140 ]\Iajor T. Broun on new Genera and 



-Scfl/?^ short, gradually incrassate ; funiculus finely pubes- 

 cent, basal joint short and stout, joints 3-7 tj'ansverse, 

 gra(b;ally becoming broader ; club large, oblong-ovab 



Underside rather finely punctate, with depressed greyish 

 setae ; third and fourth ventral segments nearly nude. 



The old P. sulcatus is described as having six ribs on eacli 

 elytron, with punctated intervals. Its scutellum is quite 

 elongate, like that of P. gramdatus, but in P. denticostatus it 

 is small and nearly rotundate; this, therefore, is a good 

 distinguishing character. With the exception of P. coronatas 

 the sexes have not been satisfactorily determined. 

 (J. Length (rost. incl.) 3| ; breadth 1| line, 

 Karori, Wellington. One from Mr. G. V. Hudson.^ 



Zeacalles lepidulus, sp. n. 



Body very convex, subovate, covered with small, depressed, 

 tawny squamae ; a few more elongated erect white ones near 

 the sides and apex of the elytra and a few short, erect, coarse 

 infuscate setae; it is infuscate red, with red tarsi and 

 antennae. 



Rostrum red, longitudinally sculptured, apical portioti 

 finely punctate. Thorax about as long as broad, a good deal 

 but very gradually narrowed anteriorly ; apex obtusely 

 rounded, very slightly depressed in front, its punctuation 

 obscured by the elongate squamae. Elytra cordate, rather 

 short, their sides and apex vertical, very slightly broader 

 than thorax at the base, considerably broader before the 

 middle, gradually yet a good deal narrowed posteriorly ; 

 they are rather abruptly elevated near the base and appa- 

 rently striate; on top of the posterior declivity there are 

 two well-developed nodosities, two less elevated but more 

 elongate ones at the base, and three or four smaller ones 

 near the sides ; the grey scales are most perceptible on the 

 sides near the base ; there arc also a few dark specks here 

 and there. Legs stout, bearing coarse greyish setae. Tarsi 

 finely setose underneath, third joint expanded, grooved or 

 excavated above, but not perceptibly lobed ; claws very 

 small. 



Scape short, slender at the base, gradually thickened. 

 Funiculus elongate, first joint stout, second and third 

 slender and moderately elongate, the former the longer of 

 the two, 4-7 obconical and gradually iucrassate ; club oval, 

 triarticulate. 



Larger than the four previously described species, and 

 distinguished therefrom by the elytral nodosities. The lobes 



