80 ( OI.KOI'TIOIIA. 



fiiscuiis ; ;iiit»'iiiia«'. K'<;s. and elytra fuscd-tcstatoous. tlicsc la.st inoltlcd 

 with pale hrown. 



Iltitil short and hroad. (incly hut not < losi'Iy punctate, suhiriaiudate 

 lieliind the eves. Lohnim exposed, its ape.x distinctly eniur<j;inate. .1/)- 

 Innidc ehm^'ate. 2nd joint sliort. lird more than half the ieiifith of the 

 follcnvinii one. Thoftix with obtuse aii^iles. the width doulile tlie lenjith. 

 it is sli;zhtlv sinuat*' towards the sides in front, the middle of tlie ha.se is 

 hroadly rounded, its side.s are explanate. finely marj^ined, and oidy slij^htly 

 curved ; it is very finely and not at all closely ])unctvn-ed, the pubescence 

 near its sides, thcnijih slender, is suberect. Scutrllinii larjre, triauffular. 

 punctate. Kh/lnt ratlier wider tlian thorax, oblon«i. moderately closely 

 and verv distinctlv punctured, a little depressed alongside tlie sutun*. but 

 (piite obsoletely tricostate. 



The li^htlv dappled elytra are similar to those of ('. in(illif<, but the 

 diminution of bvdk. the pair of well-marked blacki.sh spots on the thorax, 

 rather short 3rd joint of the antennae, and the obsolete costae are dis 

 tinctive. ('. dcbilis. also with mottled win«i;-cas«'s. though not alluded to 

 in its description, can be easily separated by the uranidar sculpture of the 

 thorax. 



In one exanipN' the dark s])()ts on tlu' thorax are accoinpaiued l>y slight 

 depressions. 



Len;ith. '.\\ lines; breadth. IJ lines. 



Waitakerei Kanjie. and Mount Manaia. near \Vhani;arei. X couple of 

 specimens are all I could find. 



3()(>9. Cyphanus granulosus sp. nov. 



Oblong, rather broad, slightly convex, rather thickly clothed with 

 vellowish decumbent hairs and erect slender setae ; head and thorax siib- 

 opaipie. dark fusco-rufous ; elytra moderately nitid, rufo-castaneous ; legs 

 and ])al})i dark fusco-testaceous, antennae ferruginous. 



Ucdil rather short, about as broad as the front of thorax, its 

 sides slight Iv dilated behind the eyes, the surface finely granulate, more 

 closelv near the eves, each granule with a minute puncture. Thorax nearly 

 twice as broad as long, its sides distinctly margined and regularly rounded ; 

 posterior angles more obtuse than the anterior, which are nearly straight, 

 though not at all prominent ; the base a little sinuate, apex almost truncate 

 towards the sides ; disc densely and minutely punctate-granulate ; the 

 lateral sloj)e not channelled, but less clo.sely and more perceptibly granulate. 

 ScutcUum convex. Ehflra broader than thorax at the base, gradually 

 widened posteriorly, apices broadly rounded separately and leaving the 

 e\tr<'mitv of the abdomen uncovered ; they are ob.soletely costate. closely 

 and moderately Hnely punctate, with the shoulders and basal margin 

 evidentiv paler and nearly smooth. Tibiae straight, hnely setose. 



J >(/>*«»«/> elongate, pubescent ; basal joint thick ; "Jnd short ; 3rd elongate, 

 not much shorter than 4th. 



r luUrsidv finely ])ubescent and punctate ; the stcnnini rufe.scent. 

 abdnnir)! fuscous. Terminal rcniral sninicul short, broadly and slightly 

 impres.sed : the 1th, on <'ach side of the middle, with an ol)li(|uely transverse 

 cavitv. with a tuft of elongate setae in each. 



Labial /;(///*( furcate, their '2nd joint Hnely .seto.se. strongly prolonged 

 backwards. 3rd as long, attached to the outer and frontal part of the pre 

 ceding one. Pmslrrnnl process hastate, medially punctate, or granulate, 

 and projecting into the triangular cavity of the mesosternum. the intercoxal 

 Uwiivn slender and nearlv vertical in front. 



