20 4 Mr. WolListon's DiitijiuMlc Ch((raclcr>i of 



])romineut, and in its elytra being more deeply punctat^- 

 stiiate, as well as more straiyhtly truncated (or less 

 bi-arcuate) at their base. 



Phlmoj^hagosoma dilutum, n. sp. 



P. eorvinu affine, sed paulo minus et vix subangustius, 

 colore minus nigro (in elytris etiam piceo-castaneo) ; rostro 

 (pra33ertim antice) sensim sulilatiore, et a fronte obsolete 

 subdiviso ; scapoque conspicue longioi^e, so. paulo ultra 

 apicem rostri currente. 



Long. Corp. lin. If — 2|. 



Hahitat Novam Zealandiam, ab Auckland a Dom. Law- 

 son missum, et a cl. D. Sharp ad describendum nuperrime 

 communicatum. 



The present Plilceophagosoma is very closely allied to the 

 P. corvinum (likewise from New Zealand), but it appears to 

 be altogether a little smaller and just appreciably narrower ; 

 and its colour (instead of being deej) black) is dark-piceous, 

 with the elytra piceo-castaneous. Its rostrum, too, in pro- 

 portion to its size, is a trifle broader, and obsoletely 

 impressed transversely between the eyes (causing it to 

 appear obscurely subdivided, as it were, from the forehead) ; 

 and its scape, which extends perceptibly beyond the apex 

 of the rostrum, is more elongated. 



Phlceophagosoma j^edatiim, n. sp). 



P. prsecedenti simile, sed paululum longius magisque 

 parallelum (aut vix minus fusiforme), fronte distinctius 

 foveolata, tarsorumque art. 3tio multo majore latiore et 

 valde profunde bilobo. 



Long. Corp. lin. 2 J. 



Habitat in Nova Zealandia, una cum specie pr?ecedenti 

 ab Auckland a Dom. Lawson missum. 



The above diagnosis is drawn out from a single example 

 which has been communicated by Dr. Sharp as having 

 been received from Auckland, in New Zealand, by Mr. 

 Lawson ; and, judging from the type now before me, the 

 species would appear to be a trifle larger (and, in proportion 

 to its size, just appreciably more parallel, or less fusiform) 

 than the P. dilutum ; its foreliead, too, is more distinctly 

 impressed with a central line, or fovea ; and the third joint 



