OP NEW ZEALAND. 1219 



antennal insertion (one-third of the whole length) rather broader 

 than the moderately-narrow hnider portion, not carinate, about as 

 long as the thorax. Scrohes oblique, deep near the apex, continued 

 along the lower surface to the eyes. Antevuce pubescent, of 

 moderate length ; scape rather slender and fiexuous, clavate at 

 extremity, attaining the eye ; funiculus 7-articulate, basal joint 

 elongate, its apex clavate, second very elongate, about as long as 

 the following four, 3-7 subquadrate, very gradually and very 

 slightly thickened ; club oviform. Eyes free from thorax, widely 

 separated above, almost truncate behind, rounded, rather small, 

 subdepressed, smooth and glassy. Thorax truncate at base and 

 apex, without ocular lobes. Scutellum invisible. Elytra apparently 

 connate, longer than thorax, their sides and apical portion vertical. 

 Legs elongate, the anterior considerably longer than the others, the 

 posterior shortest ; femora simple, curvate above ; tihice fiexuous, 

 the inner extremity acuminate ; tarsi hispid, rather narrow, third 

 joint deeply bilobed, claws small. Prosternum emarginate in front, 

 broadly depressed in the middle. Metasternum moderately elongate. 

 Abdomen elongate, its basal segments convex. Front coxce large, 

 prominent, subcontiguous ; the middle pair moderately, the pos- 

 terior widely separated. Epvpleuroi obsolete. 



The peculiar hyaline eyes, very narrow cylindrical form, and 

 unequal legs, are characters which, taken together, differentiate 

 this from all the other New Zea^land weevils. It m.ay be placed 

 amongst the Cylindrorhinidte for the present, but I cannot point out 

 any near ally. 



2148. R. OCUlarius, n-s. Opaque, sparingly clothed with 

 decumbent, yellowish, hair-like setae ; the rostrum, front legs, and 

 sides of the body blackish, the dorsum obscure fusco-rufous, the 

 tarsi and four hind legs ferruginous, antenuEe red. 



Bostrum with some feeble distant punctures, much more finely 

 and closely sculptured at the apex, the surface along the inner side 

 and front of the eyes very slightly raised, with a distinct, elongate, 

 interocular depression. Head thickened behind. Thorax evidently 

 longer than broad, gradually depressed towards the base, just 

 appreciably broader in line with the coxae than it is elsewhere ; its 

 sculpture consists of scattered wart-like elevations, on the sides it is 

 rugose, a combination of punctures and asperities. Elytra With two 

 large nodiform prominences on top of the posterior declivity, a 

 smaller one on each side just below these, and about four others, 

 all small, on the hind part ; there are four slight, elongate, basal 

 elevations, so that there seem to be three sulci there ; the rest of 

 their surface uneven, with slight longitudinal elevations and 

 numerous minute granules, or similar inequalities ; the sides have 

 three or four series of rather large distant punctures. Front thighs 

 rough, with wart-like sculpture. 



Length (rost. excl.), 2^ lines ; breadth, i line. 



Wellington. Mr. Sandager presented n:ie with his unique speci- 

 men. 



