R. granicollis has the thorax slightly longer and more cyUndrical, with 

 coarser granulation. The elytral interstices are less interrupted and nodose, 

 and the sutural margins are entire. The lower surface also differs. In 

 both species the tibiae are curved externally, the anterior pair especiallv. 



Length (rostrum inclusive), 3 mm. ; breadth, 1 mm. 



Makatote. Mr. W. J. Guinness kindly sent me a bag of leaf-mould 

 which he collected for me, and out of it I picked a pair of specimens, as well 

 as some other interesting beetles. 



Phygothalpus gen. no v. 



Body moderately elongate and convex, setigerous. 



Rostrum a third shorter than thorax and nearly half its breadth, 

 medially narrowed, quite pterygiate at the antennal insertion, about a 

 third of its length from the apex, and without any frontal or clypeal suture. 

 Scrobes deep and quite open above, prolonged backwards but not reach- 

 ing the eyes. Mandibles short. Eyes obhquely oval, not prominent, just 

 free from the thoracic margin, and widely distant from each other. Scape 

 flexuous, moderately slender, gradually thickened apically, and extendino- 

 to the front of the thorax. Funiculus 7 -articulate, basal joint almost as 

 long as the following three taken together, 2nd quite half the length of 

 the 1st, 3rd slightly longer than 4th, joints 5-7 monihform. Club rather 

 large, oviform, apparently triarticulate, but with an indistinctly separated 

 4th joint. Thorax without ocular lobes, subovate, base subtruncate, apex 

 slightly medially emarginate. Scutellum subtriangular, rather small. 

 Elytra more than double the length of the thorax, the base incurved and 

 broader than that of the thorax, gradually yet considerably narrowed 

 towards the dehiscent but not projecting apices ; these, however, cover 

 the abdomen. 



