994 COLEOPTEEA 



1784. P. constriCtellus, n.s. (Sharp; Trans. Boy. Dub. Soc., 

 1886, p. 368.) Angustulus, niger, antennis tarsisque piceis ; pro- 

 thoracc posterius angustato, angulis posterioribus obtusis ; elytris 

 striatis, striis puuctatis. Scutello basi striato. 



Long., ll-12mni. 



Thorax a good deal broader than long, the sides a little curved, 

 considerably narrowed behind, so that the base is evidently a little 

 narrower than the front margin, without the least sinuation at the 

 sides, so that the hind angles are obtuse ; the basal foveae deep, 

 distant from the sides. Elytra narrow, without humeral denticle, 

 the striae regular, rather deep, closely and regularly punctate, not 

 interrupted ; the interstices in the male rather more convex than in 

 the female. In the male the hind femora are a little dilated in the 

 middle, so as to form an obtuse prominence, not an angle ; in each 

 sex there are two punctures on each side of the hind margin of the 

 last ventral ring. 



The individuals of this species are the smallest I am acquainted 

 with of the group having four lateral tactile setae to the thorax. 

 P. sub&nea, Guer., Bates, is very similar, but has the sides of 

 the throax sinuate behind, and the striatiou coarser and less 

 regular. This is the species treated by Bates as the F. elongella, 

 White, and it is indeed so similar thereto that I also myself, pre- 

 viously to noting the difference in the thoracic setae, considered it a 

 small variety thereof ; hence my remarks in New Zealand Journal of 

 Science, 1884, p. 298, on White's Feronia elongella require correction 

 as regards the occurrence of F. elongella at Christchurch ; it being 

 P. constrictellus that has been found there. F. elongella has the 

 peculiarity unique, so far as I know, among the New Zealand 

 species of possessing three lateral thoracic setae, one at the hind 

 angle, one a little behind the front angle, and one just about the 

 middle. 



Christchurch, Wakefield : Helms. Greymouth : Helms. One 

 example from each source. 



1785. P. pastoricius, ^-*- Elongate, slightly convex, very 

 glossy black ; legs and antennae rufo-piceous ; front tarsi, and the 

 palpi, pitchy -red. 



Head nearly smooth, frontal impressions narrow. Thorax hardly 

 any broader than long, its sides slightly rounded, gradually narrowed 

 behind the middle, basal angles very slightly prominent, rectangular ; 

 dorsal groove a little expanded near the extremities, barely reaching 

 the apex, basal fossae distinctly duplicate, the transverse waved 

 discoidal impressions rather vague. Scutellum multistriate at base. 

 Elytra nearly twice as long as broad, the shoulders slightly denti- 

 form, apical sinuosities rather abrupt ; each with seven series of 

 elongate impressions (exclusive of the marginal punctiforni impres- 

 sions), often with small ones interposed, all more or less connected 

 by fine striae, the sculpture becoming more irregular behind ; the 

 interstices are plane. Femora rather short and stout, the posterior 

 distinctly angulated beyond the middle, the space between that 



