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Ohs. I have not had an opportunity of comparing many 

 examples of the European species, so that it is difficult to 

 estimate the exact value that may be attached to the differ- 

 ences in sculpture and coloration presented by the New- 

 Zealand species or varieties ; at any rate they seem distinct 

 from one another so far as superficial appearance goes, and I 

 feel sure that considerable disparities will be apparent on the 

 lower surface when more material is available for careful 

 comparison. They are of very similar outline, and the third 

 joint of the tarsi is prolonged below the fifth in the shape of a 

 large membrane. The following are congeneric : — 



P. coriiscanSj Pascoe. 

 P. gemmeus, Broun. 

 P. leetusj Broun. 



Morychus granulatus, sp. n. 



Convex, very broadly oval, slightly shining ; piceous, legs 

 red, tarsi and antennte yellowish ; the clothing consists of 

 erect infuscate setas. 



Head finely and moderately closely punctured. Thorax 

 strongly transverse, about twice as broad as it is long, very 

 much narrowed anteriorly, base truncate : its surface with 

 fine and rather close granular sculpture , a considerable space 

 rear each front angle is much depressed. Scutelluni obsolete. 

 Elytra broadest at the base, attenuated posteriorly, slightly 

 uneven, the suture a little raised behind ; their sculpture 

 resembles that of the thorax. Tibice fringed with short 

 moderately coarse setee ; the anterior nearly straight, abruptly 

 obliquely narrowed towards the apex, with tarsal furrows ; 

 the intermediate slightly curved. Tarsi finely setose, their 

 third joint prolonged below the small fourth, with apparently 

 a very short membranous appendage. Antennae with red, 

 stout, cyHndric basal joint, second conical, 3 to 5 slender, 

 decreasing in length, sixth slightly broader and shorter than 

 fifth, seventh and eighth broader, ninth and tenth sub- 

 quadrate, eleventh conical, about as long as the preceding 

 two. 



Underside piceous, rather densely covered with decumbent 

 tawny hairs : prosternum thickly ciliate in front, its sides 

 hollowed out for about two thirds of their whole area ; its 

 central piece does not extend laterally beyond the coxae, its 

 process is flat and curved behind. Mesosternum with a deep 

 semicircular cavity in front. Middle coxce widely separated, 

 the intervening suture straight. Epipleurce broad and 



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