118 Trdiisdctiuiis. 



Legs moderately elongate ; tibiae flexuous, the anterior mucronate ; 

 tarsi of moderate length, with setigerous soles, their 3rd joint deeply cleft 

 and lobate. 



Prosternum deeply incurved in front, with contiguous and prominent 

 coxae ; middle coxae distinctly, the posterior widely separated. Meta- 

 sternum no longer than the basal ventral segment, which is depressed and 

 distinctly curved between the coxae, its apical suture quite definite and 

 medially incurved, 3rd and 4th together quite as long as the 2nd, the 5th 

 depressed behind. 



This denizen of the cold alpine regions of the South Island, though 

 nearly related to Clypeorhyncluts, is distinguishable therefrom by the absence 

 of any frontal suture of the rostrum, by the stouter and shorter antennae, 

 less prominent mandibles, shorter and more expanded penultimate tarsal 

 joints, and by the divaricate elytral apices. 



3287. Phygothalpus sulcicollis sp. nov. 



Subopaque, castaneo-fuscous, tibiae and tarsi rufo-castaneous, antennae 

 obscure ferruginous ; sparingly clothed with pale, slender, depressed setae, 

 but near the extremity of the hind-body the setae are coarser and more 

 flavescent and some quite erect. 



Rostrum finely tricarinate, with irregularly punctate intervals, its frontal 

 portion finely punctured. Head short, punctate, and more or less rugose. 

 Thorax very slightly longer than broad, a little wider near the middle than 

 elsewhere, with a broad median groove from base to apex ; its punctation 

 distinct but not coarse or very close ; in each puncture there is a fine straw- 

 coloured seta. Elytra distinctly punctate-striate, the suture slightly ele- 

 vated and paler behind ; interstices nearly plane, without any discernible 

 sculpture. 



Underside shining, finely and sparsely setose ; the coxae and basal 

 ventral segment rufescent. The punctation rather fine and not close, but 

 in front of the metasternum there is a series of rather larger but not coarse 

 punctures, it is broadly and deeply depressed behind. In front of the 

 prosternum a broad slight impression, which is nearly smooth behind, 

 is very closely and finely sculptured at the apex. 



Length (rostrum inclusive), 7 mm. ; breadth, 21 mm. 



Bold Peak, Lake Wakatipu. Another of Mr. H. Hamilton's interesting 

 novelties, found under stones at an elevation of about 6,500 ft. 



Group Cylindrorhinidae. 



3288. Tocris aterrima sp. nov. Tocris Broun, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., 



ser. 7, vol. 14, p. 115. 



Convex, moderately nitid, black ; club dull, fuscous ; nearly nude, 

 having only some greyish setae. 



Rostrum a third shorter than thorax, irregularly but not coarsely 

 punctate ; with 2 broad impressions extending from the point of antennal 

 insertion and ending as a large interocular fovea ; they are divided by 

 a longitudinal ridge and bordered externally by an oblique one. Thorax 

 a third broader than long, widest at or just before the middle, and a good 

 deal narrowed behind, where, however, the sides are straight, or nearly 

 so, with rectangular angles ; its surface is uneven, having an obtuse nodi- 

 form elevation near each side of the fine, abbreviated central ridge, an 

 irregular longitudinal one near each side, and, before the middle, a pair of 



