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Platyomida, White. 



Antennae long, slender, basal joint nearly reaching the 

 front of thorax ; funiculus seven-jointed, first two joints 

 longest, all the joints thickened at the end and furnished 

 with longish hairs; club elongated, three-jointed, last joint 

 pointed ; thorax not much wider than the head, nearly as 

 wide as long ; scutellum small, rounded at the end ; ely- 

 tra widest just beyond the middle, each elytron pointed at 

 the end ; legs longish, femora somewhat clubbed near the 

 end ; tibiae of fore and middle legs slightly bent at the end ; 

 tarsi with the second joint small. 



This new genus approaches some of the species of Pla- 

 tyoraus. 



Hoplocnp:me cinnamomea. 



Rich chestnut brown ; head gi-adually wider behind, 

 beak ferruginous, between the eyes some fulvous, chestnut 

 scales ; thorax thickly clothed with fulvous chestnut 

 scales, with a few blackish hairs intermixed ; scutellum 

 pale yellow ; elytra covered with fulvous chestnut scales, 

 the sides ferruginous, the back with many shallow, longi- 

 tudinal lines, with impressed points ; many elongated, 

 palish hairs, running somewhat in lines and mixed with 

 the scales on the upper part of the elytra ; legs ferrugi- 

 nous, smooth. 



Length, 2^ lines. 



Hab. New Zealand, — Colenso Esq. 



Platyomida binodis. 



Grayish, with pink and purplish reflections ; thorax 

 grooved in the middle, somewhat warty above ; elytra with 

 many longitudinal rows of deepish points, each with a 

 large, somewhat compressed tubercle near the suture, be- 

 yond the middle. 



Length, 5 J lines. 



Hab. New Zealand, Capt. Parry. 



Otiorhvnchus guiseus. 



Grayish ; beak in the middle above with a short, smooth 

 keel ; thorax somewhat rounded, rather deeply punctured, 

 deep brown, with gi-ayish scales ; elytra covered with 

 small, gray scales, the shoulder somewhat bluntly keeled, 

 the back with longitudinal rows of punctures placed some- 

 what in pairs, and with small hairs proceeding from the in- 

 terstices ; tibiae with longish, white hairs. 



Length, S^ lines. 



Hab. New Zealand, — Colenso Esq. 



Rhadinosomus acuminatus. 



Rhadinosomus acuminatus, Schonh. Cure. VI. 473. 



Curculio acuminatus, Fabr. Syst. Ent. 152, 132. Oliv. 

 PL 11,/. 139. 



Leptosomus acuminatus, Schonh. Cure. l\. 169. Waterh. 

 Trans. Ent. Soc. U. 192. PL 17,/. 2. 



Hab. New Zealand. 



HoPLOCNEME, White. 



Antennas moderate, scape reaching to beyond the eye, 

 somewhat beut, very little thickened at the end ; funiculus 

 six-jointed, first joint thickest, the next five somewhat cup- 

 shaped, the club nearly as long as the funiculus, four- 

 jointed, two first joints cup-shaped, last joint bluntish ; 

 beak shortish, thick, depressed, antennal groove short, 

 transverso-oblique, beginning near the end of beak ; eyes 

 largish and prominent ; thorax somewhat strangulated in 

 front, sides rather straight ; scutellum distinct, sides paral- 

 lel, end rounded ; elytra straightish at the base, elongated, 

 sides nearly parallel ; intermediate and hind pairs of legs 

 with a strong, compressed tooth near the end of the femo- 

 ra ; tibia; slightly curved. 



Not far removed from Orchestes. 



HOPLOCNEME HOOKEEI. 



Bluish black, with ferruginous legs ; head behind the 

 eyes wider than the thorax in front, beak smoothish ; 

 head thickly punctured above ; scape of antennas pale fer- 

 ruginous ; thorax thickly punctured above, below on each 

 side with a widish line of white, close-pressed hairs ; ely- 

 tra without scales or hairs, with many longitudinal lines 

 with impressed dots, the interstices with short, transverse 

 lines. 



Length, 2 lines. 



Hab. New Zealand. 



Okopterus, White. 

 Antennae longish, scape just reaching to the eye, straight- 

 ish ; funiculus seven-jointed, the last joints nearly equal in 

 thickness and close together, club ovate, joints indistinct; 

 beak long, considerably curved, cylindrical, a groove on 

 the sides for the scape of antennas; thorax gradually wider 

 behind, the sides nearly straight, in front and behind ab- 

 rupt ; elytra at the base straight, with a conical protube- 

 rance in the middle, elytra rounded at the end ; legs long- 

 ish ; femora very slightly thickened near the end ; tibiiE 

 straight. 



Okopterus coniger. PL S,Jig. 15. 



Pale ferruginous ; beak and head punctured ; thorax 

 finely striated transversely ; elytra rather coarsely punc- 

 tured in lines, with a strong, conical, pointed protuberance 

 nearer the margin than the suture, smooth and free fi'om 

 hairs ; legs paler than upper parts. 



Length, 2 lines 



Hab. N. Zealand. 



ScoLOPTERUs, White. 

 Antennae situated in a slight depression on the side of 

 beak near the tip, moderate, slender, scape reaching be- 

 yond the eyes, as long as the rest of the antennae ; funicu- 

 lus seven-jointed, first joint equal to the following two 

 taken together, very distinct from them and thickened at 

 the end, the others gradually larger as they approach the 

 club, which is very long and very distinctly three-jointed, 

 the first two joints cup-shaped ; beak slightly bent, some- 

 what depressed ; eyes flattened ; thorax gradually wider 

 behind, the sides perfectly straight, in fi-ont and behind 



