436 COLEOPTERA. 
at or behind the middle, and a feeble oblique impression near each side in 
front ; its punectation 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 rather broader 
than thorax at the base, thrice its length; rather coarsely and somewhat 
irregularly striate-punctate, 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. sulcicollis 
(3287) ; scape subclavate for half its length ; basal joint 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 short dense 
vestiture. 
Rather larger, evidently more shining and variegate than F. majusculus 
(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. 
2, d. Length (rostrum inclusive), 93-103 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. 
Klongate, 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 flavescent. 
Rostrum a third shorter than thorax, its frontal half only slightly 
dilated ; tricarinate, coarsely, rugosely but not deeply punctured behind ; 
there is a triangular interantennal fovea; the apical portion 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 (shoulder), 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, unequally, and closely for the most part 
finely granulate, the larger granules form 4 or 5 series more or less inter- 
rupted apparently by punetiform impressions, the hind slope is almost 
serlate-punctate. 
