(300 Mr. T. Vernon Wollaston on the 



II. Funiculi art 2 dut hand sequentibus longior. 

 Pentarthrum subsericatum, n. sp. 



P. subcylindricum, subopacum,pallide mfo-ferrugineurn, 

 ac minutissime parcissimeque sericatum ; prothorace ovato- 

 triangulari, densissime sed vix grosse punctate, mox pone 

 apicem profunde constricto ; elytris dense et parum grosse 

 striato-punctatis, interstitiis obsolete transversim rugulosis ; 

 antennis pedibusque breviusculis ; tarsorum art. 3 tio sim- 

 plici. Subtus minute et leviter punctulatum. 



Mas, rostro latiore, parallelo, depressiusculo, sat pro- 

 funde denseque ruguloso-punctato ; antennis in medio ejus 

 insertis* 



Fcern., rostro graciliore, cylindrico, multo minutius 

 punctulato, ad basin paululum strangulate ; antennis mox 

 pone medium ejus insertis. 



Long. corp. lin. vix 1^. 



Habitat Novam Zealandiam, a Dom. Janson communi- 

 catum. 



(OZ5. Species in hoc genere anomala corpore fere 

 opaco et minutissime parceque sericato, nee omnino calvo ). 



Pentarthrum rugosum, n. sp. 



P. cylindricum, dense, grosse, et rugose sculpturatum, 

 subopacum, piceum ; rostro breviusculo, crasso, parallelo, 

 oculis prominentibus, densissime et grossissime punctato- 

 ruguloso; prothorace subtriangulari-ovato, densissime et 

 grosse punctate, mox pone apicem profunde constricto ; 

 elytris dense striato-punctatis (punctis magnis), inter- 

 stitiis densissime transversim rugulosis ; antennis pedi- 

 busque breviusculis, crassiusculis, paulo clarioribus ; tar- 

 sorum art. 3 tl0 evidenter sed minute bilobo. Subtus 

 profunde et parum dense punctatum. 



Long. corp. lin. 1^. 



Habitat ins. New Guinea, ad Saylee a Dom. Wallace 

 deprehensum. 



Pentarthrum sublcevigatum, n. sp. 



P. angustum, fusiformi-cylindricum, leviter sculptu- 

 ratum, subnitidum, clare pallido-castaneum ; rostro lon- 

 giusculo, crassiusculo, subparallelo sed pone antennas 

 paulo angustiore (aut substrangulato), oculis magnis, 



