OF NEW ZEALAND. 1199 



thoracic apex. Thorax subcylindric, base and apex truncate, ocular 

 lobes distinct. Elytra elongate-cordate. Tihlce flexuous, niucronatc 

 and slightly dilated at the extremity, corbels of the posterior not 

 perceptibly cavernous; tarsi densely clothed, third joint bilobed. 

 Prostcrnwni widely incurved in front ; anterior coxge prominent, 

 nearly contiguous, placed near the front of the breast ; mctaiitcrnuvi 

 short, hind coxte widely separated ; abdoiueu moderately elongate, 

 basal segment quite truncate between the coxa?, rather larger than 

 second, their suture oblique or llexuous, third and fourth well 

 developed with straight sutures, fifth broadly impressed. 



The presence of ocular lobes shows that it belongs to the second 

 division of the Otiorhyncliida:. The eyes, scrobes, and rostrum 

 distinguish it from all the genera of that section. The facies of the 

 body resembles the typical Catoptes. 



2122. H. S38VUS, '^v. C'o/a'ea', opaque, blackish ; covered with 

 round, depressed, ashen or greyish scales and short pallid set<B ; 

 legs and antenna? dark but a little rufescent. 



Bostrum much shorter than thorax, finely and distantly sculp- 

 tured, not carinate. Scape clothed with long and short setie ; 

 second joint of funiculus slightly shorter than first, joints 3-7 

 transverse; club elongate - oval, acuminate. Tliorax regularly 

 rounded laterally, without asperities, its sculpture tine, consisting 

 of minute granules with a puncture in each. Scutellum minute. 

 Elytra' broader than thorax at base, shoulders obtuse, narrowed 

 posteriorly, apices simple ; the suture raised from top of hind slope 

 backwards ; striate-punctate, punctures moderate as to size and 

 contiguity ; interstices simple. 



Underside clothed with elongate, hair-like, greyish scales anrl 

 hairs, on the metasternum and basal ventral segment the clothing 

 is thicker and yellower. 



Length (rost. inch), 2|- lines ; breadth, nearly 1 line. 



From the mountains near Lake Tekapo, 2, 500ft. -6, 000ft. Col- 

 lected by Messrs. A. T. Urquhart and T. F. Cheeseman. 



2123. H. sethiops, "•■!>■• Black, a little shining, tarsi and 

 antennae pitchy-red ; nearly nude. 



Thorax rather broader than long, widest near the middle, lightly 

 curvedly impressed near the front, covered with fine irregular rugosi- 

 ties, and on some parts finely punctate-granulose. Elytra striate- 

 punctate, suture raised behind ; third and fifth interstices somewhat 

 broader than the others, finely sculptured ; apices a little produced. 



The insect rather more robust than H. scevus, the derm more 

 glossy, rostrum decidedly shorter. The nudity is not due, I think, 

 to abrasion, as the squamosity in one example of H. scevus was not 

 easily rubbed off' ; had the scales been deciduous 1 should have con- 

 sidered this to be merely a varietal form of the typical species. 



Length (rost. inch), 2^-3 ; breadth, li lines. 



Lake Tekapo mountains. Five individuals. 

 15 — PT. v. 



