1234 COLEOPTERA 



hairs. Scutellum rotundate, punctate. Elytra wider behind than 

 at the base, shoulders oblique, base of each elytron near the middle 

 angulated and prominent ; transversely wrinkled and punctate ; each 

 with a shallow broad impression near the shoulder, one on the suture 

 behind the scutellum, two before the hind thighs, all more or less 

 densely clothed with white hair-like scales, behind the posterior 

 femora similar scales form a sort of broad, much-interrupted fascia, 

 there are others near the extremity, and a spot on each side in line 

 with the two near the middle. Sternum similarly clothed. 



This species most nearly resembles P. sumptuosa, but has the 

 rostrum one-third shorter, and the two apical protuberances more 

 developed ; the space between the eyes narrower ; the thorax not 

 distinctly depressed at the base as in that species ; elytra broader, 

 their white spots quite different ; eyes more distinctly granulated. 



Length (rost. incl.), 3 lines; breadth, line. 



Mount Cook Hermitage, elevation about 2,600ft. My specimen 

 was captured by Mr. H. Suter. 



Group SCOLOPTERID^l. 

 Icmalius. 



Nov. gen. 



This genus is proposed for the reception of a species which cannot 

 be satisfactorily located either in Scolopterm or Ancistropterus. 



In Scolopterus the eyes are placed on the upper surface as much 

 as on the sides of the narrow head, which is hardly any broader 

 than the rostrum, they are large, longitudinally oval, and not at all 

 convex, certainly not conspicuous. In Icmalius the head is at least 

 twice the breadth of the rostrum, the eyes are situated in front, they 

 are widely separated above, quite perceptibly convex, somewhat pro- 

 minent, and so broadly oval as to be nearly rotundate. 



In Ancistropterus the eyes are small, much smaller than in this 

 genus, very convex and prominent, obliquely oval, almost round 

 indeed, and hardly half as far apart as they are in Icmalius. The 

 scrobes in Ancistropterus are deep in front, but pass almost at once 

 to the undersurface, whereas in Icmalius they are more open above, 

 and do not descend below the sides until they approach the eyes. 

 The funicle is rather short, the second joint is shorter than the first ; 

 the club is elongate, the terminal articulation being nearly as long 

 as the basal two conjointly. The anterior tibiae are more open at 

 the extremity than they are in Ancistropterus quadrispinosus, and 

 the tarsi are much shorter and broader, the basal joint is but little 

 longer than the second and nearly as wide as it is, instead of being 

 very narrow, and the lobes of the third are broad. The pygidium is 

 uncovered. 



The type is No. 1623, now Icmalius abnormis. Dr. Sharp's 

 Ancistropterus helmsi is probably congeneric. 



