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the declivity, the 5th terminates abruptly at the summit and appears nodi- 

 form there ; there are some other smaller asperities. 



Scape slender, very gradually incrassate, only slightly curved ; basal 

 joint of funiculus thick, as long as the following three taken together, 2nd 

 very slender at the base, its breadth about half the length, joints 4-7 small 

 and bead-like ; club large, oblong-oval. 



Underside subopaque, fuscous, the coxae tawny ; rather finely and 

 distantly punctate, obscurely pubescent ; the intermediate ventral seg- 

 ments with some coarse white setae, the 5th with a shallow fovea at each 

 side, the basal two segments slightly convex, both large, the suture between 

 them exceedingly indistinct. 



After comparison with nine specimens of P. uariabiUs, obtained at widely 

 distant localities, I feel justified in considering P. hinodicefs a valid species ; 

 its eyes are smaller and less prominent, the tibiae less robust, and the 

 elytra rather narrower at the base. Ordinarily specimens of 825 have 

 finely striate-punctate elytra with more strongly developed tubercular 

 elevations, and simple apices ; none have occipital nodosities. 



Length (rostrum inclusive), 3| mm. ; breadth, \\ mm. 



Waimarino ; January, 1910. Two examples. 



Group Anthonomidae. 



3310. Hypotagea lewisi sp. nov. Hypotagea Pascoe. Man. N.Z. Coleopt.. 

 p. 456. 



Suboblong, moderately convex, slightly nitid ; pale ferruginous, of a 

 darker red between the hind thighs ; sparingly clothed with decumbent 

 elongate yellow setae, the sides of the thorax and after part of the elytra 

 more thickly covered with elongated cream coloured scales. 



Rostrum arched, subparallel, moderately slender, about a third longer 

 than thorax, smooth but not carinate along the middle, almost punctate- 

 striate at the sides. Thorax of about equal length and breadth, only 

 moderately contracted near the front, nearly straight behind, base and 

 apex truncate, its surface, like the head, moderately coarsely and closely 

 punctured. Scutellum subtriangular, shining, rather small. Elytra evi- 

 dently broader than thorax at the base, more than twice its length, gradu- 

 ally curvedly narrowed behind, with strongly rounded apices, thus leaving 

 the pygidium slightly exposed ; they are punctate-striate ; the grooves, 

 however, are not deep ; the pale squamae do not entirely cover the hind 

 portion, the suture and a broad spot on each elytron, about half-way down 

 the declivity, being nearly bare, having only a few inconspicuous, slender, 

 erect, infuscate setae. 



Scape glabrous, slender, a little thickened near the extremity, inserted 

 nearer the apex than the middle, and attaining the front of the eye. Funi- 

 culus with some slender outstanding setae, 2nd joint rather shorter than the 

 basal, 3-5 almost equal, each longer than broad, 6th and 7th somewhat 

 shorter, bead-like. Club oblong-oval, rather large, triarticulate, finely and 

 densely pubescent. 



Femora coarsely punctate, all armed with a triangular tooth underneath,, 

 the anterior pair considerably longer than the others. Tibiae flexuous,. 

 the front pair distinctly mucronate at the inner extremity and much more 

 elongated than the posterior. Tarsi finely setose underneath, their basal 

 joint longer than the 2nd, the next expanded and bilobed, the terminal as 

 long as the 1st, with strongly appendiculate claws. 



