550 COLEOPTERA. 



on top of the hind declivity there are four conspicuous crests formed of 

 feather-like elongate scales, the outer ones a littlo lower than the inner 

 pair. 



Rostrum somewhat expanded at and in front of the antennal insertion, 

 behind parallel, convex along the middle, thickly clothed, but without 

 crests. Scape with slender depressed scales and outstanding setae. Thorax 

 slightly longer than broad, a little contracted at the apex, very gently 

 narrowed l>ehind, with a crest at each side near the front ; disc irregularly 

 and rather closely punctate, and bearing several minute tubercles ; apex 

 bicristate and with a longitudinal mesial ridge before the middle and 

 another near each side behind, the base is flattened or broadly impressed. 

 Elytra twice the length of thorax, widest at the top of the declivity, very 

 gradually narrowed towards the base, which is medially depressed, at each 

 side of the depression a longitudinal ridge extends towards the middle, 

 their sides are ridged from the base to beyond the hind thighs ; dorsum 

 apparently with series of suboblong punctures and irregularly studded with 

 minute tubercles, declivity substriate. 



Fern. — Rostrum slightly longer, hardly at all dilated in front, antennae 

 implanted just before the middle, posterior declivity nitid, not vertical, 

 but obviously punctate-striatc. Underside coarsely and closely punctured,^ 

 with depressed tawny squamae. 



cJ. Length (rostrum inclusive), 6| mm. ; breadth, 2^ mm. 



Mount Owen, 27th December, 1914, a single male ; the female from 

 Glenhope. We are indebted to Mr. T. Hall for the discovery of both 

 specimens. 



Phrynixodes gen. nov. 



Body uneven, suboblong, roughly squamose. Rostrum arched, as long 

 as thorax. Scrobes foveiform, lateral, situated between the middle and 

 extremity. Head globose below, not much broader above than the rostrum. 

 Eyes free from thorax, longitudinally oval. Thorax broader than long, 

 narrower than elytra, base truncate, without ocular lobes. Scutellum 

 absent. El}i;ra suboblong, closely applied to thorax, humeral angles only 

 slightly and obtusely porrect, posterior declivity vertical. 



Legs moderately elongate, femora subclavate beyond the middle, tibiae 

 indistinctly mucronate. Tarsi finely setose underneath, basal joints short, 

 the penultimate moderately expanded, deeply excavate above, emarginate 

 in front but not truly bilobed. 



Scape implanted between the middle and apex, flexuous and slender, 

 incrassate near the extremity, attaining the thoracic apex. Funiculus 

 7-articulate, second joint as long as the first, 3-6 as long as broad, monili- 

 form, seventh slightly larger ; club distinct, ovate, triarticulate. 



Prosternum deeply angularly emarginate. Metasternum short. Ab- 

 domen moderately elongate, ba.sal segment largest, truncate in front between 

 the widely distant coxae, its hind suture deep and straight, like the 

 following ones, second nearly as long as the well-developed third and 

 fourth together, fifth rather longer than second. Mentum subquadrate, 

 the thick rigid maxillary palpi quite uncovered. 



The position of the scrobes, more slender antennae, feebly porrect humeral 

 angles, and different penultimate tarsal joints do not agree with the diagnosis 

 of Phri/nixus, and, moreover, the remarkable ventral segments differentiate 

 it from that genus and all its near allies. 



