1232 COLEOPTEBA 



Bostrum cylindric, arcuate, without crests, feebly tricarinate in 

 front. Eyes oviform, large, but not so prominent as S. insolitus. 

 Thorax hardly at all narrowed until very near the front, where it is 

 abruptly and very much constricted ; there is a broad fuscous chan- 

 nel along the middle from base to apex, the front margin is raised, 

 but there are no distinct inequalities on the surface, which is densely 

 and minutely sculptured, the larger punctures are, however, hidden 

 by the squamosity. Scutellum small. Elytra oblong, generally 

 narrowed posteriorly, nearly twice the breadth and thrice the length 

 of the thorax, destitute of tubercular elevations ; regularly striate- 

 punctate, the third, fifth, and seventh interstices more or less 

 uniformly costiform and broader than the others, the suture rather 

 broad, slightly raised behind ; the shoulders are oblique and the 

 apices are simple. Femora angulated underneath, tibiae curvate. 

 Antenna slender, scape somewhat flexuous, the two basal joints of 

 the funiculus nearly equal, club elongate, quadriarticulate, second 

 joint subquadrate. Underside rufo-fuscous, densely clothed with 

 depressed yellowish hairs. 



Length (rost. excl.*), 3J; breadth, 1|- lines. 



Found amongst the inflorescence of spear-grass, between Gor- 

 don's Pyramid and Mount Arthur, elevation 4,400ft., by Mr. 

 Hudson. 



Etheophanus. 



Nov. gen. 



Body compact, convex, broadly oval ; clothed with hair-like 

 scales and erect setae. Bostrum moderately stout, subparallel, 

 arched above, rather longer than the thorax. Scrobes deep, com- 

 mencing near the apex and extending obliquely backwards to the 

 inner margin of the eyes, where they are separated by a narrow 

 space only, but, owing to the slight dilatation of the apical portion 

 of the rostrum, quite visible from above at the point where the 

 antennae are inserted. Scape thickened towards the extremity, 

 barely reaching the eye. Funiculus 7-articulate, first and second 

 joints nearly equal. Club ovate, three-jointed. Head globose 

 underneath, immersed up to the eyes. Eyes situated close to the 

 sides of the rostrum, extending forwards and downwards, but not to 

 the sides of the head ; they are oviform, rather flat, and distinctly 

 facetted. Thorax without evident ocular lobes, about as long as it 

 is broad, narrowed towards the front, its base subtruncate and 

 closely applied to the hind-body. Scutellum absent. Elytra rather 

 short, subcordate, much broader than the thorax near the middle, 

 but hardly at all wider at the base than it is. Legs stout ; femora 

 grooved below near the extremity; tibiae flexuous, with terminal 

 hooks. Tarsi rather short, finely (third joint thickly) setose under- 

 neath ; their third joint lobate, and quite twice the width of the 

 second, fourth about as long as the preceding three ; claws simple. 



Underside nearly plane. Prosternum deeply emarginate, and a 

 little depressed, in front. Anterior coxa globose, rather widely 

 separated, but not so as to accommodate the rostrum between them ; 



