100 Tninsactions. 



3263. Tigones albopicta sp. nov. 



Subdepressed, nigrescent, densely clothed with opaque nigro-fuscous 

 scales and decumbent greyish setae ; on the 3rd interstices, near the be- 

 ginning of the hind slope, there is a spot formed of nearly white scales ; 

 legs and scape slightly, the funiculus more distinctly, rufescent. 



Eostrum pterygiate, a third shorter than thorax, the shallow longi- 

 tudinal grooves separated by an obtuse keel. Head simple. Thorax 

 slightly rounded laterally at the middle, its length and breadth about equal, 

 with a slight ridge along the centre, its sculpture completely concealed. 

 Scutellum triangular. Elytra nearly thrice the length of the thorax, and 

 broader than it is at the base, narrowed but not abruptly declivous behind, 

 with simple apices ; their sculpture consists of rather narrow serial 

 punctures; the suture and 5th interstices are only very slightly elevated 

 behind, and the 3rd at the base. 



Scape stout and finely setose ; 2nd joint of funiculus as long as the 1st, 

 joints 4-7 moniliform. 



There can be no difficulty in recognizing this species, owing to the 

 smoky vestiture and pair of white spots on the after part of the elytra. 



Length (rostrum inclusive), 6 mm. ; breadth, 2 mm. 



Orepuki. My specimen is from Mr. H. Hamilton's collection, and was 

 given to me by Mr. A. O'Connor. 



3264. Platyomida hamiltoni sp. nov. Platyomida White, Man. N.Z. 



Coleopt., p. 1186 = Empaeotes Pascoe, p. 441, and Eurynotia 

 Broun, p. 440. 



Asperate, opaque, rufo-piceous, tarsi and antennae fusco-rufous ; densely 

 covered with pale-coppery and grey scales, the latter congregated at the sides 

 of the thorax and on the top of the posterior declivity, and also with some 

 squamiform setae, which are chiefly confined to the sides of the thorax and 

 more elevated parts of the hind-body. 



Rostrum nearly a third shorter than thorax, and, owing to the dense 

 squamosity, not distinctly carinate. Eyes large, very slightly convex, 

 wice as distant from each other as they are from the thorax, with a linear 

 impression between them. Thorax slightly dilated laterally near the 

 middle, of equal length and breadth ; its surface very uneven, with a broad 

 longitudinal impression in front and behind, its punctation hidden, but with 

 several dark specks which, in some lights, seem like minute tubercles. 

 Scutellum small. Elytra slightly sinuate at the base and but little broader 

 than the thorax there, wider behind the oblique shoulders, apical declivity 

 nearly vertical and much narrowed ; biseriate-punctate near each side 

 of the suture, more irregularly punctured near the sides ; 3rd interstices, 

 on the disc, slightly trinodose, the basal elevation not projecting, and with 

 a larger additional prominence on the top of the posterior declivity ; 5th 

 nearly similarly nodose, but without any basal elevation, not extending 

 as far back, and less prominent ; the declivity itself rather rough, bearing 

 several small tubercular elevations ; their sides also are uneven. 



Basal two ventral segments covered with yellowish squamae, the others 

 with greyish setae. 



Legs squamose, and bearing also many more or less curled greyish 

 setae ; tibiae flexuous, the posterior corbels with a narrow external trun- 

 cature and double cilia. Scape gradually incrassate and attaining the 

 back of the eye; 2nd joint of the funiculus rather longer than Ist, 



