50 Mr. F. P. Papcoe on new Genera and 



tertioque breviusculis, cseteris longiusculis, serratis ; capite pro- 

 thoraceque sat vage punctatis ; elytris elongato-cuneiformibus, 

 striato-punctatis ; meso- metatlioraceque nitide fuscis. 



Hah. Auckland. 



An elegant species, not agreeing well with Limonius, and 

 probably belonging to a new genus. 



PHYMATOPHJiA. 



Caput antice modice productum. Oculi reniformes, transversi. 

 AntenncB articulo basali elongate, valido,tertio ad octavum gradatim 

 brevioribus ; dava magna, laxe triarticnlata, articnlis duobus 

 basalibus triangularibus, ultimo rotvmdato. Palj^i articulo ultimo 

 triangulari. Protliorax utrinque tuberculato-productus. Elytra 

 supra insequalia, basi prothoracis duplo latiora. Pedes modice 

 elongati ; femora fusiformia, anteriora crassiora ; tarsi articulo 

 basali obtecto ; unguiculi basi dente instructi. 



There is nothing in the sterna or abdomen different from 

 Scrohiger^ Spin., near which this genus may be placed. Its 

 distinctive peculiarity is the large, loosely three-jointed club ; 

 but there is much to remind us of the West- African genus 

 Erymaiithus. 



PJiymatophcea electa. 



P. modice clongata, fusca, subnitida, plagis succineis ornata, pilis 

 concoloribus adspersa ; capite inter oculos nudo, bituberculato ; 

 protborace antice tuberculis duobxis succineis instructo ; elytris 

 inaequaliter rude impresso-punctatis, humeris tuberculisque suc- 

 cineis sex, sell, duobus subbasaHbus, duobus ante medium, duobus 

 sub apice positis, pone medium fascia obliqua elevata notatis ; 

 pedibus fusco variegalis ; corpore infra nitide fusco. Long. 4- 

 4| lin. 



Hah. Auckland. 



EUMEDE. 



Caput antice brevissimura, Oculi magni, leviter emarginati, tenuiter 

 granulati. Antennm breviusculae, ll-articulatae, articulis tribus 

 ultimis elavam formantibus. Palpi maxillares articulo ultimo 

 ovoideo, labiales securiformi. Prothorax capite angustior, basi 

 modice latus. Elytra oblonga. Pedes graciles ; tarsi articulo 

 prime brevissimo. 



The only exponent of this genus has somewhat the habit of 

 Lemidia^ from which it differs, inter alia, in its emarginate 

 eye; while Auh'cus, to which it slightly approximates, has all 

 the palpi securiform. 



Eumede ceraria. 



E. fusco-senea, nitida, antennis, palpis pedibusque, femoribus excep- 

 tis, testaceis, pilis volitantibus aliisque albis subadpressis vestita ; 



