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liroader, its limbs a little thicker, and by the inner angle 

 of its tibia-' being produced into a somewhat more evident 

 spinule. 



Before closing this short paper, I may just mention that 

 a considera1)le number of examples of my Eutornus duhms 

 have lately been communicated by Dr. vSharp as having 

 been received from ISTew Zealand by Mr. Lawson, and that 1 

 am enabled consequently to correct the somewhat imperfect 

 diagnosis of that Cossonid as given at p. 638 of my late 

 paper in the Entomological Society's Transactions, and which 

 was compiled from a single individual unusually small 

 in stature and pale in hue. The following formula, there- 

 fore, will be found more nearly to characterize the species: — 



Eutornus cluhius. 



E. elongatus, fusiformis, nitidiusculus, niger (interdum 

 subpiceo-niger) sed in elytris (praisertim versus humeros) 

 paululum dilutior aut picescentior ; capite rostroque latis, 

 crassis, punctulatis, illo convexo et valde exserto : pro- 

 thorace elongate, ovato-cylindrico, antice profunde con- 

 stricto, paulo grossius punctato ; elytris subfusiformi- 

 cylindricis, sat profunde striato-punctatis, interstitiis 

 minutissime parcissimeque uniseriatim punctulatis ; 

 antennis piceo-ferrugineis ; pedibus piceis. Subtus sub- 

 alutaceus, parce punctatus. 



Long. Corp. lin. If — 2f. 



Habitat Novam Zealandiam, a Dom. Lawson sat copiose 

 repertus. 



And I may likewise state that an example of a Pent- 

 arthrum has been received lately from New Zealand by 

 Mr. Lawson which seems to differ in no respect from my 

 F. zealandicum (Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond., 598, 1873), except 

 that its head and prothorax are a little more shining, its 

 male rostrum is more deeply and sharply channeled, and 

 its prothorax is obsoletely impressed in the centre behind. 

 My belief is, that it represents a mere local state, or race, of 

 that s])ecies ; nevertheless I will ])ropose for it the varietal 



