632 COLEOPTERA. 



middle, iiLsidc eacli of the lateral prominences, there is an elongate obtuse 

 elevation ; a few coarser, mostly subeject, darker scales can be seen. 

 Scutellum distinct, usually white. Elytra oblong, 2| times the length of 

 thorax, slightly broader and trisinuate at the base, a third broader near 

 the middle, narrowed but not vertical behind ; along the middle of each 

 elvtron there is a numerously interru])ted costa which becomes nodiform 

 on top of the declivity, another, usually less distinct, near the side 

 terminates as a larger lateral prominence a little farther back, there are also 

 many smaller tubercular elevations on the side ; the punctation though 

 coarse is shallow and variable, near the base there are some minute black 

 granules. 



Scape rather slender, slightly thickened towards the extremity, inserted 

 near the apex and hardly touching the eye ; basal two joints of funiculus 

 about equally elongate, 3-7 rather longer than broad, with erect ferruginous 

 setae ; club dull, densely pubescent, ovate, quadriarticulate. 



Prosternum deeply emarginate. Basal segment of abdomen obtusely 

 angulate between the coxae, in the middle only a sixth longer than second, 

 their suture sinuate, third and fourth together as long as fifth. 



Ocular lobes well developed. Mentum rather small, subcordate, not 

 covering the thick palpi. The thick mandibles bidentate at the lower 

 extremity. Anterior tibiae briefly mucronate. 



Length (rostrum inclusive), 23-27 mm. ; breadth, 8-9 mm. 



Stephen Island. This fine weevil is named in honour of Mr. A. C. 

 O'Connor, who foimd it on the 15th September, 1916, feeding on tall fescue 

 and the leaves of trees. 



4207. Phaeophanus inornatus sp. nov. 



Elongate, opaque, nigro-fuscous, antennae and tarsi fusco-rufous ; 

 unevenly clothed with small, depressed fusco-testaceous squamae and some 

 coarser elongate ones. 



Rostrum similar to that of P. o'coruiori, the groove along the middle 

 ending in a fovea-like interantennal impression, with about six punctures 

 only. Thorax of equal length and breadth, widest but only obtusely so 

 near the front, base and apex truncate ; a little imeven, without visible 

 pimctation or granulation, with a pair of obtuse central tubercles, and a 

 less distinct but more elongate elevation near each side a little farther 

 forward. Scutellum triangular. Elytra oWong-oval, at the middle a third 

 broader than the widest part of thorax, hardly any wider than it is at the 

 base, 2i times its length, subvertical behind, not wholly covering the broad 

 pygidium ; they are coarsely and rather distantly subseriat^^^-pmictate ; 

 third interstices slightly and interruptedly elevated, with a nodiform 

 elevation on the commencement of the declivity, and again interruptedly 

 raised towards the apices, the fifth with five or six small nodosities, the 

 terminal as large as that of the third but placed a little farther back ; the 

 sides bear small irregular nodosities. 



Underside dull l)lack, more densely squamose than the upper surface. 

 Prosternum deeply incurved. Second ventral segment hardly as long as 

 the basal but rather longer than the third and fourth combined. 



Sharp's Avagotu." is closely allied, but the ocular lobes are less distinct, 

 the eyes are more approximated above, and the legs are more elongate. 



This species most nearly resembles P. rvgonvs (1414). 



Length (rostrum inclusive), 14-16 mm. ; breadth, 5-5| mm. 



Stephen Island ; 15th September, 1916. Two specimens, both somewhat 

 damaged, from Mr. A. C. O'Connor. 



