7Q2 COLEOPTERA 



coarsely facetted. Antenna moderate ; scape clavate at apex, attain- 

 ing the hind part of the eye ; funiculus y-articulate, the two basal 

 joints elongate and nearly equal, third shortest, joints 4-7 increase ; 

 club short and compact. Prothorax oblong, base and apex sub- 

 truncate, without ocular lobes. Scutellum invisible. Elytra ovate, 

 widest behind, incurved at base, with porrected humeral angles, 

 closely applied to the thorax. Legs not elongate, stout ; femora 

 clavate ; tibia flexuose, mucronate at the extremity ; tarsi with 

 transversal basal joints, the penultimate superficially excavated for 

 the insertion of the terminal joint. Anterior coxes prominent, con- 

 tiguous. Metasternum short. The two basal segments of the abdo- 

 men large, the suture obliquely sinuated, third and fourth excessively 

 short. Body pyriform. 



Allied to Phrynixus, but with the rostrum sub-parallel, or dilated 

 towards the base ; the antennal insertion is foveiform, but shallow 

 scrobes proceed backwards ; the elytral base is marginated, 



1413. P. pyriformis, n.s. Piceous, a little glossy, pear-shaped, 

 uneven, the legs and elevated parts clothed with elongate yellow 

 scales, tarsi and antennae obscure-red. 



Rostrum longer than thorax, longitudinally carinate, not smooth, 

 slightly dilated at base and apex. Head minutely and distantly 

 punctured with a distinct inter-ocular punctiform impression. Pro- 

 thorax longer than broad, oviform, narrower in front than behind, 

 uneven, having two elongate frontal depressions separated by a 

 smooth costa, an ante-scutellar depression, and many small 

 rounded elevations. Elytra widest in line with the summit of the 

 hind slope, their front angles embracing the thorax, striate-punctate, 

 the dorsal punctures large, the apical small and placed in fine but 

 distinct striae ; the third interstices almost carinate ; four or five 

 crested elevations appear on each elytron behind the posterior 

 femora. Antenna inserted near the middle of the beak. 



Length (rost. excl.), 3 lines; breadth, if. 



To this genus belongs No. 762, which must be removed from 

 Phrynixus so as to stand as Pachyprypnus longiusculus ; it differs 

 from the present species in having the rostrum very perceptibly 

 thickened towards the eyes, &c. 



I found my specimen at Parua. 



Group-HIPPORHINID,E . 



Phaeophanus. 



Bostrum moderately long, robust, slightly arched, gradually 

 dilated anteriorly, triangularly grooved at apex, compressed laterally, 

 broadly but not deeply grooved above ; its scrobes apical, not linear, 

 oblique, becoming obsolete and convergent below. Scape not quite 

 reaching the eye, flexuous, thickened at the extremity ; funiculus 

 7-articulate, two first joints equal, 3-7 obconical ; club obovate, tri- 

 articulate. Eyes depressed, facetted, truncate in front, transverse, 

 lateral. Prothorax longer than broad, somewhat narrowed behind, 

 base sub-truncate, with distinct ocular lobes. Scutellum minute, 



