994 COLEOPTEKA 



1784. p. constrictellus, ii-s. {SJiari); Trans. Boy. Dub. Soc, 

 1886, p. 368.) Angustulus, niger, anteunis tarsisque piceis ; ijro- 

 thoracc posterius angustato, angulis posterioribus obtusis ; chjtris 

 striatis, striis puuctatis. Scutello basi striate. 



Long., ll-12mm. 



Thorax a good deal broader than long, the sides a little curved, 

 considerably narrowed behind, so that the base is evidently a little 

 narrower than the front margin, without the least siuuation at the 

 sides, so that the hind angles are obtuse ; the basal fovese deep, 

 distant from the sides. Elytra narrow, without humeral denticle, 

 the strife regular, ]-ather deep, closely and regularly punctate, not 

 interrupted ; the interstices in the male rather more convex than in 

 the female. In the male the hind femora are a little dilated in the 

 middle, so as to form an obtuse prominence, not an angle ; in each 

 sex there are two punctures on each side of the hind margin of the 

 last ventral ring. 



The individuals of this species are the smallest I am acquainted 

 with of the group having four lateral tactile setae to the thorax. 

 P. suhcenea, Guer., Bates, is very similar, but has the sides of 

 the throax sinuate behind, and the striation coarser and less 

 regular. This is the species treated by Bates as the F. clongella, 

 White, and it is indeed so similar thereto that I also myself, pre- 

 viously to noting the difference in the thoracic set^e, considered it a 

 small variety thereof; hence my remarks in New Zealand Journal of 

 Science, 1881, p. 298, on White's Feronia elomjella require correction 

 as regards the occurrence of F. clongella at Christchurch ; it being 

 P. constrictellus that has been found there. F. clongella has the 

 peculiarity — unique, so far as I know, among the New Zealand 

 species — of possessing three lateral thoracic sette, one at the hind 

 angle, one a little behind the front angle, and one just about the 

 middle. 



Christchurch, Wakefield : Helms. Greymouth : Helms. One 

 example from each source. 



1785. P. pastoricius, «•■!>• Elongate, slightly convex, very 

 glossy black ; legs and antennte rufo-piceous ; front tarsi, and the 

 palpi, pitchy-red. 



Head nearly smooth, frontal impressions narrow. Thorax hardly 

 any broader than long, its sides slightly rounded, gradually narrowed 

 behind the middle, basal angles very slightly prominent, rectangular ; 

 dorsal groove a little expanded near the extremities, barely reaching 

 the apex, basal fosste distinctly duplicate, the transverse waved 

 discoidal impressions rather vague. Scutelluni multistriate at base. 

 Elytra nearly twice as long as broad, the shoulders slightly denti- 

 form, apical sinuosities rather abrupt ; each with seven series of 

 elongate impressions (exclusive of the marginal punctiform impres- 

 sions), often with small ones interposed, all more or less connected 

 by fine strite, the sculpture becoming more irregular behind ; the 

 interstices are plane. Femora rather short and stout, the posterior 

 distinctly angulated be\ond the middle, the space between that 



