312 coiiKoriKHA. 



rather smaller ; 7tli and 8tli })ioader, both narrowed apically, 9th and lOtli 

 transverse, these four somewhat laxly articulated ; terminal conical, haidly 

 as long as the preceding two coml)ined. 



Underside chestnut-red, with yellowish pubescence. Prosternum deeply 

 incurved. Mesosternal process distinct, attaining the hind part of inter- 

 mediate coxae. Penultimate ventral segment of about the same length 

 as 6th, evidently longer than any of the preceding ones. Mandibles 

 robust, curved and acute at the extremity, each strongly bidentate inwardly. 

 Maxillary palpi finely pubescent, penultimate joint suboblong-oval, 

 slender near the base, truncate at apex, the 4th small but distinct, 

 subacuniinate. 



The rather broad head, nearly flat eyes, and the well-marked elytral 

 impressions are constant distinctive features. 



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



Mount Hutt, Pudding Hill, and McClennan's Bush, near Methven. 

 Several specimens, without good sexual characters, found between Novem- 

 ber, 1912, and April, 1913, by Mr. T. Hall, aided by Mr. L. Burrows, amongst 

 leaf-mould. Mr. Hall's name has been attached to it. 



Ohs. — This genus is distinguished from Sc^^dniaenus by having biai'ticu- 

 late labial palpi, which, however, cannot be seen without dissecting the 

 head, and by the contiguity of the posterior coxae. The maxillaiy palpi 

 vary in structure according to the species, but in all that have been de- 

 scribed by me the pygidium is covered by the wing-cases. 



3736. Phagonophana palpalis sp. nov. 



Robust, elongate, distinctly narrowed anteriorly, convex, shining ; head 

 and thorax piceo-rufous, elytra, legs, and antennae lighter red, tarsi and 

 palpi fulvescent ; clothed with yellowish, mostly erect setae, which are 

 rather coarser on the head and thorax than on the elytra. 



Head rather elongate, narrower than thorax, deflexed in front, convex 

 and on a higher level behind than the thorax, slightly obtusely elevated 

 close to each antenna, gently narrowed behind the prominent eyes, its hind 

 angles obsolete. Thorax evidently longer than bioad, very slightly wider at 

 the base than elsewhere, only obsoletely sinuate behind, distinctly curvedly 

 narrowed anterioily, base truncate, with rectangular angles ; median basal 

 foveae large and deep, the lateral elongate. Elytra oviform, near the middle 

 double the width of thorax, twice its length, covering the pygidium ; sutural 

 region depressed about half the length from the base backwards, there is a 

 deep suboblong depression near each shoulder, and near each side of the 

 suture a small punctiform fovea. 



Legs long and stout, femora only gradually incrassate ; tibiae setose, the 

 intermediate distinctly narrowed near and somewhat bent and acuminate 

 at the inner extiemitv ; tarsi moderately slender. 



Antennae stout, of about the same length as the head and thorax, 

 pubescent, their terminal half a little thickened ; 2nd joint oblong, nearly 

 twice the length of the 1st ; joints 3-6 subquadrate and about equal ; 

 7-10 rather larger, but little different, each narrowed apically ; terminal 

 conical, evidently longer than the penultimate. 



Underside chestnut-red, with distinct yellow pubescence. Mesosternal 

 process extending fiom the anterior coxae almost to the extremity of the 

 intermediate. Metasternum hardly longer than abdomen. Posterior coxae 

 contiguous. 



