92 FUNAFUTI ATOLL. 



FAMILY (EDEMERLD^E. 



Genus NACBKDES, Schmidt. 

 Nacerdes transmarina, sp. nov. 



(Plate i., fig. 6.) 



Long. 14 mm., lat. 4 mm. 



Eliptic, elongate, yellowish-brown, thorax narrowed in front and 



at base, scarcely as long as it is wide. 



Head yellowish-brown, obscurely punctate, sparingly clothed 

 with very short and fine yellowish pubescence. Eyes prominent, 

 finely granulated, black. Thorax moderately convex, narrowed 

 in front, truncated, abruptly and strongly bulging out laterally 

 to about one-third its length, thence gradually tapering inwards 

 to its posterior extremity where it is again truncated ; disc 

 clothed with very short yellowish pubescence. Elytra somewhat 

 shorter than abdomen, yellowish-brown, moderately arched, ob- 

 scurely punctate, clothed with short, fine, yellowish pubescence, 

 broadest at the shoulders, gently tapering to abdominal extremity. 

 Menturn small, somewhat concave. Underside concolorous, 

 clothed with exceedingly fine pubescence ; sterna obscurely 

 punctate-striate. Legs moderately long, yellow-brown, thickly 

 clothed with short yellowish pubescence, and armed with short 

 black spines at joints. Antenna?, concolorous. 

 Three specimens. 



FAMILY OTIORHYCIDES. 

 Genus ELYTRURUS, Schonherr. 

 Elytrurus squamatus, sp. nov. 



(Plate i., fig. 7.) 

 Long. 4 mm., lat. 2 mm. 



Eliptic, robust, bluish-grey ; thorax narrowed in front and at 

 base, punctate; elytra, punctate-striate. 



Rostrum black, with a broad central shallow depression. 

 Thorax convex, scarcely as broad as long, closely covered with 

 minute shining granules, slightly narrower in front than behind, 

 gradually widening towards the middle, and then narrowing 

 again. Elytra arched, striate-punctate, slightly wider at the 

 shoulders than the thorax at its base, gradually widening towards 

 the middle, thence narrowing again to the apex ; the apices acute ; 

 the whole surface thickly covered with minute shining granules ; 

 there are also a few short hoary hairs towards the apex, and along 

 the sides. The general colour is bluish-grey. Legs and antenna? 

 concolorous, thickly covered with minute shining granules, and 

 furnished with a few short hoary hairs. Antenmu long, slender. 



