SCYDMAENIDAE. 311 



fulvescent ; clothed with elongate, suberect, flavescent setae, those on the 

 head directed backwards. 



Head oblong, not as broad as thorax, slightly narrowed behind the 

 prominent eyes. Thorax slightly longer than broad, a little contracted near 

 the base, its sides only moderately rounded ; bifoveate near each side of 

 the base, the inner subtransversal, the outer smaller and close to the some- 

 what prominent angle. Elytra oviform, twice the length of the thorax, a 

 third broader than it is at the middle ; each elytron with a broad basal 

 impression between the suture and shoulder ; their punctation distant, 

 rather shallow and indistinct. Pygidium entirely covered. 



Legs elongate, femora gradually incrassate, tibiae straight, the front and 

 middle pairs coarsely setose inwardly towards the extremity. 



Antennae equalling the head and thorax in length, very slightly and 

 gradually thickened, stout, with elongate pubescence ; 2nd joint rather 

 longer than the basal but hardly as thick, 3rd and 4th just oblong, 5th and 

 6th sliglitly shorter, 7th and 8th very little broader than preceding ones, 

 each narrowed apically, 9th and 10th transverse, 11th subcorneal, nearly 

 twice the length of penultimate. 



The northern P. angulata, 2487, may be discriminated by its less convex 

 eyes, shorter elytra, and differently formed antennae ; their terminal half, 

 moreover, is dilated. 



In Sharp's P. setosa, 267, the shape of the head is very different, being 

 broader near the eyes and considerably curvedly narrowed behind them, 

 and the vertex is rather convex ; the basal impressions of the thorax are 

 not transverse, and those of the elytra are somewhat elongate and situated 

 near the shoulders ; the 2nd antennal joint is not longer than the 1st, and 

 the penultimate joint of the maxillary palpi is gradually narrowed towards 

 the base, whereas in this species it is oblong and contracted at the base only. 



Length, 2J mm. ; breadth, 1 mm. 



Eose Hill, near Methven. I am indebted to Mr. T. Hall for my 

 specimen. He found it amongst dead leaves on the ground on the 25th 

 February, 1912. 



3735. Phagonophana halli sp. nov. 



Robust, moderately convex and elongate, shining ; varying in colour 

 from sanguineous to castaneo-rufous, legs and antennae paler, tarsi ful- 

 vescent ; clothed with conspicuous, elongate, suberect yellow setae. 



Head large, suboblong, as broad as thorax, with rounded, quite obsolete 

 hind angles. Eyes moderate, rather flat. Thorax a little longer than 

 broad, slightly rounded before the middle, somewhat sinuate behind ; with 

 a distinct, subrotundate basal fovea at each side of the middle, but without 

 any definite external puncture ; the fine lateral carina near the base extends 

 obliquely outwards and forms the posterior angle. Elytra oviform, quite 

 double the length of thorax, a third broader than it is at the middle ; at 

 the base, near each shoulder, there is a deep fovea, and between it and the 

 suture a smaller punctiform impression usually extends a short distance 

 alongside the suture ; on the disc, beginning before the middle of each 

 elytron there is an elongate curved impression, the suture therefore appears 

 somewhat elevated along the middle. 



Tibiae setose, the intermediate with a calcar-like process near the inner 

 extremity. 



Antennae as long as the head and thorax, gradually incrassate ; 2nd 

 joint longer than the basal, joints 3 5 distinctly longer than broad, 6th 



