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chus. The funicle in Hoplocneme is six-jointed, and the club is four- 

 jointed. 



Note. — I am under the impression that I sent this species to Mr. 

 Pascoe from Tairua ; at any rate, I found it there. 



820. H. squamosa, n.s. Fusco-rufous, robust, sparingly clothed 

 with white scales and hairs. Antennx ferruginous, the basal joint of the 

 funiculus, and the club, blackish ; first joint rather stout, obconical ; 

 sixth transverse; club distinct, short, oviform. Rostrum rather long, the 

 head narrow and coarsely punctured; the eyes smaller and more remote 

 than in the typical species. Thorax wider than head, sub-cylindrical, 

 widest at the base, and a little constricted in front and behind, the 

 surface coarsely and rugosely punctate. Sciitellum distinct. Elytra 

 oblong, much wider than the thorax, with obtuse humeral angles, sub- 

 parallel sides, slightly rounded ; their sculpture consists of punctured 

 strife, with rather broad scarcely-elevated slightly-rugose interstices. The 

 legs and tarsi are stout, the former ferruginous, the latter rather short, of 

 paler colour, with fuscous penultimate joints. 



Length (rost. inch), i§; breadth, \. 



Differs from H. hookeri in form, the eyes smaller, and, consequently, 

 more remote, the head narrower, the tarsi and antennal club shorter, 

 and the posterior tibiae less arcuated. 



I found this species at Tairua. 



Stephanorhynclius. 



IVJnte ; Voy. Er. Terr. , Ins. 



Antennce long, slender, inserted on the upper part of the side of the 

 beak near the tip, first joint reaching to beyond the eyes, slightly curved 

 at the base, thickened at the end into a club ; funiculus seven-jointed, 

 first joint longest, thickened at the end and very distinct from the 

 others, the second slightly elongated, other five almost globular, club 

 almost as long as funiculus, three-jointed, the first joint cup-shaped, the 

 second the longest, gradually thicker towards the end, the terminal 

 joint ovate and pointed at the end ; beak long, thick, slightly bent, 

 squarish ; an obfique deep groove from the base of antennae, termina- 

 ting on side of under part considerably before the eye, beak crested in 

 the middle in front of the eye, and on the vertex a considerable promi- 

 nence with two slight tufts ; head behind the eyes strangulated ; eyes 

 lateral, round, large, prominent, situated behind the middle of the head; 

 thorax somewhat angulated on the sides, narrow in front, almost straight 

 behind ; scutellum longer than wide ; elytra oblong, widest at base, end 

 bluntish, shoulders rectangular ; legs long, femora thick, clavate, with a 

 strong compressed tooth on the under-side ; tibia slender, those of first 

 two pairs of legs slightly curved, the tibiae of hind legs very much curved. 



821. S. CUrvipes, White ; Voy. Er. Terr., Ins. Deep yellowish- 

 brown, varied with spots and lines of different shades of colour ; legs 

 yellowish, posterior femora above with a black band ; elytra with two 



