1214 COLEOPTEEA 



Length (rost. incl.), 4; breadth, If lines. 



Mr. A. T. Urquhart brought me the only individual he could 

 obtain during a recent collecting-tour on Mount Egmont. 



Phemus. 



Nov. gen. 



Hostrum about as long as thorax, cylindric, arched, moderately 

 stout ; the glabrous anterior portion, about one-fourth of the whole 

 length, marked off by a somewhat triangular suture ; in line with 

 this suture the antennae are inserted ; behind that point the rostrum 

 is rugose and unevenly bicarinate. Scrobes elongate, oblique, deep in 

 front, but passing almost at once to the undersurface. Eyes just 

 free from thorax, minute, yet slightly prominent. Antennae rather 

 short ; scape clavate at extremity, just attaining the eye ; first joint 

 of funiculus shorter than second, but distinctly longer than third, 

 which is a little shorter than the fourth, seventh shorter than sixth ; 

 club ovate, not visibly articulated. Thorax oblong, a little rounded 

 laterally, without ocular lobes. Scutellum indistinguishable. Elytra 

 but little broader than thorax, obliquely arcuate at base, declivous 

 and narrowed behind. Legs of moderate length, femora medially 

 clavate ; tibiae sinuate inwardly, and acuminate at extremity, but 

 oblique outwardly near the apex ; tarsi pilose underneath, third 

 joint oblong, entire below, deeply excavate above. 



Prosternum emarginate in front, the coxae slightly separated. 

 Metasternumvery short, its triangular frontal process or prolongation 

 causing the middle coxae to be only moderately distant. Hind 

 coxa very far apart, almost touching the epipleurae, and appearing 

 as if wholly embedded in the first ventral segment. Abdomen with 

 five distinct segments, the basal very large, broadly rounded, almost 

 truncate, between the coxae, the second about half as long as the 

 first, third and fourth short, with deep sutures. Epipleura ex- 

 tremely narrow throughout. 



This genus is allied to Clypeorhynchus so far as the rostral struc- 

 ture is concerned, but, otherwise, is quite different. 



2143. P. scabralis, n.s. Opaque, piceo-fuscous, antennae and 

 tarsi ferruginous, apex of rostrum pitchy-red ; sparsely clothed with 

 fine, decumbent, yellowish setae, the depressed parts covered with 

 scale-like matter. 



Rostrum rugose, uneven, irregularly bicarinate; apical portion 

 finely punctate. Thorax rather longer than broad, almost quite regu- 

 larly, yet only moderately, rounded laterally ; with a median groove 

 extending from base to apex, its surface closely, coarsely, and 

 rugosely punctured. Elytra with slightly- curved sides, their sculp- 

 ture, as regards punctuation, ill-defined ; there are, however, two 

 distinct discoidal costae on each, the outer terminates near the top of 

 the posterior declivity, besides these there are three less distinct 

 ones, not regular, and not raised near the base; between the costae 

 there appear to be series of shallow punctures, with raised intervals, 

 but when examined sideways there seem to be only rows of small, 



