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large though shallow oblique impressions ; between the distinct frontal 

 punctures there are some minute ones similar to those on the middle of 

 the disc, but the basal region is somewhat coarsely granulate and rugose. 

 Scutellum obsolete. Elytra ovate-oblong, rather wider than thorax at 

 the base, and nearly thrice its length ; on each elytron, alongside the 

 suture, there are 2 series of moderately large but not sharply defined 

 punctures ; similar ones between the 3rd and 5th and the 5th and 7th 

 interstices have longitudinal series of granules which are absent, or in- 

 distinct, on the sutural ones ; the 3rd interstices are moderately elevated 

 from near the base to the top of the posterior declivity, but do not end 

 abruptly there ; the 5th are less distinct at the base, but extend further 

 back ; the sculpture of the declivity is much finer. 



Underside shining, black, sparingly clothed with depressed yellowish 

 setae. Mesosternuni distantly punctured on the middle, closely on the 

 sides. Metasternum, between the intermediate and posterior coxae, shorter 

 than the 2nd ventral segment. Basal segment broadly medially impressed, 

 with fine transversely rugose and granular sculpture ; 5th closely sub- 

 granulate, and with a rather large apical depression ; 6th short and 

 thick. 



Palpi robust, all of equal length, occupying nearly the whole buccal 

 cavity, the last two joints of each pale chestnut, the terminal subacicular. 

 Mandibles lamelliform, truncate inwardly, vertical in front. 



Although similar in appearance to the typical species, T. latirostris 

 (2911), this is larger, more glossy, and the underside has difterent scidpture 

 as well as the upper. The basal depression of the thorax is absent, but 

 there is a narrow central ridge. The series of punctures on the elytra are 

 separated singly in 2911 by more or less distinct longitudinal interstices, 

 and the rostral sculpture also differs. 



Length (rostrum inclusive), 14| mm. ; breadth, 5|^ mm. 



Vanguard Peak, near Macetown, Lake Wakatipu. Found by Mr. H. 

 Hamilton at an elevation of 5,000 ft. 



3289. Tocris hamiltoni sp. nov. 



Nigrescent, but, except on the suture and raised elytral interstices, 

 densely covered with small depressed oviform pale testaceous squamae ; 

 tarsi and club infuscate. 



Rostrum of normal proportions, nearly plane, with a bare linear space 

 along the middle, its punctation concealed by the squamosity. Head with 

 a small interocular fovea and a narrower one behind it. Thorax about 

 a third broader than long, obtusely prominent laterally before the middle ; 

 mth a broad but shallow impression between the middle and base, divided 

 in front by a longitudinal, smooth, but hardly at all raised line ; there is 

 also a deeper impression near each side behind the middle ; it is distantly 

 punctured, but rather more closely near the base ; the apical margin is 

 rufescent and very sUghtly emarginate in the middle. Scutellum small 

 but distinct. Elytra rather broader than thorax at the base, which is 

 oblique from each shoulder to the suture ; they are oblong-oval, more than 

 twice the length of, and obviously broader than, the thorax, with minutely 

 protuberant apices ; alongside the suture, on each elytron, there is a series 

 of rather fine punctures, and close to the sides of the dark and somewhat 

 elevated 3rd and 5th interstices the serial punctures are rather larger and 

 cause the interstices to appear crenulate ; the 7th, or marginal one, is like 

 the others ; none reach the apex. 



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