1468 COLEOPTEEA 



equalities on the dorsum and sides, the apical portion is substriate. 

 There are a few minute black tubercles here and there. Legs stout ; 

 tibiae rather broad, rnucronate. 



Abdomen opaque, blackish, with but few punctures and scales, 

 the suture between the two basal segments obliterated ; metasternum 

 concave between the coxae. 



I place this species in Phrynixus, although the antennas are im- 

 planted just before the middle of the rostrum. A considerable 

 number of specimens have been reviewed lately, belonging to de- 

 scribed and undescribed species, and I think that if Mr. Pascoe had 

 had the same opportunity of comparing the varied forms he would 

 not have added his genus Erymneus. 



Length (rost. excl.), 2-J-2J ; breadth, 1-1J lines. 



Maketu, Hunua Eange. Two examples, amongst fallen leaves. 



2545. P. brevipennis, n.s. Piceous, antennae and tarsi 

 pitchy-red. This species, in most respects, is like P. humeralis, 

 but there is one obvious and important difference, besides minor 

 ones. 



The elytra are distinctly broader than the thorax, they are 

 quadrate ; the interrupted humeral elevations are formed by yellow 

 setae, and inside these, at the base, there are two other raised 

 spaces ; the posterior tufts are larger, the smaller elevations behind 

 the middle are more numerous, and the punctures are larger and 

 further apart. There are five distinct tubercles or tufts on the 

 rostrum. The eyes are nearly rotundate, but not quite as far from 

 the thorax. 



Underside black ; the suture between the two basal segments of 

 the abdomen is oblique towards the sides, deep there, but very fine 

 near the middle. 



Length (rost. excl.), If lines; breadth, 1 line. 



Maketu. One. 



2546. P. cedius, u-s- Subovate, piceous, antennae and tarsi 

 obscure-red; the squamosity variable, from pale reddish-brown to 

 tawny. 



Rostrum arched, not broad, slightly contracted behind the scrobes ; 

 there are two small crests before and two behind the antennal 

 insertion, and a longer one near the base. Funiculus with the 

 second joint about as long as the first, but more slender, 3-6 trans- 

 verse, seventh larger. Thorax subquadrate, irregularly but not 

 closely punctured, the middle, near the base, depressed ; there are 

 two apical tufts, and three across the middle. Elytra widest 

 behind the middle, apex vertical, base depressed, but not emargi- 

 nate, at the scutellar region, the humeral angles not really promi- 

 nent though the coarse setae cause them to appear as if they 

 projected forwards ; there are two basal longitudinal elevations, 

 besides those on the shoulders ; the third interstices are prominent, 

 crested on the top of the declivity, the fifth lower down, the normal 

 condition in this genus, there are also some smaller inequalities on 



