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3290. Heteromias foveirostris sp. nov. 



Body moderately convex, sparingly clothed with pale depressed setae 

 and soft elongate grey scales, these latter, however, are very easily brushed 

 off ; subopaque, nigrescent, antennae and tarsi obscure pitchy red. 



Kostruni scarcely half the width of the thorax, shining and finely punc- 

 tate in front, with a well-marked elongate interantennal fovea, its hind 

 portion finely yet distinctly longitudinally rugose. Head rather closely 

 punctured, and with a shallow fovea on the vertex. Thorax slightly wider 

 near the middle than elsewhere, moderately rounded there, very gradually 

 narrowed behind ; the median groove somewhat interrupted, but mode- 

 rately well impressed near the base and apex ; its frontal punctation is 

 like that of the head, but becomes closer, coarser, and somewhat rugose 

 towards the sides and base. Elytra moderately striate-punctate ; inter- 

 stices finely and closely granulate. Antennae finely setose ; club opaque, 

 densely and finely pubescent. 



Underside shining black, with some fine greyish setae. Fifth ventral 

 segment more distinctly, but not coarsely, punctured than other parts. 



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



Vanguard Peak. Another interesting weevil found by Mr. H. Hamilton 

 at a height of 5,000 ft. 



Group indeterminate. 



3291. Geochus posticalis sp. nov. GcocJms Broun, Man. N.Z. Coleopt., 



pp. 445, 1221. 



Compact, convex, broadly oval, moderately nitid, sparingly and irregu- 

 larly clothed with pale-yellowish suberect setae ; rufo-fuscous, the apical 

 declivity and a large irregular space on each elytron piceous ; tarsi and 

 antennae somewhat testaceous. 



Rostrum shorter than thorax, narrowed near the base, stout, with 

 coarse linear sculpture. Eyes rather flat, coarsely faceted. Thorax sub- 

 conical, the width at the base a third greater than the whole length, a good 

 deal narrowed near the front ; relatively coarsely and moderately closely 

 pxmctured, with a sUght frontal longitudinal carina, its apex somewhat 

 rufescent. Elytra a little broader than thorax at the base, much broader 

 behind, the sides moderately rounded, posterior declivity vertical and con- 

 siderably narrowed ; their punctation coarse and somewhat rugose near' 

 the sides but seriate alongside the suture, and forming well-marked striae, 

 with raised interstices, along the declivity. 



Legs stout, the femora with depressed, the tibiae with outstanding, 

 setae ; the anterior tibiae much narrowed below, but not distinctly angu- 

 late at the middle. Tarsi triarticulate, the joints transverse, the terminal 

 entire, without claws. 



Antennae slender, club pubescent ; scape much shorter than the funi- 

 culus, curved and clavate at the extremity ; basal joint of the funiculus 

 subovate and thick ; 2nd as long as the 1st, but very slender ; joints 3-5 

 monihform, yet rather longer than broad ; club triarticulate, elongate- 

 oval, intermediate joint largest. 



Somewhat similar to G. politus (1239), but with much coarser and 

 different sculpture. 



Length (rostrum inclusive), 2| mm. ; breadth, 1| mm. 



Wairiri, Kaikoura. Unique. Discovered by Mr. W. L. Wallace. 



