Coleoftera.] ^ SURANTARCTIC ISLANDS OF NEW ZEALAND. 113 



fore, are far apart from the anterior coxae. The 2iid ventral segment is nearly the 

 jeno-tli of the 1st, and their suture is well marked and medially curvate. 



Ill the New Zealand list it should he located between Inophloeus and Catoptex. 



Inocatoptes incertus, Broun, litol. 



Siihncdte. moderately convex, without nodiform elevations, thinly clothed with 

 yellowish slender setiforni squamae, which, however, are more numerous on the 

 rostrum and sides of the thorax and elytra ; with the exception of the piceous funi- 

 culus, it is almost uniformly castaneo-rufous. 



Rostrum rather shorter than thorax, rather flat, with a fine central carina termi- 

 nating in a small fovea between the eyes. Scrohes open above, extending from the 

 apex, where they are deep, towards, but not reaching, the eyes. Scape straight, 

 somewhat abruptly clavate at the extremity, and extending beyond the back of the 

 eye. Fimiculus 7-articulate ; basal 2 joints of equal length ; 3rd obconical, dis- 

 tinctly shorter than the preceding one ; 4-7 moniliform. Cluh elongate, quite half 

 the length of funiculus, triarticulate. Thorax one-third broader than long, widest 

 near the front, more obliquely narrowed in front than behind ; its surface uneven, 

 with a median basal and 1 or 2 lateral impressions, its punctuation indistinct, fine, 

 and shallow. Scutellum distinct, its apex curvate. Eli/trn oviform, a little wider 

 than thorax at the base ; (Ui each elytron there are 6 series of punctures ; the 4 

 nearest the suture are finer than the outer 2, and almost form striae ; interstices 

 broad and nearly plane, without distinct sculpture, the 7th from the shoulder 

 backwards, and the 3rd near the apex, more or less convex. Legs stout. Femora 

 medially dilated. Tibiae flexuous and acutely produced at the inner angle. Corbels 

 of the posterior simiile, concave. Tarsi with brushlike soles, 3rd joint expanded 

 and bilobed. 



The unique specimen was found on the main island liy the Hon. H. C. Butler, 

 and is deposited in the Canterbury Museum. 



Length (rost. inch), 8 lines ; breadth, 3;^ lines. 



Hob. — Auckland Islands. 



Heterexis, gen. nov. 

 Elongate. Rostrum broad, one-third longer than the head but shorter than the 

 thorax, its apex moderately dilated ; the clypeal portion subtriangular. connate, 

 without lateral grooves. Scrohes quite apical and open above. Scape straight, 

 clavate at extremity, attaining the back of the eye. Funiculus 7-articulate, basal 

 2 joints obconical and only moderately elongate, Ist rather longer than 2nd, joints 

 3-7 slightly decrease in length, moniliform. 7th quite transverse. Cluh oblong, 

 triarticulate, intermediate articulation c|uadrate and as long as the basal one, terminal 

 small and conical, and in one appearing to consist of two closely united articulations. 

 Head as broad as front of thorax, slightly narrowed anteriorly. Ei/es widely distant 

 from each other and from the thorax, quite lateral, not quite flat, transversely oval. 

 Thorax subquadrate, base and apex slightly emarginate in the middle, without 

 {H. sculptipennis) or with feeble {H. laeviusculus) ocular lobes. Scutellum distinct. 

 Elijtra oblong, slightly oviform, their shoulders narrow and equal to base of thorax 

 in width, narrowed posteriorly and leaving a portion of the pygidium exposed. 

 Femora moderately clavate. Tibiae flexuous, incrassate at apex, the anterior 

 8— S. 



