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of which is of the usual form, the other four are transverse, and gradu- 

 ally widened till the fifth becomes about as broad as the short club. 



The 7'ostrum is stout and rather short, a little arched, parallel, and, 

 like the head, somewhat rugosely punctulated ; the eyes are rather small, 

 moderately prominent, and situated at the sides in front, so that they 

 are remote from the thorax ; the head is not at all constricted behind, 

 and is large and bulging below. The prothorax is longer than broad, 

 convex, almost conical ; being a little rounded at the hind angles, 

 obtusely rounded behind the middle, and narrowed and constricted 

 anteriorly; it is moderately coarsely and somewhat rugosely punctured, 

 with a slightly elevated dorsal line. Sciitelluin small but distinct. The 

 elytra are sub-cylindrical, transversely convex, of about the same width 

 as the thorax, and bear coarsely punctured striae ; the interstices have a 

 row of small punctures on each, and the sculpture is continued to the 

 apex. The legs are stout, the front tibial hook is well developed and 

 strongly curved ; the tarsi are moderate, with the third joint bilobed. 

 The body is nude, but there are some fine hairs on the antenna? and 

 tibiffi. 



Length, i^- Une. 



Described from one example found near Whangarei Harbour. The 

 insect will form the type of a new genus. 



920. P. badium, n.s. Allied to P. remotiim, having similarly 

 formed antemice, but with the pubescent club slightly shorter, though 

 about as long as the funiculus ; they are inserted just before the middle 

 of the rostrum in both sexes. The rosiriiin is punctate, the punctation 

 becoming coarser, till, just behind the eyes, it abruptly ceases, leaving 

 the occiput almost smooth and shining. The prothorax is larger than 

 in that species, and much broader, it is rounded behind and laterally, 

 and a good deal narrowed and constricted in front ; it is rather flat 

 above, and rugosely punctured. The elytra are moderately elongate, 

 very little wider than the thorax, very gradually and slightly rounded 

 laterally, so as to be almost parallel : they are slightly transversely 

 depressed behind the base, bear sharply-defined, punctured striae, and 

 excessively indistinct setee, which, in conjunction with minute punctures 

 on the interstices, give them a slightly roughened aspect. The legs are 

 rather long and stout, and the strongly-curved spurs of all the tibiae are 

 very distinct. Eyes slightly prominent. 



In i\\e.fef>iale the rostrum is nearly as long as the thorax, the portion 

 behind the antennal insertion being narrower than that in front ; the 

 male has a shorter and broader rostrum more contracted behind. 



The insect is somewhat depressed, and of a pale testaceous-brown 

 colour, with the club of the antennae fuscous. 



Length, i\ line. 



I found one of each sex in the vicinity of Whangarei Harbour. 



921. P, asperirOStre, n.s. This insect somewhat resembles the 

 male form of P. badium and bre%nrostre, but has a much shorter rostrum, 

 which is nearly as broad as the head, rather flattened and gradually 



