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crests ; the elytra broader behind but narrower at the base ; the femora 

 not distinctly dentate. It may be separated from other species by the 

 oblique, brightly coloured shoulders. 



Length (rostrum exclusive), 5| mm. : breadth, 3 mm. 



Mount Quoin. Taken off the trunks of Fagns trees (black birch), at 

 a height of about 4,000 ft., by Mr. H. Simmonds, who sent me the specimen 

 from which the description has been drawn up. 



3321. Crisius semifuscus sp. no v. 



Opaque, fuscous ; the elytra from the shoulders to the apex, except 

 on the middle at the base, thickly covered with pale-tawny scales and a few 

 short grey setae, the legs similarly clothed ; tarsi and antennae ferruginous. 



Rostrum arched, subparallel, equalling the thorax in length, longitudi- 

 nally rugose and punctate, more finely in front, with a few squamae at the 

 base. Thorax only slightly broader than long, much contracted in front, 

 very sparingly clothed ; with a pair of small apical crests, and with another 

 pair between the middle and each side across the front of the broad basal 

 portion, there is a slightly elevated and abbreviated ridge along the centre, 

 its punctation is moderately coarse but becomes rather finer and closer 

 in front, the intervals are densely and minutely sculptured and appear 

 somewhat asperate. Scutellum obsolete. Elytra subcordate, much broader 

 than thorax at the base, their sides uneven, with 4 or 5 nodosites along 

 each, much narrowed posteriorly ; on the dark basal part the punctures 

 are coarse, but are less so, and quite seriate, behind ; on each elytron the 

 3rd interstice, near the base, is uneven but not distinctly nodose, but on 

 top of the decUvity there is a nodiform elevation, there are 3 others near 

 the side, and another close to the apex. 



Femora evidently angulate and dentate below, tibiae externally curvate 

 above ; tarsi rather narrow, their 3rd joint only moderately expanded. 

 Scape rather slender, gi-adually thickened ; 2nd joint of the funiculus nearly 

 double the length of the 1st, 3rd and 4th oblong, 5-7 submoniliform ; club 

 elongate, triarticulate. 



Metasternum very short, medially depressed. Basal ventral segment 

 twice as long as the 2nd in the middle. Underside densely covered with 

 pale-tawny scales and setae, but the middle of segments 2-4 with dark 

 fuscous. 



The disposition of the elytral vestiture, and rather rough thoracic 

 sculpture, render its identification a comparatively easy matter. 



Length (rostrum exclusive), 4 mm. ; breadth, 2 J mm. 



Titahi Bay, near Wellington. A single individual from Mr. A. O'Connor. 



3322. Crisius decorus sp. nov. 



Variegate, densely squamose, to a gi'eat extent nigrescent ; the 

 shoulders, a large transverse space across the elytra, near the middle, and 

 a few other specks, yellowish-grey ; crimson scales predominate on the 

 rostrum, and are distributed amongst the dark ones on the thorax and 

 hind-body ; antennae and tarsi fusco-rufous. 



Rostrum arched, as long as thorax, abruptly constricted at the base, 

 nude, pitchy red, and finely punctate near the apex. Thorax sHghtly 

 broader than long, its anterior half abruptly contracted and bicristate at 

 the apex, a pair of dark crests tipped with grey are placed in front of 

 the broad basal portion, near the middle : its punctation is rather coarse 



