602 Mr. T. Vernon AVollaston on the 
piceis, his piceis ; tarsorum art,° 3"" simplici. Subtus 
profunde, parce, et grosse punctatum. 
Long. Corp. lin. 2. 
Habitat in Tasmania ; commnnicavit Dom. Pascoe. 
{Obs. — Inter Pentarthra distinctiim corpore magno, 
tamen angustulo, convexo, nigro, et grosse sculptnrato, 
prothorace antice vix constricto, clytrisqnc ad basin nndu- 
latim truncatis, interstitiis convexis subcostiformibiis.) 
Genus 14. Sericotrogus. 
AVollaston {vide, ante, p. 4-46). 
Sericotrogiis subcenescens, n. sp. 
S. angustus, elongate snbparallclo-fusiformis, subfeneo- 
picens, nitidiusculus, pubeqne grossa demissa snba3neo- 
cinerea parce vestitus ; ca])ite prothoraceque pi'ofunde punc- 
tatis, illo valde exserto (rostro loaiginsculo, arcuato, dense 
ruguloso-pnnctnlato, ocnlis proraincntibus), hoc subovali, 
convexo, ad latera siiba'quaHter rotiuidato, antice fere in- 
tegro, necnon in linea media subhi3viore ; elytris longe 
fusiformibus basi truncatis (sc. antice sensim angustioribus), 
leviter pnnctato-striatis ; antennis pedibusque rufo-})iccis 
(ilhs tarsiscpie clarioribus), cajiitido ferrugineo. Subtus 
subahitaceus, parcissime et minutius pubescens, antice 
vix punctatus, sed in meso- et meta-sternis abdominisque 
segm.*'^ 1"'" et 2*^" valde profunde grosseque punctatus. 
Long. corp. lin. 1^ — 1^. 
Habitat Nov. Zealandiam, ab Auckland missus ; a 
D. Sharp amice donatus, necnon in coll. Dom. Lawson. 
Genus 15. Stenotrupis. 
Wollaston {vide, ante, p. 447). 
Stenotrupis crassifrons, n. sp. 
S. angustisslmus, parallelus, depressus, subnitidus, piceus ; 
capite prothoraceque dense et argute punctulatis, illo elon- 
gato-ovali crasso valde exserto, hoc ovato-triangulari an- 
tice gTadatim valde angustato et pone apicem vix con- 
stricto; elytris parallelis, ad apicem minute pubescentibus, 
ten\iiter punctulato- (ant fere crenulato-) striatis, inter- 
stitiis transversim subreticulato-rugatis ; antennis piceo- 
ferrugineis ; pedibus rufo-piceis. 
