li'C Dr. G. A. K. Marshall on new 



the Fijian Physnrchus, Pasc, except that the shouhlers of 

 tlie elytra are much less prominent. But both these genera 

 differ, inter alia, in the absence of the inner apical mucro 

 on the tibia;, and in having the front cox;e contiguous and 

 the hind pair nuich closer together than the niidule pair. 



Teluropus ballardi, sp. n. 



cJ . Dark rcd-browii, fairly closely clothi'd witii short, 

 curved, golden-brown setae. 



Head rugosely punctured throughout, the forehead almost 

 as broad as the base of the rostrum, transvei-scly flattened 

 and with a central fovea; the eyes almost circular, their 

 great3st depth at about one-fourth from the hind margin. 

 Rostrum stout, parallel-sided, and porrect from the base to a 

 little beyond the middle, thence slightly widened and curved 

 downwards, somewhat flattened longitudinally at the sides iu 

 the basal half, and rugosely punctured throughout right up 

 to the apex. Anteinue short ; the scape stout, slightly com- 

 pressed, strongly clavate, and coarsely punctate ; the funicle 

 with joint 1 rather longer than 2, and joints 2 to 7 of aljout 

 equal width and widening regularly outwards, 7 being closely 

 fitted to the club, which has three distinct joints. Prothoraoo 

 broader than long, broadest near the base and rapidly 

 narrowing in front, with a broad apical constrictioii, the 

 anterior margin straight, the base with a large median lobe^ 

 which is emarginnteat its apex; the upper surface couvex, 

 coarsely and conHuently punctate throughout, and with two 

 low broad elevations in the middle of the disk ; these merge 

 and !-lope gradually away behind, but in front they are 

 abruptly narrowed where they cross the apical constriction 

 and enclose a large rounded depression between them ; 

 below these prominences on each side is another much lower 

 rounded elevation. Elytra together nearly as broad as long, 

 parallel-sided from the shoulders to beyond the middle, and 

 very broadly rounded behind ; each elytron strongly lobate 

 at the base, the greatest de])th of the lobe being at the third 

 interval, which bears a slight basal callus ; the juxta-basal 

 area slopes steeply foiwards fi'om a transverse postbasal 

 ridge, which bears a rounded prominence on intervals 3 and 

 5 ; a little behind this is a short costate elevation on in- 

 terval 3 and a less distinct one on 5 ; the striae are deep and 

 strongly punctate and the intervals are rugose, the alternate 

 ones being slightly more convex. Leys rugosely punctate, 

 the femora with scattered granules, set with curved suberect 



