694 COLEOPTERA 



specimen that had been compared with the typical one, I beUeve, in 

 London. 



Length (rost. excl.), nearly 3 lines; breadth, quite i|. 



Habitat, Auckland. 



1219. C. albatUS, «-i". -Z?(?^r black, covered with depressed white 

 scales and setce ; tarsi and antennx' ierruginous, the tibiae and extremity of 

 femora reddish. 



Head and rostrtim rather narrow, the latter indistinctly carinated on 

 the middle, and somewhat rugosely punctured, both squamose. Fro- 

 thorax a little convex, slightly broader than long, a good deal narrowed 

 anteriorly, not much wider at the middle than behind ; its surface is 

 punctate, and covered with thin white scales and yellowish slender setK. 

 Scutellutn squamose. Elytra large, oblong, emarginated, and wider than 

 the thorax at ,the base ; humeral angles obtuse, narrowed and declivous 

 behind ; they are rather finely punctate-striate, with finely rugose inter- 

 stices, none of which are perceptibly elevated anywhere ; their clothing is 

 the same as that on the thorax. Legs robust, clothed with fine scales 

 and setce ; tarsi rather broad. Antetince moderate ; scape nearly nude ; 

 funiculus finely hispid, the two basal articulations about equal ; joints 3-7 

 sub-moniliform ; cluh ovate, finely pubescent. 



This insect differs from the preceding one in having a narrower head 

 and rostrum, proportionately smaller prothorax, but larger oblong elytra, 

 free from posterior elevations; the antennae also are dissimilar: neverthe- 

 less, though not a true "Catoptes, it is a form so closely allied thereto that I 

 prefer associating it with the species of that genus rather than create a 

 new one for its reception. 



Length (rost. excl), 3 lines ; breadth, \\. 



One individual was sent from Otago by Professor Hutton not long 

 since. 



1 3 20, C. CUSpidatuS, n.s. Colour dark fusco-rufous ; densely 

 covered with depressed fuscous and yellowish scales and set^ ; those of 

 the latter hue predominate on the beak, head, and thorax, are scattered 

 over the disc of the elytra, but are more congregated on the posterior 

 slope, though not sufficiently to form a fascia, 



Rostrimi robust, a trifle elongated, and broadly contracted at the 

 middle, with a fine longitudinal carina. Prothorax somewhat longer than 

 broad, narrowed anteriorly ; its surface is a little uneven owing to broad, 

 shallow, irregular impressions, and with a slightly raised bare space before 

 the scutellum, which is distinct. Elytra obovate, a little convex, broader 

 than thorax, each strongly pointed at the extremity ; they are punctate- 

 striate, but the sculpture is not very evident. Antennae dark red, glossy, 

 hispid ; the two basal joints of the funiculus nearly equal, the others 

 become almost moniliform ; chih oblong-oval, finely pubescent, and dis- 

 tinctly articulate. Under-side with pale-yellow decumbent set;£. 



The Otiorhynchus-\\\.Q rostrum, and the fact of the elytra being 

 gradually but considerably narrowed towards the produced apices, will at 

 once lead to its recognition. Probably a new genus. 



Length (rost. inch), 3 lines ; breadth, \\. 



Described from one example found by Professor Hutton in Otago. 



