OF NEW ZEALAND. 1243 



joint bilobed. There is a small, black, polished tubercle ou either 

 side of the scutellum. 



Length (rost. excl.), 2-| ; breadth, If Hues. 



Mr. G. Y. Hudson was kind enough to give me the specimen 

 that he found under pukatea bark at Karori, Wellington. 



Group-COSSONIDiE. 

 Pentarthrum. 



2188. P, fulvum, "-s- Fusiform, without distinct pubescence, 

 shining, pale-red, legs and elytra of a yellowish hue (fulvescent), 

 tarsi yellow. 



PcntarthriLiib longiwstre is the nearest ally. This differs in being 

 smaller ; the rostrum is a little shorter and thicker, and is quite 

 parallel-sided, shining, finely but not closely punctured, and with 

 some fulvous setaj at the tip ; the antennoi are inserted just before 

 the middle, they are fulvous, with the club ovate, opaque, fuscous, 

 and densely pubescent ; the tliorax is rather fiat above, is less 

 rounded laterally, and its punctuation is rather fine ; the clijtra are 

 less fusiform, with less evident striae, the punctures are somewhat 

 tiner and not so close to one another. 



5 . Length, If lines ; breadth, nearly f line. 



Paparoa, near Howick. One example. 



Obs. — All my measurements of Cossonidie include the rostrum. 



2189. P. fultoni, ''••'>■• Variegate, rostrum dark-red, head rufo- 

 piceous, thorax and legs chestnut-red, elytra rather paler but suffused 

 with a darker colour, antennae red ; body shining. 



There is no species like this except P. vielanosteniuin, which, 

 however, is only slightly shining, being, in fact, subopaque. The 

 rostrum has a broad longitudinal channel, and is distinctly punctate ; 

 the head is broader, densely and minutely sculptured, and has some 

 distant, moderately fine punctures, it is constricted behind the eyes. 

 .l7ifc//;;(r£- inserted almost before the middle; scape short, thickened 

 apically ; second joint of funiculus distinctly longer than third ; club 

 ovate, pubescent. Tliorax rather more narrowed but less constricted 

 in front, so that the apical margin is not so thick, the punctures are 

 a little finer and more chstant. Scutellum polished. Elytra cylin- 

 drical, their apices not explanate, striate-punctate, second and third 

 strite well marked behind, their punctures not so coarse as in 

 No. 1518, interstices rugulose, with fine serial punctures. The 

 clothing is less conspicuous, being short and slender and not so 

 yellow. 



Fem. Bostrum slightly longer and thinner than in the same sex 

 of No. 1548, a little contracted behind the middle, cylindric, shining, 

 and finely punctate ; scape more slender. 



Length, If lines ; breadth, nearly f line. 



Taieri. One pair, sent by Mr. S. W. Fulton, whose name has 

 been applied to the species. 



