OF NEW ZEALAND. 85I 



distant minute granules, most obvious near the suture ; hind-slope 

 almost punctate-striate ; apex round. Underside clothed like the 

 upper ; two basal segments of abdomen large, bearing many trans- 

 verse, almost granular elevations ; head striated across. Legs scaly ; 

 femora sub-clavate beyond the middle ; tibiae nearly straight. 



Differs from the typical species in being almost without ocular 

 lobes. 



Length (rost. inch), 7 lines; breadth, 2f. 



Mount Maungatua, near Dunedin. My specimen was found by 

 Mr. S. W. Fulton. 



Group-CYLINDRORHINID^. 



Inophloeus (p- 439)- 



1514- I. prselatus, "s. Opaque, nigrescent; tarsi obscure 

 rufo-piceous ; covered with minute, rounded, depressed grey scales 

 and decumbent scale-like setse. 



Bostrum shorter than thorax, median carina w^ell marked, apex 

 nude, densely rugose-punctate. Antennae hispid, scape gradually 

 incrassated and attaining the back part of the eye; funiculus 

 7-articulate, the two basal joints almost equal, elongate, the others 

 obconical, club distinct. Prothorax about as long as broad, widest 

 before the middle, ocular lobes w^ell defined ; uneven, rugose-punc- 

 tate, with a dorsal groove. Scutcllum small, but distinct. Elytra 

 broader than thorax, and about three times its length, ovate-oblong, 

 sides vertical, abruptly dellexed behind, disc slightly convex ; each 

 elytron with six dorsal rows of large oblong foveae, the third and fifth 

 interstices gradually elevated posteriorly, the former terminating 

 suddenly at the summit of the posterior declivity, but not forming a 

 dentiform projection ; the hind-slope without fovea?, apices simple. 

 Legs clothed like the body; tibiae ciliated \\ith greyish bristles. 

 Underside clothed, and, excepting foveao, sculptured like the upper. 



Narrower and more oblong than I. inuus, none of the elytra 

 interstices so much elevated, the third not protuberant, and the 

 apices not produced. 



Length (rost. inch), 7 lines; breadth, 2^. 



Described from a single example found at Taieri by Mr. Sydney 

 W. Fulton, of Outram. 



Echinopeptns. 



Nov. gen. 

 Bostrum robust, gradually incrassated apically, as long as 

 thorax, apex triangularly grooved ; scrobes deep in front, less so on 

 reaching the eyes. E/jes angulated below, not prominent, moderately 

 fticetted. Antenna n\odei-a.te ; scape gradually thickened, not quite 

 attaining the eye ; funiculus 7-articulate, second joint shorter than 

 first, 3-7 obconical ; c/«6 ovate, 3-jointed. Pro^/io?-aa; rather broader 

 than long, dilated laterally, base bisinuate, apex truncate, ocular 

 lobes well developed, convex. Scutelluvi minute or invisible. Elytra 

 bisinuate, and but little broader at base than thorax, nearly plane 



