collection of Clavicorn Coleoptera. 175 



much produced in the centre, with a feebly denned mar- 

 ginal stria, and another well-marked flexuous stria ex- 

 tending from the posterior angle to near the middle of 

 the anterior margin. Metasternum large, with a deeply- 

 impressed central line, sides oblique, marginal stria 

 distinct ; near the posterior margin there are deep, 

 scattered, rather elongate punctures. The first abdo- 

 minal segment with coarse punctuation at the base. 

 Legs pitchy, all the tibiae armed on their outer margins 

 with short, sharp spines, and on their inner margins 

 with a few much smaller and sharper ones ; tibial spurs 

 short and acute. Length, 3 mm. ; width, 2f mm. 



This species is allied to Phylloscelis ovides, Mars., but 

 cannot be confounded with it on account of the different 

 structure of its mandibles and legs, smaller size, and 

 the dissimilarity in their dorsal striae. The strong 

 punctuation at the base of the metasternum and on the 

 basal segment of the abdomen is not mentioned in the 

 description of any described species of Phylloscelis. 



NITIDULID.E. 



Calonecrus, Thomson. 



Calonecrus wallacei, Thorns. 



The two examples obtained, as seems almost invariably 

 the case with this species, have a transparent yellow 

 sticky substance adhering to them. 



Calonecrus riifipes, Pascoe. 

 A single specimen of this rare species was obtained. 



Carpophilus, Stephens. 



Carpophilus ordinatus, n. s. 



Oblong-ovate, rather convex, black, somewhat shin- 

 ing, sparingly clothed with fine fuscous pubescence. 

 Head transverse, strongly and moderately closely punc- 

 tured, with a feebly-defined longitudinal central impres- 

 sion. Eyes large, prominent, and finely granulated. 

 Clypeus shining, impunctate. Antennae pitchy, basal 

 joint and club rather darker. Prothorax at the base 

 twice as broad as long, moderately narrowed in front, 

 where it is a little broader than the head together with 

 the eyes, slightly convex, very coarsely and closely 



