62 Mr. F. P. Pascoe on new Genera and 



Eugnomus picipennis. 

 E subniger, uitidus, elytris, tibiis tarsisque piceis ; rostro apicem 

 versus multo crassiore, leviter punctato ; scapo testaceo fumcido 

 articulo secundo quam primo paulo breviore ; clava ampla eJiip- 

 tica? oculis baud approximatis ; prothorace longitudme laUUidim 

 ^qudi, crebre punctato, utrinque albo-pubescente ; scutello tii- 

 Wari ; elytris paulo elevatis, postice manifeste dechvibus, sub- 

 Xrlatim mnetatis interstitiis latis, secundo, tertio quartoque pos- 

 £s gSbosis, bumeris prominulis ; corpore infra nitide mgro, parce 

 squamoso. Long. 2 lin. 



Hah. Tairua. 



Eugnomus fervidus. 



E pube silaceo-rufa sat dense tectus, lateribus infra scutelloque 

 sulphureis; capite inter oculos excavato ; rostro minus tenuato, 

 miCente- antennis testaceis; funiculo, ut in pr^cedentibus, 

 a tlTlo primo ampliato ; protborace par^ulo, subtihter conferUm 

 ^uncato^; scutello conspicuo ; elytris striato-punctatis, punctxs 

 approximatis,interstitiis leviter convexis ; pedibus minus pubes- 

 centibus. Long. If Im. 



Hob. Tairua. 



Sihima tychioides. 



8 anguste eUiptica, fusca, subdepressa, squamulis angustis decli- 

 natfrcinereo-albidis vestita ; rostro versus apicem attenuato, 

 arcuato, apice fulvo ; antennis fulvis, apice mgro excepto ; pro- 

 tborace latitudine longitudini ^quali; scutello inconspicuo;elytn^^ 

 basi protborace paulo latioribus, fortiter striati^, interstitns solis 

 plerumquesquamulosis; pedibus fulvis ; femoribus dentatis, tibus 

 breviusculis. Long. If Hn. 



Hah. Tairua. 



Like Tychius Schneideri, but, in consequence of its more 

 or less exposed pygidium, I refer it to Sthima. 



Psepholax s{m;plex (Sharp in litt.). 

 P breviter subcylindricus, brunneus, squamis flavescentibus vestitus ; 

 rostro brevi Uto, in medio et inter oculos Imeisduabus bre^bus 

 impresso; antennis subferrugmeis, Bcapo brevi, funiculo articulis 

 auiaque ultimis valde transversis ; clava ampla pubescente ; pro- 

 tborace transverso, postice sensim latiore, basi bismuato, m medio 

 carinato ; elytris striato-punctatis, interstitns late planatis, apice 

 roWatis; tibiis sat elongatis, intermediis extus in medio dents 

 tenuato armatis. Long. 2 lin. 

 Hah. Tairua. 



This very distinct species has much the habit and colora- 

 tion of our Hylesinus fraxini (a Scolytid), but is considerably 

 larger. 



