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thorax, incurved, and rather broader than it is at the base, much narrowed 

 behind ; they are a Uttle depressed medially at the base, with rather ill- 

 defined sculpture ; when examined obliquely there appear to be on each 

 wing-case 4 discoidal series of coarse quadrate or oblong punctures ; in other 

 aspects they seem substriate, with, rows of small distant granules ; the 3rd 

 interstices are shghtly elevated near the base, rather more so on top of 

 the posterior declivity ; the 5th nearly similar ; these, however, are not true 

 costae, being formed for the most part of series of grannies. 



Legs with coarse shallow^ punctures. Tibiae flexuous ; the anterior, 

 along the inner edge, bear numerous small denticles so as to appear sub- 

 serrate ; the posterior are finely asperate on the hind or upper face, finely 

 ciliate on the frontal, and distinctly curved. 



Antennae elongate, rather slender, bearing fine yellowish setae, those 

 on the club more numerous ; basal two joints of the funiculus almost equally 

 elongate, none transversed, even the 7th being rather longer than broad. 



Underside shining, black, with very few slender inconspicuous setae. 

 Prosternum coarsely punctate, mesosternum rather finely ; metasternum 

 flat, with a few coarse punctures. Basal ventral segment broadly and 

 deeply impressed, coarsely punctured at the sides, and without any dis- 

 cernible median suture at its apex. Second segment covered with distinct 

 granules, and on a slightly higher level than the following ones ; 5th rather 

 longer than 2nd, with finer granular sculpture, grooved along the middle, 

 broadly rounded and finely ciliate at the apex, beyond which the 6th segment, 

 though short, is quite distinct. 



This is rather larger, blacker, and more nitid than the previously de- 

 scribed species (2143 and 2561), and can be easily separated from them by 

 its curvate hind tibiae. 



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



Waimarino, 2,600 ft. ; January, 1910. One specimen. Another, no doubt 

 a male, which I found at Raurimu, 1,900 ft., during the same month, was 

 mounted on its back, and the description of the peculiar sculpture of the 

 under-surface has been drawn up from it. 



3284. Phemus constrictus sp. nov. 



Subnitid, nearly glabrous, the few pale slender setae hardly perceptible 

 except on the legs ; black, legs rufo-piceous, antennae and tarsi pale ferru- 

 ginous, apex of rostrum shining pitchy red. 



Rostrum nearly as long as thorax, with coarse shallow punctures, and 

 a groove with subcarinate borders extending from the eyes to the antennae ; 

 its almost impunctate apical portion is not marked off, and, indeed, is pro- 

 longed behind the antennae. Thorax slightly longer than broad, a little 

 constricted in front ; behind this contraction the sides are moderately 

 rounded ; its surface is moderately coarsely and closely punctured, more 

 finely m front, and the usual mesial groove from base to apex is rather 

 broad but not very deep. Elytra incurved at the base and scarcely any 

 wider than the thorax there ; they are not definitely striate, but have 

 series of coarse subquadrate punctures, which become obsolete behind ; 

 the suture and the 3rd interstices are slightly elevated near the top of 

 the posterior declivity, the 5th terminate as minute granules. 



Tibiae slightly flexuous, distinctly mucronate, the posterior almost 

 quite straight behind, the anterior obsoletely denticulate along the inner 

 edge. Antennae rather elongate ; basal joint of the funiculus quite as 

 long as the second, 7th subquadrate. 



