334 COLEOPTERA 



Eumede. 



Pascoe ; Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., January, 1876. 



Caput antice brevissimum. Oculi magni, leviter emarginati, tenuiter 

 granulati. Antennce breviusculse, n-articulatse, articulis tribus ultimis 

 clavam formantibus. Palpi maxiHares articulo ultimo ovoideo, labiales 

 securiformi. Prothorax capite angustior, basi modice latus. Elytra 

 oblonga. Pedes graciles ; tarsi articulo primo brevissimo. 



The only exponent of this genus has somewhat the habit of Lemidia, 

 from which it differs, inter alia, in its emarginate eye ; while Aulicus, to 

 which it slightly approaches, has all the palpi securiform. 



606. E. seraria, Pascoe / Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., January, 1876. 

 E. fusco-cznea, nitida, antennis, palpis, pedibusque, femoribus exceptis, 

 testaceis, pilis volitantibus aliisque albis sub-adpressis vestita ; antennis 

 prothorace vix longioribus articulis duobus basalibus validis secundo 

 dimidio breviore ; prothorace paulo longiore quam latiore, lateribus 

 rotundatis ; elytris postice paulo gradatim latioribus. 



Long., 2j lin. 

 Christchurch. 



Phymatopheea. 



Pascoe ; Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., January, 1876. 



Caput antice modice productum. Oculi reniformes, transversi. 

 Antenna articulo basali elongato, valido, tertio ad octavum gradatim 

 brevioribus ; clava magna, laxe triarticulata, articulis duobus basalibus 

 triangularibus, ultimo rotundato. Palpi articulo ultimo triangulari. 

 Prothorax utrinque tuberculato-productus. Elytra supra inaequalia, 

 basi prothoracis duplo latiora. Pedes modice elongati ; femora fusi- 

 formia, anteriora crassiora ; tarsi articulo basali obtecto ; unguiculi 

 basi dente instructe. 



There is nothing in the sterna or abdomen different from Scrobiger, 

 .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 Erymanthus. 



NOTE. Dr. Sharp in the Ent. Mon. Mag., June, 1877, p. 8, adds : 

 " It has the fourth joint of the tarsi obsolete, their basal joint is short 

 above, but rather elongate beneath, the thickening of the unguiculus 

 should scarcely be called a tooth. The terminal joints of both labial 

 and maxillary palpi are dilated, but not very strongly. The eyes are 

 prominent and finely granulated, and more or less emarginate in front. 



607. P. electa, Pascoe ; Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., January, 1876. 

 P. modice elongata, fusca, subnitida, plagis succineis ornata, pilis conco- 

 loribus adspersa ; capite inter oculos nudo, bituberculato ; prothorace 

 antice tuberculis duobus succineis instructo ; elytris insequaliter rude 

 impresso-punctatis, humeris tuberculisque succineis sex, scil. duobus 

 sub-basalibus, duobus ante medium, duobus sub apice positis, pone 



