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R. confertus, Sharp. 2199. Man. N.Z. Coleopt., p. 1248. 



Narrow, siibdepressed, nigrescent ; tlie head, rostrum, antennae, and 

 legs rufous ; shoulders fusco-rufous. 



Rostrum elongate, cylindric. Elytra deeply striate, the striae very 

 closely punctured. 



Somewhat similar to R. parvicornis. I have not seen it. 



Length, 2| mm. 



Picton. 



R. constrictus, Sharp. 2200. Man. N.Z. Coleopt., p. 1249. 



Narrow, subdepressed, fulvo-rufous. 



Thorax longitudinally depressed on the middle, and with a slight smooth 

 space on the middle. • Elytra flat, coarsely punctate-seriate, interstices 

 impunctate. 



May be placed near R. parvicornis. I have not seen it. 



Length, 2;^3 mm. 



Grey mouth. 



R. sulcirostris, sp. nov. 



Elongate, subdepressed, dark rufous, elytra a little paler, club ful- 

 vescent ; pubescence scanty, fine, and yellowish. 



Rostrum broad in front, distinctly narrowed behind the middle, the 

 punctuation rather shallow but moderately coarse and rugose behind the 

 middle, in front with some slender longitudinal rugae and some fine punc- 

 tures ; a broad furrow extends from near the apex towards the forehead ; 

 the coarse punctuation of the head is prolonged about half-way between 

 the eyes and the thorax. Antennae stout ; 2nd joint of the funiculus very 

 slightly longer than the 3rd ; club elongate-oval, rather narrow. Thorax 

 moderately constricted in front ; if this portion were detached the remainder 

 would be quite ovate ; disc subdepressed, moderately but not closely 

 punctured. Elytra subparallel, the base slightly yet quite appreciably 

 incurved medially, and about as broad there as the widest part of the thorax, 

 behmd the middle ; they are distinctly striate-punctate ; near the suture, 

 however, on each there are two striae ; interstitial punctures distant and 

 indistinct. Tibiae with a slende'r mucro at the inner extremity. 



In some respects like R. contiguus. The rostal furrow, narrow club, and 

 incurved elytral base, taken together, distinguish this species from all the 

 others. 



J . Length, 1| lines ; breadth, J line. 



Mount Egmont. One, minus a leg. 



Camptoscapus, Broun. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., November, 1893. 



Subdepressed, with some minute greyish hairs. 



Rostrum more than half the length of thorax, moderately stout, very 

 slightly arched, subparallel, or gradually narrowed towards the eyes in 

 both sexes ; in the female rather more slender, with the antennal insertion 

 behind the middle. Eyes moderately jjrominent, distinctly separated from 

 the thorax by the short smooth occiput. Antennae moderately stout and 

 elongate, inserted medially. Scape not at all short, incrassate but not 

 abruptly clavate near the apex : this thick portion is bent backwards, the 

 basal slightly in the opposite direction, in both sexes. Funiculus 5-articu- 

 late, 2nd joint nearly as long as the basal, 3-5 transverse. Club ovate, 



