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and clothed with scale-like hairs. Mandibles exposed at apex o£ ros- 

 trum, and laminate, that is, presenting externally and in front a well 

 marked edge: aerobes deep in front, elongate, vague behind, not 

 reaching the eye, this latter oval, contiguous with the margin of 

 the thorax. Antennae elongate and slender, scape elongate, clavate, 

 extending backwards beyond the eye, 1st joint of funiculus very 

 elongate, but not quite half so long as the scape, club elongate-oval, 

 slender, evidently three-jointed, the three joints of about equal length. 

 Thorax siib-oblong, narrower at the base than the elytra. Legs 

 elongate, tarsi slender, third joint with elongate lobes. 



This genus may be placed in the Bhyparosomides of Lacordaire, 

 where, however, it is an anomalous form. Having somewhat the ap- 

 pearance of Plirijnixus, Paseoe, it is abundantly distinct therefrom by 

 the elongate scrobes, and by the slender third joint of the tarsi, which 

 joint, moreover, is divided so deeply as to form two remarkably elongate 

 lobes. It is an interesting fact, that although the scrobes are not 

 terminal, yet they possess a very evident lateral dilatation after the 

 manner of the Rhyncliides., The remarkable differentiation of the an- 

 terior and posterior portions of the rostrum appears to me to indicate 

 that even in the CarculionidcB with elongate rostrum, the portion in 

 front of the antennal insertion is made up of the transformed clypeus, 

 although frequently no trace of a division between the epicranium 

 and clypeus can be detected. 



Cltpeorhtis'chtjs geacilipes, n. sp. 

 Convexus,fusco-ferrugineus, setulis liaud densis maculatim vestitus, 

 anfennis pedihusque gracilihus, aetuUs erectis tenuihus minutis ; pro- 

 thorace eloiigato, anteriiis impresso, posterius ruguJoso. 



Long., excl. rost., 6 mm. 



Rostrum rugose, in front of the antennae smooth and shining, the vertex between 

 the eyes with an elongate impression. Thorax longer than broad, its greatest width 

 in front of the middle, slightly narrowed behind, more distinctly narrowed in front, 

 the upper surface rugose and limited on each side by an irregular band of dense 

 sub-depressed pale sette, and in the middle in front deeply impressed. Elytra 

 oblong-oval, obliquely narrowed at the shoulder, the surface rather uneven, but 

 without distinct prominences, rather vaguely striate, the striae marked with irregular 

 depressions, with irregular spots of pale squamiform setae. Legs slender, all the 

 tibiae evidently sinuate internally, and with their inner angle prolonged and acu- 

 minate. 



Mr. Helms has sent this species as No. 132, and informs me that 

 it was found at Mouri Creek, about sixteen miles from Greymouth. 



{To be concluded in our next). 



