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Akt. XVI. — Descriptions of New Genera and Species of Coleoptera. 

 By Major T. Broun, F.E.S. 



[Mead before the Auckland Institute, 22ivd Noveynber, 1910.] 

 (Continued from Vol. XLIV.J 



Group Otiorhynchidae, 



3259. Nicaeana nesophila sp. nov. Nicaeana Pascoe, Man. N.Z. Coleopt., 



p. 427. 



Elongate, moderately convex, opaque ; thickly covered with rotundate 

 depressed squamae, chiefly whitish along the sides and the suture of the 

 elytra, and also forming specks on the dorsum, where they are of a pale 

 uifuscate hue, across the top of the posterior declivity darker scales form 

 an irregular band ; legs and antennae fusco-rufous. 



Rostrum rather shorter than thorax, about as broad at its base as the 

 head, slightly narrowed towards the finely setose extremity. Eyes slightly 

 prominent, free from thorax, lateral, not spherical, being somewhat longi- 

 tudinally oval. Thorax almost as long as broad, a little rounded before 

 the middle and gently narrowed backwards, base and apex truncate, its 

 punctation completely concealed ; on its sides there are a few short erect 

 grey setae. Scutellum obsolete. Elytra rather wide and rounded at the 

 middle, much narrowed towards the base, which hardly exceeds that of 

 the thorax in breadth, the apical declivity nearly vertical and a good deal 

 narrowed ; they are regularly and rather finely striate-punctate ; the setae 

 are not numerous, some are white, others fuscous. 



Underside pdceous, densely clothed with depressed grey setae ; basal 

 ventral segment flat, rather longer than the 2nd. 



Scape stout, reaching just beyond the back of the eye, bearing many 

 greyish setae ; 2nd joint of the funiculus as long as the 1st, joints 3-7 ob- 

 conical, longer than broad ; club elongate, oval, triarticulate. Legs rather 

 elongate, with grey scales and setae. 



The antennae are obviously longer than those of N. cinerea or N. cervina, 

 and equal those of N. infuscata (2860), which most resembles this species, 

 which, however, has less-flattened eyes, and the body appears much more 

 medially contracted, owing to the greater width of the middle portion of 

 the elytra. 



Length (rostrum inclusive), 4^ mm. ; breadth, 1| mm. 



D'Urville Island. My specimen, like many others, is from Mr. A. 

 O'Connor's collection. 



3260. Epitimetes grisealis sp. nov. Epitimetes Pascoe, Man. N.Z. 



Coleopt., p. 435. 



Convex, oblong, narrowed anteriorly, opaque ; fuscous, tarsi pale cas- 

 taneo-rufous, funiculus shining ferruginous ; encrusted with greyish sappy 

 matter, through which numerous short setae protrude ; these are more or 

 less* inf uscate and erect. 

 4 — Trans. 



