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thorax, coarsely seriate-punctate ; 3rd interstices almost sliai-ply elevated 

 at tlie base, less so near the middle, plane behind, each with a prominent 

 elevation on top of the apical declivity ; this is sharply bordered with 

 tawny scales and, lower down, unites at the suture with its fellow of the 

 other elytron, so that the pair, Avhen examined from behind, seem to form 

 two sides of a triangle ; 5th interstices less distinctly elevated, each termi- 

 nating as an angular nodosity, but not extending as far back as that of 

 the 3rd. 



Scape opaque, with some fuscous setae. Club densely pubescent and 

 dull, about as long as the last four joints of the funiculus combined, its 

 terminal articulation evidently longer than either of the others. 



Underside with minute scales and distinct elongate setae. The anterior 

 pairs of coxae tawny ; the metasternum and middle of basal ventral seg- 

 ment fuscous, the sides of the latter and all the 2nd tawny. 



Length (rostrum inclusive), 10 mm. ; breadth, 4J mm. 



Erua, 2,500 ft. elevation ; January, 1910. Unique. 



This, the most strikingly variegated New Zealand species of the group, 

 is named in honour of Mr. C. 0. Waterhouse, of the British Museum, as a 

 slight acknowledgment of the kind assistance rendered during many years. 



Group Rhyparosomidae. 

 3277. Phrynixus setipes sp. nov. Phrynixus Pascoe, Man. N.Z. Coleopt., 

 p. 432. 



Convex, elongate, subovate, opaque ; fusco-piceous or rufo-fuscous, 

 covered with greyish sappy matter, the setae yellowish, suberect and con- 

 spicuous on the elevated parts, short and depressed elsewhere. 



Rostrum arched, a little expanded and indistinctly tricarinate in front, 

 not quite as long as the thorax, with a pair of small crests jus*" behind the 

 antennae, its basal portion more or less ridged or crested. Head narrowed 

 anteriorly to the same width as the rostrum. Eyes flat, ubrotundate, 

 just their own length distant from the thorax. Scape rather slender and 

 flexuous, but clavate at the extremity ; it reaches the back of the eye. 

 Funiculus with the 2nd joint nearly as elongate as the 1st, 3-6 short, 7th 

 suboblong, rather large. Club short, ovate, finely pubescent, obsoletely 

 articulated. Thorax a trifle longer than broad, constricted near the front, 

 where there is a pair of distinct crests, the interval with a few punctures 

 and a streak of fine setae ; the middle is tricristate, with a smaller crest at 

 each side ; there is a large elongate basal depression with obtusely raised 

 borders ; the sculpture consists of coarse irregular punctures and minute 

 tubercles. Elytra oviform, vertical behind; the shoulders are slightly 

 porrect and narrowed almost to the width of the thorax ; the base seems 

 slightly sinuate and is medially depressed ; an elongate crest extends along 

 each shoulder ; on each elytron there are 6 crests, besides another on top of 

 the declivity in line with the 3rd interstice, and 3 or 4 along the side ; their 

 punctation is very coarse and irregular, but subseriate near the suture ; on 

 the apical declivity the punctures are very much finer, but do not form 

 striae. 



Underside sparingly and rather finely setose, moderately and irregularly 

 punctate ; the 2nd segment with a transverse series of 5 coarse punctures, 

 it is flat ; the suture between it and the basal one is oblique towards the 

 middle, where it is depressed ; the 5th is more finely and closely punctured, 

 with a well-marked subapical fovea ; it is wholly, the 1st and 2nd medi- 

 ally, rufescent. 



