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of the plica behind each eye, by the absence of any incrassation of the elytral 

 margins, and by the well-developed and divergent lobes of the penultimate 

 tarsal joint. 



Tanysoma angusta, Broun. 1626. Man. N.Z. Coleopt., p. 910. 



Subopaque, piceo-rufous, the funicle and tarsi paler. 



Rostrum quite opaque, with relatively coarse, close, shallow, rugose 

 punctuation, which is continued to behind the eyes, the apical portion with 

 fewer and much finer punctures ; the whole derm dull with dense minute 

 sculpture ; the occiput finely punctate. Thorax evidently longer than 

 broad, posterior angles curvedly narrowed, its sides only slightly rounded, 

 gradually narrowed anteriorly and constricted near the apex ; disc slightly 

 flattened, distinctly but not coarsely or closely punctured, more coarsely 

 and rugosely near the frontal constriction. Elytra moderately punctate- 

 striate, intermediate stripe shallow, interstices and suture with serial pvmc- 

 tures and appearing rugose. 



Female. — Rostrum red, only slightly shining, its sculpture very much 

 finer, the thorax with the linear median space nearly smooth. 



^ . Length, 1| lines ; breadth, f line. 



Otago : Mount Maungatua and Dunedin. One pair. 



Stenotoura, gen. nov. 



Body subdepressed, very elongate and narrow, moderately shining, 

 sparsely and minutely pubescent. 



Rostrum quite as long as thorax, arched above, slender, subparallel. 

 8cape inserted before the middle, elongate and slender, slightly thickened 

 apically, flexuous, barely attaining the front of the eye. Funiculus elongate 

 and slender, loosely articulated, 2nd joint longer than 3rd. Club ovate, 

 elongate. Eyes not prominent, moderately distant. Occiput short, more 

 or less distinctly marked off nearly midway between the eyes and thorax. 

 Thorax triangular-ovate, only moderately constricted in front. Scutellum 

 distinct. Elytra very elongate and parallel, narrowed posteriorly, nearly 

 thrice the length of the thorax. Legs moderate, tibial hooks rather small ; 

 3rd articulation of the tarsi a little dilated, with short lobes. 



Toura differs in many details of structure. Agrilochilus may be at once 

 distinguished by its opaque and densely pubescent surface. Stenotoura 

 should be located between these genera. 



Stenotoura exilis, Broun. 2193. Man. N.Z. Coleopt., p. 1245. (Plate XV, 

 fig. 6.) . • 



Nitid, dark red or ferruginous, antennae and tarsi paler. 



Rostrum very slightly, hardly perceptibly, narrowed behind, its punctu- 

 ation moderately fine and close, somewhat longitudinally disposed, nearly 

 smooth in front, a little convex but not at all carinate along the middle ; 

 the vertex punctate to beyond the eyes ; the occiput with a few fine punc- 

 tures. Thorax slightly wider behind the middle than elsewhere, basal 

 margin a little incrassate ; disc unimpressed, distinctly but not closely 

 punctured, more finely and closely in front. Elytra feebly striate but with 

 distinct punctures, the intervals nearly as large as the punctures, interstices 

 with indistinct distant serial punctures, closer along the suture. 



Underside flat, shining, ferruginous, minutely and scantily pubescent, 

 finely yet distinctly and rather sparingly punctate. Anterior coxae dis- 

 tinctly but not at all widely separated, little more than half as much 



