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seriate, and rather coarse but not deep ; on the rather long but not vertical 

 apical slope the sculpture is very much finer and substriate ; a pair of 

 oblique elongate crests form the boundary of the scutellar depression, 

 there are 4 just behind these across the disc, and a curvate series of 8 on 

 top of the hind slope, a rather larger one just below these at each side, 

 and some smaller ones near the apex ; their sides, near the middle, appear 

 uneven, owing to the presence of 3 coarse tufts. 



Legs elongate, moderately slender, with curled tawny setae, tibiae not 

 distinctly mucronate. 



Antennae finely setose, scape medially inserted, gradually moderately 

 thickened apically ; 2nd joint of funiculus as long as the basal, 3-6 sub- 

 quadrate, 7th larger ; club ovate, pubescent, obsoletely articulate. 



Prosternum incurved in front, and fringed with coarse tawny setae ; 

 the breast and coxae bear similar setae. Metasternum short, with a straight 

 transverse median groove. Basal ventral segment rufescent, distinctly 

 punctate, convex, angularly emarginate behind ; 2ud on a lower plane 

 than the 1st, in the middle about as long as it is, flat and smooth, dull 

 smoky black ; 3-5 reddish, with deep straight sutures ; the 5th curvedly 

 narrowed, transversely impressed behind the middle, with fine setae and 

 punctures. 



This species does not agree exactly with the type of this genus, and 

 cannot be referred to Phrynixus. The scrobes are open above as in Lithocia, 

 but are oblong rather than foveiform. The eyes are longitudinally oval, 

 free from the thorax, rather widely distant above and slightly prominent. 

 The apex of the thorax is very distinctly incurved, and the sides, in front, 

 are obtusely rounded so as to form ocular lobes. If similar species are 

 discovered they will be entitled to generic separation. 



Length (rostrum exclusive), 5 mm. ; breadth, 2| mm. 



Mount Quoin. The discovery of this species, at a high elevation, is due 

 to Mr. A. O'Connor. 



3280. Bradypatae minor sp. nov. Bradypatae Broun, Man. N.Z. Coleopt., 

 p. 1206. 



Subopaqu.e, pale brown, antennae and legs more or less rufescent ; with 

 irregularly distributed setae, coarse and curled on some parts, quite small 

 on others. 



Rostrum arched, as long as thorax, its anterior half a little expanded, 

 the posterior less than half the width of the front of thorax ; with 

 numerous depressed pale-yellowish elongate squamae, and an indistinct 

 groove along each side of the middle behind. Head contracted behind the 

 prominent eyes, and scarcely visible above. Thorax as long as broad, base 

 and apex truncate ; the latter bears coarse, somewhat bent, pale squami- 

 form setae ; its sides are somewhat similarly clothed, and thus appear 

 a little dilated just behind the subapical constriction ; disc uneven, having 

 a slight median crest before the middle, and a pair proceeding from the 

 centre of the base, obliquely, towards the sides in front; the intervening 

 depressions seem smooth ; the punctation discernible near the base is 

 coarse and shallow. Elytra of about the same width as thorax at the base, 

 much broader behind, posterior declivity vertical ; the scutellar depression 

 is distinct and smooth, and bordered laterally by finely setose elevations ; 

 on each there are 2 series of coarse punctures alongside the suture, 

 and interrupted rows nearer the side ; this discal portion is very sparingly 

 clothed with short setae ; near the side there are 4 or 5 somewhat rounded 



