204 Mr. Wollrtston's Dia^nosdc CJw.raders of 



proiniueut, and in its elytm being more deeply punctate- 

 striate, as well as more straiijhtbj truncated (or less 

 bi-arcuate) at their base. 



Phlaophagosoma dilutum, n. sp. 



P. cori'ino affine, sed paiilo minus et vix subangustius, 

 colore minus nigro (in eh^tris etiam piceo-castaueo) ; rostro 

 (pnesertim autice) seusim sublatiore, et a fronte obsolete 

 subdiviso ; scapoque conspicue lougiore, sc. paulo ultra 

 apicem rostri eurrente. 



Long. eorp. lin. Ij — '1\. 



Habitat Xovam Zealaudiam, ab Auckland a Dom. Law- 

 son missum, et a cl. D. Sharp ad describendum nuperrime 

 communieat um. 



The present Phla-ophagosoma is very closely allied to the 

 P. corvinum (likewise from Xew Zealand), but it appeai-s to 

 be altogether a little smaller and just appreciably narrower ; 

 and its colour ^instead of being deep black) is dark-piceous, 

 with the elytra piceo-castaneous. Its rostrum, too, in pro- 

 portion to its size, is a tritle broader, and obsoletely 

 impi-essed transvei"sely between the eyes (causing it to 

 appear obscurely subdivided, as it were, from the forehead) ; 

 and its scape, which extends perceptibly beyond the apex 

 of the rostrum, is more elongated. 



Phlfcophagosoma jycdati'.m, ii. sp. 



P. pnwedenti simile, sed paululum longius magisque 

 paiiiUelum (aut vix minus fusiforme), fronte distinctius 

 foveolata, tai-sorunupie art. otio midto majore latiore et 

 valde prx)funde bilobo. 



Long. Corp. lin. 2i. 



Habitat in Xova Zealandia, una cum specie piwcedenti 

 ab Auckland a Dom. Lawson missum. 



The above diagnosis is di-awn out from a single example 

 which has been communicated by Dr. Sharp as having 

 been received from Auckland, in Xew Zealand, by Mr. 

 Lawson ; and, judging fi-om the t}-pe now before me, the 

 species woidd appear to be a tritie lai-ger i^and, in proportion 

 to its size, just appreciably more parallel, or less fusiform) 

 than the P. dilu.tvm ; its forehead, too, is more distinctly 

 impressed with a central line, or fovea ; and the third joint 



