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at the base ; the shoulders oblique and rounded behind, the median lateral 

 prominences also obtusely rounded, the posterior moderately expanded, not 

 prolonged backwards ; between each of these and the suture, on top of 

 the apical declivity, there is a smaller horizontal nodosity ; each elytron 

 has 4 dorsal series of coarse punctures, the lower marginal series along the 

 somewhat inflexed sides are rather coarser than those nearer the upper 

 surface ; the disc itself is just a little uneven, the 3rd and 5th interstices 

 being interruptedly and only obtusely elevated ; the hind declivity is nearly 

 vertical, unevenly convex along the suture, somewhat maculated and 

 coarsely punctate ; there are some minute dark granules along the middle 

 of the disc. 



Legs with elongate setae. Scape slightly flexuous and gradually incras- 

 sate. 



The general contour is somewhat similar to that of L. waterworthi (3122), 

 but the sculpture is totally different. Tlie rather coarse and definite serial 

 punctation is its chief distinguishing feature. 



Length (rostrum inclusive), lOi mm. ; breadth, 5 mm. 



Mount Ngauruhoe. One picked out of leaf-mould sent to me by Mr. 

 W. J. Guinness in March, 1910. 



Phaeocharis gen. nov. 



Rostrum stout, nearly as broad as the head, quite half the length of 

 thorax, not pterygiate, parallel, depressed in front, obtusely ridged above. 

 Scrobes deep, open above, beginning near the apex and extending obliquely 

 downwards, but not reaching the eyes. Scape thick, very gradually incras- 

 sate. Funiculus 7-articulate, basal two joints elongate, 3rd obconical, 4-7 

 mbniliform. Club oblong-oval, triarticulate. Head short, nearly the width 

 of the thoracic apex. Eyes moderately prominent, with coarse facets, 

 subrotundate, rather less than their own length distant from the thorax, 

 widely separated above. Thorax without ocular lobes, of about equal 

 length and breadth, base and apex subtruncate. Scutellum absent or 

 indistinct. Elytra somewhat cordate, broader than thorax at the base, 

 shoulders oblique, narrov/ed and nearly vertical behind. Legs stout and 

 elongate ; tibiae flexuous, mucronate, the posterior a little dilated, corbels 

 with single cilia, without any external truncature. Tarsi rather short, 

 their 3rd joint bilobed and bearing elongate setae underneath, the 1st slender 

 at the base and glabrous below. 



Prosternum widely incurved in front, the coxae prominent and con- 

 tiguous, equidistant from base and apex ; intermediate coxae moderately, 

 the posterior widely separated. Metasternum short. Epipleurae linear. 

 Abdomen nearly plane, basal segment broad and almost truncate between 

 the coxae, 2nd about half the length of the 1st, not longer than 3rd and 

 4th combined. Mentum large, subquadrate. Palpi invisible. 



Li Hygrochus the prosternum is not incurved, the scape only reaches 

 the back of the eye, the scrobes are very different, the elytra are not 

 broader than the thorax at the base, &c. Lyperobates has a distinct external 

 truncature of the posterior corbels, the eyes are longitudinal, the scrobes 

 differ, and the scape does not extend beyond the back of the eye. In 

 Phaeocharis the scape attains the front of the thorax, the rostrum differs 

 entirely from that of these genera — in fact, it more nearly resembles that 

 of Notiopatae ; its systematic location, therefore, is clearly indicated. 



Its species exist amongst decaying vegetable matter on the ground. 



