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setae ; the sides for tlie most part are infuscate grey, but in unabraded 

 specimens there is a whitish band across the top of the posterior decHvity, 

 the middle of the dorsum being brownish. 



Rostrum sHghtly and gradually narrowed medially, squaraose behind, 

 rather closely rugose-punctate in front. Antennae inserted behind the 

 middle ; the scape short and attaining the front of the eye, very gradually 

 thickened ; funiculus nearly twice the length of the scape, basal 2 joints 

 very elongate, equal, 3-7 gradually decrease in length but are of nearly 

 equal breadth ; club ovate, its basal portion rather narrow. Eyes sub- 

 truncate in front. Thorax nearly as long as broad, widest near the sub- 

 truncate base, which is closely adapted to and of about the same width as 

 that of the elytra ; it is rather gradually narrowed, but not constricted 

 anteriorly, its apex rounded ; the surface is moderately finely and closely 

 punctured ; ocular lobes present. Elytra subcordate, widest near the 

 middle ; they are punctate-striate, the sutural 2 striae are well marked and 

 quite deep behind, the pmictures oblong and distinctly separated, inter- 

 stices moderately convex. 



Legs long and stout, densely clothed ; tarsi setose imderneath, pen- 

 ultimate joint expanded and lobate. 



Underside nearly plane, punctate and densely squamose. Pectoral 

 canal deep, limited between the intermediate coxae by the strongly elevated 

 borders of the mesosternum. Metasternum short. Basal ventral segment 

 large, quite a half longer than the next one, which is longer than the meta- 

 sternimi ; 3rd and 4th short. 



Somewhat variable, most specimens almost wholly obscure grey ; two 

 bear much darker fuscous scales, with the lighter parts tawny. In some a 

 small scutellum is visible. 



Length (rostrum exclusive), If lines ; breadth, 1 line. 



Raoul Island. 



Found on Metrosideros by Mr. Wallace. 



Aldonus, White. Man. N.Z. Coleopt., p. 482. 



Body oblong-oval, moderately convex, squamose or setose. 



Male. — Rostrum a fifth shorter than the thorax, its frontal portion 

 sHghtly thicker than the basal. Scrobes deep, beginning between the apex 

 and the middle, and extending to the front of the eyes, and with an apical 

 prolongation. Scape moderately stout, very gradually incrassate, barely 

 reaching the eye. Funiculus 7-articulate, 2nd joint rather longer than 1st, 

 both moderately elongate ; joints 3-7 gradually thickened, so that the 

 transverse 7th is as broad as the base of the club, which is rather narrow, 

 subovate, and indistinctly triarticulate. Head immersed nearly to the 

 eyes, short and rounded. Eyes flat, their frontal or inner margin truncate. 

 Thorax broader than long, contracted but not abruptly in front, the base 

 bisinuate so that the obtuse angles rest on the elytra, the ocular lobes finely 

 cihated. Scutellum small and depressed. Elytra shghtiy wider than 

 thorax at the base, humeral angles obtusely prominent. 



Femora deeply notched near the extremity, and appearing medially 

 angulate below. Tibiae strongly uncinate. Tarsi with silky hairs under- 

 neath the basal 2 joints ; the 3rd with short brushhke vestituro, much 

 shorter and broader than the preceding ones, and evidently bilobed ; the 

 terminal joint of about the same length as the basal. 



Pectoral canal deeper in front than it is between the coxae, not extending 

 into the mesosternum, being limited behind by the mesosternal lamina, 



