Undescribecl Cossonidce. 207 



broader, its limbs a little tbicker, and by the inner angle 

 of its tibicB being produced into a somewhat more evident 

 spinule. 



Before closing this short paper, I may just mention that 

 a considerable number of examples of my Eutornus dubius 

 have lately been connnunicated by Dr. Sharp as having 

 been received from ISTew Zealand by ]\Ir. Lawson, and that I 

 iim enabled consequently to correct the somewhat imperfect 

 diagnosis of that Cossonid as given at p. 638 of my late 

 paper in the Entomological Society's Transactions, and which 

 was compiled from a single individual unusually small 

 in stature and pale in hue. The following formula, there- 

 fore, will be found more nearly to characterize the species : — 



Eutornus dubius. 



E. elongatus, fusiformis, nitidiusculus, niger (interdum 

 subpiceo-niger) sed in elytris (prassertim versus humeros) 

 paululum dilutior aut picescentior ; capite rostroque latis, 

 crassis, punctulatis, illo convexo et valde exserto : pro- 

 thorace elongate, ovato-cylindrico, antice profunda con- 

 stricto, paulo grossius punctato ; elytris subfusiformi- 

 cylindricis, sat profunde striato-punctatis, interstitiis 

 minutissime parcissimeque uniseriatim punctulatis ; 

 antennis piceo-ferrugineis ; pedibus piceis. Subtus sub- 

 alutaceus, parce punctatus. 



Long. Corp. lin. 1§ — 2j. 



Habitat Novam Zealandiam, a Dom. Lawson sat copiose 

 repertus. 



And I may likewise state that an example of a Pent- 

 arthrum has been received lately from New Zealand by 

 Mr. Lawson which seems to differ in no respect from my 

 P. zealandicmn {Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond., 598, 1873), except 

 that its head and prothorax are a little more shining, its 

 male rostrum is more deeply and sharply channeled, and 

 its prothorax is obsoletely impressed in the centre belund. 

 My belief is, that it represents a mere local state, or race, of 

 that species ; nevertheless I will propose for it the varietal 



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