192 T ransartions. 



Mesoxenophasis brouni, Wollaston. 935. Man. N.Z. Coleopt., p. 525. 



(Plate XVI, fig. 2.) 



Nitid, rufous or pale castaneous, antennae red, club darker. 



Rostrum sparingly but distinctly punctured. Head convex, with a 

 minute interocular fovea. Thorax moderately and almost regularly rounded 

 laterally, convex, its whole surface subopaque with minute dense sculpture, 

 and with fine distant punctures. Elytra convex, moderately coarsely 

 striate-punctate. 



Underside sparingly punctate, the abdomen very finely, almost obso- 

 letely. 



Length, 1;^ lines ; breadth, quite \ line. 



Tairua and Hunua Range. Rare. 



Proconus, Broun. Man. N.Z. Coleopt., p. 807. 



Body depressed ; minutely, indistinctly, and sparingly pubescent. 



Rostrum as long and, in front, as broad as the head, evidently contracted 

 behind the middle, minutely dilated just before the antennal insertion, 

 broadly and subangularly depressed in front, and with a short smooth 

 cariniform elevation in the middle of the cavity,, at the apex, which is finely 

 but distinctly setose. Occiput smooth, hardly perceptibly constricted or 

 marked off from the punctate portion of the head, which extends half- 

 way between the eyes and thorax. Eyes rotundate, only very slightly 

 prominent, widely separated above and distant from the thorax. Scape 

 short and stout, considerably thickened at the extremity, medially inserted, 

 reaching the front of the eye. Funicultis longer than the scape, joints 2-5 

 gradtially incrassate. Club distinct, ovate. Thorax broad, widest behind 

 the middle, narrowed anteriorly, moderately constricted in front. Scutellum 

 distinct. Elytra nearly as wide as the broadest part of the thorax, sub- 

 parallel, very gradually narrowed posteriorly. Legs stout, 3rd tarsal joint 

 short and without distinct lobes. 



Intermediate between Rhinanisus and Hetewpsis. Distinguishable at 

 once by the short, broad, peculiar rostrum. 



Proconus asperirostris, Broun. 92L Man. N.Z. Coleopt., p. 516. 



(Plate XV, fig. U.) 



Body moderately nitid, rufo-piceous, legs pitchy-red, depressed portion 

 of rostrtim red, antennae paler. 



Rostrum slightly asperate, more closely but not quite as coarsely ptmc- 

 tured as the vertex, the frontal depression nearly smooth, a little transversely 

 impressed near the base. Thorax longer than broad, strongly rounded 

 near the base ; disc very slightly impressed or flattened, with a smooth 

 line along the middle, its punctuation moderately close and distinct, the 

 intervals very minutely sculptured. Elytra moderately punctate-striate, 

 the strise rather shallow, the apex less distinctly sculptured ; interstices 

 and suture with fine serial punctures. 



3 . Length, If lines ; breadth, nearly f line. 



Whangarei and Helensville. Three. Female incog. 



P. crassipes, Broun. 1631. Man. N.Z. Coleopt., p. 912. 



Shining, pale rufo-castaneous. Much smaller than 921, frontal impression 

 of the rostrum nearly similar, the thorax without any smooth median line. 



^ . Length, \\ lines ; breadth, J line. 



Helensville. Unique. 



