OF NEW ZEALAND. 1213 



Bostrum xed, nearly nude, shining and finely punctate in front, 

 behind the suture tricarinate, punctate, and covered with yellow 

 setiform scales. Head impressed between the eyes. Thorax rather 

 longer than broad, widest before the middle, sides narrowed behind 

 but nearly straight, much rounded in front ; with a broad groove 

 extending from base to apex, deepest near the front, which is trans- 

 versely dej)ressed and feebly bicristate, its sculpture consists of 

 punctures and rugosities ; most of the scales are congregated in 

 lateral linear patches. ScuteUiini invisible, its region depressed. 

 Ehjira long, broadest just behind the shoulders, rnucli narrowed 

 posteriorly, shoulders thickly squamose and obliquely contracted so 

 as scarcely to exceed the base of the thorax in width ; their surface 

 somewhat uneven, bearing rows of rather shallow punctures and 

 ill-defined striae, the suture is a little elevated some little distance 

 from the base, and there are numerous large and small patches of 

 squamiform sette. Lcrjs elongate, not very slender, tibite bent, 

 third tarsal joint lobate. 



This, judging from description, makes a near approach to the 

 typical species. The carinate rostrum, grooved thorax, and dif- 

 ferently-formed hind-body, which I believe to be wingless, are good 

 distinguishing characters. 



Length (rost. inch), o% ; breadth, ii lines. 



Mr. S. W. Fulton kindly sent me a specimen which he found 

 under a rock in a creek on Mount Maungatua, Taieri. 



2142. C. OVipennis, n.s. Convex, elongate; rufo-fuscous, 

 legs obscure-reddish, but with a blackish band nea^r the base of the 

 femora, tarsi rufo-fulvous, antenna' and tip of rostrum red. 



nostrum longer than usual, its apex shining and finely punctured; 

 at the extreme front of its squamose portion there is a narrow 

 triangular excision, the fine margins of which converge and form a 

 fine median carina, on each side of this there is a not very distinct, 

 smooth, linear space. Thorax somevv^liat longer than broad, widest 

 near the front, much narrowed and depressed anteriorly, slightly 

 narrowed behind ; disc nearly fiat, with coarse irregular rugosities, 

 broadly, longitudinally grooved near apex, where there are two 

 setigerous crests, yellow setae form a vitta near each side and con- 

 tinue backwards along the shoulders ; the dorsal setae are much 

 finer than the others. Elytra elongate, oval, with oblique shoulders, 

 scutellar region depressed, without distinct superficial inequalities, 

 distinctly striate-punctate ; third and fifth interstices a little raised 

 and prominent at the base ; they are sparsely clothed with rather 

 fine setiB on the dorsum, but near the sides and behind there are 

 numerous very coarse ones, wdiich, however, do not form regular 

 tufts. Legs long, anterior tibia; much bent. Antenna- elongate, 

 second joint long and slender, the third two-thirds the length of the 

 preceding one, club elongate-oval. 



A rather large but narrow species, with a long, perfectly oval 

 hind-body. The peculiar rostral sculpture may to some extent be 

 seen in C . Lmprcssus. 



