962 COLEOPTERA 



widest part of the hind-body. The grey scales form spots on the 

 back, sometimes three on the thorax, two at the base of the elytra, 

 and many others on the disc. 



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



Found on the underside of a log on the sea-beach near New Ply- 

 mouth, Taranaki. 



Group-CYLINDRORHINID-ffi. 



Inophloeus (p. 439)- 



1737- I. egregius, ^^-s. Piceous, antennae and tarsi obscure- 

 rufous, densely covered with minute, flat, greyish-red scales and 

 paler decumbent, scale-like setae. 



Bostrum quite as long as thorax, rather narrow, and expanded 

 near the apex only, not perceptibly carinate, rather closely but finely 

 punctured. Scape reaching the back part of the eye, squamose ; 

 funiculus elongate, its joints gradually decreasing in length, first 

 twice as long as third. Thorax a good deal narrowed behind, 

 widest before the middle ; a little unlevel, its punctation con- 

 cealed by the squamosity. Scutelluvi distinct, griseous. Elytra 

 sub-oblong, shoulders oblique, sides not parallel, vertical and 

 narrow behind, apices obtuse ; there are two horizontal protube- 

 rances on the summit of the posterior declivity, and three less con- 

 spicuous elevations just behind, on a lower plane, and darker in 

 colour ; striate-punctate, somewhat uneven, but without well-defined 

 costae. Tibice flexuose. 



Clothed like Empceotos crispatus, but, with the exception of the 

 absence of the usual carinae on the beak, a veritable Inophloeiis. 

 The rostrum is longer than common. 



Length (rost. inch), 4^ lines ; breadth, if. 



Mount Egmont, elevation 3,500ft. 



Lyperobius (p- 444)- 



1738. L. CUpiendus, '^-s. Sub -ovate, convex, sub -opaque, 

 black, the depressed parts covered with greyish scale-like matter. 

 Underside more or less punctate, and bearing some fine pallid 

 scales. 



Differs from L. carinatus as follows : — 



Rostrum more coarsely and rugosely sculptured, with irregular 

 furrows formed by confluent punctures. TJiorax with a median and 

 two lateral, broad, shallow impressions, caused by coarse confluent 

 punctures, the spaces between these depressed parts with fewer 

 punctures, all, however, larger than those seen on L. carviatus. 

 Elytra shorter ; including the lateral margin and suture, each has 

 nine costae, the sutural reaches the apex, the second is angularly 

 united to the ninth, and the third to the eighth, the fourth and sixth 

 are shorter and confluent, the fifth is insulated and does not attain 

 the base ; the second, fourth, and sixth are narrower than the others ; 

 all are more or less finely and distantly punctated ; the intervals 

 between the costae are densely covered, so that their sculpture is 

 concealed, but it seems to consist of shallow pits or cavities sepa- 



