1174 COLEOPTERA 



half the length of the body, filifonn, bearing blackisli hairs ; basal 

 joint pyriform ; second very small ; third more than half the length 

 of the fourth. Prothorar rather broader than long, its sides rounded, 

 apex truncate, base marginated and bisinuate ; disc a little uneven, 

 having a broad curved impression extending from side to side ; its 

 punctation similar to that of the head, but closer and more rugose 

 near the sides. Elytra elongate, broader than thorax at base, 

 gradually widened posteriorly ; densely and rugosely punctate. 

 Legs elongate, slender, tibial spurs minute. 



Uncleiside hiinsca.te-h\?ick, head and prosternum fulvous ; clothed 

 with fine greyish hairs. 



Length, 2^ lines ; breadth, ^ line. 



Waitakerei Range. Two examples. 



Obs. — No. 746 belongs to this genus, and therefore becomes 

 TecJunessodes picticornis. Dr. Sharp {Trans. Ent. Soc, 1882, p. 87) 

 described a Techviessa distans, which I have no doubt is identical 

 with No. 746. The structural details had most likely been over- 

 looked by him. 



Group- OTIORHYNCHID^. 



Cecyropa, 



Pascoe. 

 {Sharp; Trans. Boy. Dub. Soc, 1886.) 



Eostrnm breve ; scrobes brevissimae, profundag ; antennaruni 

 clava breviter ovalis. Tibige anteriores apice extus dilatato. 



This is a very interesting form, reproducing in several respects 

 the characters of one of our most familiar European weevils formerly 

 assigned to Cneorhinus, but now correctly separated as the genus 

 Philopedon. It differs, however, in some very important particulars : 

 Philopp.don is one of the genera where the mandibular scar is pre- 

 sent, but only in a rudimentary condition ; whereas in the New 

 Zealand insect it is apparently quite absent ; so that this genus can- 

 not be assigned to the Otiorhyncliidcv with certainty at present. 



The rostrum is very short and thick, and the short scrobes are 

 very deep ; they possess, however, at their upper and posterior part, 

 a slight prolongation directed towards the undersurface of the 

 rostrum, not towards the eye ; the mentum is rather small, but the 

 maxillse are not exposed ; the scape of the antennae is elongate, 

 reaching back behind the front margin of the thorax ; tha eyes are 

 round, but little convex; the tliorax is without the slightest trace of 

 ocular lobes, but vibrissas are present in a rudimentary state ; the 

 prosternum is not emarginate in front, and is of moderate length ; 

 the front coxce are rather small, and are contiguous, though their 

 cavities are very nearly separated ; middle coxae a good deal, hind 

 very widely, separated ; first ventral segment moderate, separated 

 from the second by a strongly-arcuated suture, which is obliterated 

 in the middle ; tarsi with th'e third joint bilobed ; the first joint of 

 the front feet entirely concealed (viewed in front) by a prolonga- 



