436 rOLKOPTERA. 



at or behind the niidcUe, and a feeble oblique impression near each side in 

 front ; its punctation moderately close but not coarse, more closely and 

 rugosely at the sides, discal interstices nearly smooth. Scutellum distinct, 

 triangular. Elytra oblong -oval, considerably but gradually narrowed 

 behind, with divergent, slightly produced apices, they are rathei' broader 

 than thorax at the base, thrice its length ; rather coarsely and somewhat 

 irregularly striate-punctat(\ much more finely towards the extremity, 

 interstices minutely asperate, the 3rd and 5th. and the suture behind the 

 middle, a little elevated. 



Antennae much stouter than those of the type of the genus, P. snlcicollis 

 (3287) ; scape subclavate for half its length ; basal johit of funiculus nearly 

 double the length of the next, joints 4-7 submoniliform. 



Underside shining, black, with numerous fine greyish setae, irregularly 

 punctate. Prosternum transversely swollen in front of the coxae. Basal 

 2 segments of abdomen and hind part of metasternum broadly depressed. 

 Tarsi with many elongate hairs in addition to the ordinary shoi't dense 

 vestiture. 



Rather larger, e\'idently more shining and variegate than F. majitsculus 

 (3765), the vestiture brighter, the thorax less closely punctate, with smooth 

 intervals, and its central channel even broader ; elytra feebly undulate 

 on some parts, with less regular sculpture, the interstices more finely and 

 distantly asperate. 



?, cJ. Length (rostrum inclusive), 9|-10| mm. ; breadth, 3-3-| mm. 



Mount Cleughearn, 3,500 ft. to 5,000 ft'., Hunter Range, south-west of 

 Lake Wakatipu. A single pair found during January, 1914, by Mr. A. 

 Philpott, whose name has been given to it. Unfortunately, he encountered 

 bad weather, so that very few insects could be got. 



3917. Phygothalpus granissimus sp. nov. 



Elongate, subovate, nearly plane above, subopaque ; black, legs and 

 antennae piceous ; very thinly clothed with inconspicuous, slender, sub- 

 erect, ashy setae, and a few coarser tawny ones near the sides, those on the 

 rostrum elongate and fiavescent. 



Rostrum a third shorter thiui thorax, its frontal luilf only slightly 

 dilated ; tricarinate, coarsely, rugosely but not deeply punctiired behind ; 

 there is a triangular interantennal fovea ; the apical poition rather closely 

 and distinctly punctate. Head closely and rugosely punctured, with an 

 elongate median fovea. Thorax widest before the middle, more narrowed 

 in front than behind, a fifth broader than long ; its whole surface rugosely 

 granulate, with a small puncture in each granule, with a broad, Shallow, 

 oblique frontal impression near each side, discal channel narrow and shallow 

 behind, a little broader and deeper in front. Scutellum small, triangular. 

 Elytra subtruncate at the base, a little wider than thorax there, fully thrice 

 its length, gradually narrowed posteriorly, with divergent, slightly produced 

 apices, the portion in rear of the posterior femora almost double the length 

 of that in front of them ; each elytron is irregularly quadricostate, the 

 external costa is distinct at the base (shouldei), the others are not, all are 

 very closely and finely granulate but become obsolete behind, the suture, 

 though depressed at the base, is distinctly elevated nearly to the extremity ; 

 the interstices are irregularly, uneqiially, and closely for the most part 

 finely granulate, the larger granules form 4 or 5 series more or less inter- 

 rupted apparently by punctiform impressions, the hind slope is almost 

 seriate-punctate. 



