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3-7 longer than broad ; club elongate-oval, triarticulate, densely and 

 minutely pubescent. 



No other described species accords with this. In P. amota (1415) the 

 inequalities are almost confijied to the after part of the elytra ; there, 

 however, they are very much more conspicuous. 



Length (rostrum inclusive), 7|^mm. ; breadth, 3 mm. 



Mount Greenland, Westland. My specimen was received from Mr. 

 O'Connor, but was discovered as an altitude of 2,500 ft. by Mr. H. Hamilton, 

 whose name has been attached to it. 



3265. Platyomida morosa sp. nov. 



Narrow, asperate, opaque, piceous, antennae and tarsi pitchy red, 

 squamosity dull coppery brown. 



Somewhat similar to P. haniiltoni, evidently narrower ; the dark-grey 

 setae scarcely relieve the prevailing sombre aspect. The central thoracic 

 impression is almost continuous. Scutellum obsolete. The 3rd elytral 

 interstices are trinodose behind the posterior femora ; on the 5th there 

 are 3 nodosites, the central is placed in line with the hind thigh, the anterior 

 is distant from the base and as far from the central as the posterior is ; 

 there is another at each side, about equidistant from the base and middle, 

 besides other smaller inequalities. 



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



Mount Greenland. A single individual, from the same source as the 

 preceding species. 



3266. Lyperobates guinnessi sp. nov. Lyperobates Broun, Man. N.Z. 



Coleopt., p. 1461. 



Robust, opaque, piceous ; densely covered with small cupreous squamae, 

 those on the rostrum slightly tawny ; antennae and tarsi rufo-piceous. 



Rostrum subpterygiate, nearly as long as thorax, with 2 broad longi- 

 tudinal grooves separated by a median carina ; the scrobes deep, quite 

 open above, prolonged to the apex, and extending obliquely almost to 

 the lower part of the eyes. Head short., nearly as broad as the front of 

 thorax, on the same plane as the rostrum, rather broader than it is. and 

 with an elongate interocular fovea. Scape opaque, slightly flexuous and 

 rather slender ; 2nd joint of funiculus elongate and rather longer than 

 the 1st ; club elongate-oval, triarticulate. Thorax of equal length and 

 breadth, its sides somewhat narrowed near the front, almost straight 

 behind ; disc a little uneven, with 3 moderate frontal ridges and an 

 obtuse median elevation behind the middle ; near each anterior angle 

 there is a broad impression ; no punctures are visible, but some minute 

 black granules can be seen ; a few pale elongate scales or coarse setae 

 are distributed over the surface, in front especially. Scutellum covered 

 with very slender flavescent setae. Elytra with pale setae at the base, 

 just as wide as thorax there, each elytron slightly curved towards the 

 suture ; the shoulders gradually dilated towards the large lateral pro- 

 minence just behind each middle thigh, and at that part twice the width 

 of the thorax ; there is a small nodosity near each hind thigh ; from thence 

 the sides are a little incurved and again expanded, so that the outer hori- 

 zontal prominences on top of the apical declivity extend very nearly as 

 far outwards as the post-humeral dilatations ; the dorsum is not quite 

 flat, being broadly concave behind ; it is subtruncate on the summit of 



