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pies (O. H. Swezey). Mr. Swezey informs me that the larvae 

 are miners in the lower part of the leaves of Astelia reratroides. 



Proterhinus abnormis n. sp. 



Red, the elytra with bhick markings, sometimes ahnost wholly black. 

 Head rarely black. Antennae red, the club sometimes black. The ap- 

 pressed clothing is of a golden color. The female head is like that of a 

 male, there being no development of the beak such as is usual in the 

 former sex of the genus. Beak short, transverse or at most almost 

 square in outline, the eyes strongly convex, but not large ; the antennae 

 with the second joint longer and much stouter than the fourth, second 

 joint of club much wider than the first and in some aspects the club 

 appears almost as only 2-jointed, though its first joint (i.e. the 9th an- 

 tennal joint) is really both longer and evidently wider than the 8th. 



Pronotum witli three depressions, the hind ones sometimes feeble 

 (liable to be concealed by excretions), its sides rounded, but the curves 

 are suddenly interrupted in front, so that the anterior constriction is 

 great or consideral)le ; the golden clothing is fairly evenly distributed, 

 but the bottom of the anterior fovea is often bare. Elytra usually with 

 a conspicuous black or dark area on each side about tlie middle, but in 

 one specimen the black is much more extensive, leaving only the basal 

 margin and some spots on the apical third pale. Tlicy arc prettily varie- 

 gated in pattern, owing, in general, to the absence of the golden clothing 

 from the darker parts. The short pale erect setae are very sparse 

 and not conspicuous, chiefly noticeable at the sides and on the apical 

 portion. The surface of the elytra is more or less uneven, some parts 

 being slightly raised. This is especially noticeable on the pale spots 

 which form a transverse (often broken) band on the posterior third, 

 these being evidently raised. There is often a vague oblique ridge 

 behind the shoulders and traces of other inequalities of surface. The 

 humeral angles are distinct and generally subacute or subrectangular, 

 the elytral punctures coarse. 



It may be noted that there is usually a fine median longitudinal carina 

 on the rostrum, but it is sometimes only visible in certain aspects and 

 sometimes, perhaps, wanting. Length, male and female, t. 75-2.25 mm. 



Hab. Oalm, ]\It. Kaala (Sept. 7, IDlo, and July U, llUG) ; 

 on Broussaisia, the larvae are miners in the leaves (O. H. Swe- 

 zey). Described from 11 examples. 



Proterhinus phyllobius n. sp. 



This species is allied to the preceding, the female having only a short 

 beak like that of the male, and lacking the usual characteristics of this 

 organ as exhibited by the females of all other species. The color is very 

 variable between entirely black and entirely red, except for a dark area 



