1252 COLEOPTEBA 



and between the eyes, elsewhere rather finely sculptured. Eyes 

 moderate ; the head with a depression just behind the eyes, its back 

 part gradually dilated or s\vollen, and nearly smooth. Thorax 

 longer than broad, only moderately rounded behind the middle, a 

 good deal narrowed towards the front, and broadly constricted 

 there ; its punctuation distinct but not close or coarse. Elytra 

 punctate-striate, the punctures not large or deep, the intervals as 

 long as the punctures, interstices moderately convex, with fine serial 

 punctures, not rugose. Legs stout, apical process of tibiae rather 

 long ; basal joint of tarsi elongate and slender, their third joint 

 narrow, emarginate in front, not lobate. Antenna short; scape 

 short, obviously shorter than the funiculus, rather thick ; club 

 ovate. 



This may be compared with P. constricticolle only. It is rather 

 smaller ; the punctuation of the thorax is finer and not in the least 

 confluent or rugose, the part in front of the constriction is finely 

 punctured, as, indeed, it is in P. constricticolle ; the elytral inter- 

 stices are less, if at all, rugose. The structure of the tarsi and 

 antennae is the same in both species. The appearance is unlike our 

 other species of Phlosophagosoma, but I am not prepared to make a 

 new genus for them. 



Length, If lines ; breadth, f line. 



Dunedin. One specimen from Mr. T. Chalmer. 



Eutornus. 



2206. E. cylindricus, n.s. Narrow, transversely convex, 

 gradually narrowed anteriorly, glabrous, shining, piceo-rufous, 

 antennae and tarsi red. 



Rostrum quite half the length of the thorax, nearly as broad as 

 the head, finely and not closely punctured. Head nearly as long as 

 the rostrum, gradually widened behind, swollen or subglobose below, 

 with a very slight, quite lateral constriction behind the eyes, not im- 

 pressed above ; the punctures a little more distinct, but more dis- 

 tant, than those on the rostrum, becoming finer and more remote 

 behind. Eyes minute, not at all prominent. Antenna inserted at, 

 or just behind, the middle ; scape thickened apically ; basal joint of 

 funiculus largest, club ovate, distinct. Thorax, like the head, with 

 dense minute sculpture, finely and distantly punctured ; it is gra- 

 dually narrowed towards the front, but only feebly constricted there. 

 Scutellum polished. Elytra cylindric, only slightly narrowed be- 

 hind, not in the least explanate there ; punctate-striate, the striae 

 shallow and their punctures small, the minute serial punctures on 

 the interstices as numerous as those in the striae. Tarsi narrow, 

 third joint not lobate. 



Underside distantly but distinctly punctured, the metasternum 

 canaliculate behind. 



Closely allied to E. littoralis, of similar form, the head not so 

 smooth behind the eyes, interstitial punctures more distinct, the 

 thorax more rounded near the base. Scape bent, second joint of 



