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iu form, but it is smaller, opaque, densely squamose, and has differently 

 sculptured elytra. 



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



Waimarino ; January, 1910. A solitary individual in my own collection. 



3308. Pactola fuscicornis sp. nov. 



Opaque, nigrescent, antennae, tibiae, and tarsi fuscous ; squamosity 

 dense, for the most part black, indistinctly intermingled A^-ith ashy grey, 

 along the middle of the thorax and on a pair of small spots between the 

 hind thighs there are some pale-tawny scales, on the legs and elytra there 

 are a few short erect white setae. 



Rostrum subparallel, shorter than thorax, indistinctly punctate. Head 

 depressed behind, with a pair of small crests there. Eyes subrotundate, 

 coarsely faceted. Thorax subcylindric, moderately constricted before the 

 middle, not at all closely punctured, with a pair of pale, small, median 

 tubercles. Scutellum small, grey. Elytra twice as broad as thorax, thrice 

 its length, much narrowed behind ; disc not quite flat, uneven, depressed 

 before the middle, striate-punctate at the base, quite striate behind ; there 

 is a narrow small nodiform elevation on the suture in front of the middle, 

 the interstices uneven but without conspicuous tubercles, on the 3rd there 

 is a Small pale nodosity, on each, in line with the base of the hind thigh, 

 and on the 5tli a small dark prominence just below the summit of the 

 declivity. 



Scape slightly curved and thickened towards the extremity, implanted 

 near the apex ; basal joint of funiculus stout and as long as the next four 

 combined, 2nd joint very slightly longer than broad, joints 3-7 short and 

 moniliform ; club large, triarticulate, oblong-oval, densely pubescent. 



Much smaller than the typical species (825), proportionately narrower, 

 the thorax longer, the legs more slender, and the scape fuscous instead of 

 being fulvescent. P. demissa (826) is not only smaller, but has narrower 

 elytra, which are free from inequalities. It can hardly be confounded with 

 P. nitidido. 



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



Waimarino ; elevation, 2,700 ft. One found during January, 1910. 



3309. Pactola binodiceps sp. nov. 



Subopaque, variegate, fuscous ; base of femora, the tarsi, antennae, 

 and apical declivity more or less fusco-testaceous ; the legs and elytra 

 somewhat speckled, these latter, before the middle, with a triangular dull 

 sooty mark, they bear several erect white setae. 



Rostrum almost as long as thorax, indistinctly carinate. Head with 

 -a pair of tawny nodosities behind, these are tipped with white setae. 

 Thorax cylindric, slightly constricted near the front, a little longer than 

 broad, not closely or distinctly punctured, with a pair of small tawny crests 

 just in front of the middle and a more minute pair near the base. Scu- 

 tellum small. Elytra quite double the width of thorax at the base, nearly 

 four times its length, their apices rounded singly, quite oblique towards 

 the suture, so that the testaceous pygidium is visible behind ; they are 

 broadly impressed before the middle, somewhat uneven, distinctly striate- 

 punctate, more definitely sulcate behind ; the 3rd interstice of each elytron 

 has a median taM^ny nodosity, the 5th is less evidently nodose near the 

 base and middle, the 2nd, 3rd, and 4th are very slightly raised in front of 



