62 COLKOI'TEHA. 



liostnim arclu'tl, suhpanillol, (Miiuillin^ the tliorax in leiiirtli. the tip bare, 

 liiioly si'uipturcd and nifo-picoous ; it is fe('l)ly tricarinatc near the antennae 

 and somewhat ridj,'ed behind them. Thniax suboblong, apex slightly in- 

 curved, with an elonj^ate median basal depression, in front of which curled 

 setae form a slight elongate crest ; similar setae form an obli(|ue series from 

 <«ich hind angle to near the middle of the apex, where they are more pro- 

 minent ; the pujictation is coarse and rugose, but almost hidd<'n by the 

 S(]Urtmae. Eli/tid ovate-obloiig. vertical behind, the basti Insinuate, so that 

 the suture and shoulders seem promin<'nt ; they are broader than the thorax, 

 and their sides are not quite straight ; there are 2 basal crests between the 

 suture and the sides, and in line with these 2 just liehind the middle, and 

 2 more prominent tufts on top of the declivity ; between this last pair the 

 .setae are concentrated in short lines ; just l:e!ow the summit there is another 

 but widely distant j)air with 6 series of short setae interpo.sed ; there is an 

 elongate crest on each shoulder, and some smaller patches along the middle 

 and sides ; the sculpture is hidden, but seems to consist of series of oblong 

 punctures, between some of which there ;irc minute tubercles : the declivity 

 is substriate. 



Legs elongate, bearing coarse curled setae. Scape tlexuous, davate at 

 apox, with minute scales ; 2nd joint of funiculus quite as long as the 1st, 

 slender near the base, 3-6 transverse, 7th larger than the preceding one ; 

 club ovate, finely ])ubescent, indistinctly triarticulate. 



Underside dull l)lack, the punctures covered with depressed, elongate, 

 yellowish scales. Prosternuni slightly emarginate in front. Metasternum 

 with its extremity truncate between the coxae. Basal ventral segment flat, 

 rather larger than 2nd, their suture indistitict, oblique towards the sides ; 

 0th medially concave and punctate, with concentrated setae at each side. 

 This, doubtless, is the male. 



This is one of a series of three nearly similar s])ecies ; the others are 

 P. simplex and P. costirostris. 



Length (rostrum inch). 2^ lines ; breadth. | line. 



Var. — Elytra, along the middle, sparingly and finely squamose ; the 

 median pair of crests indistinct. 



Raurimu and Waimarino. P'our found durijig a week's collecting tour 

 in January, 1909. 



3129. Araeoscapus fasciculatus sp. nov. Gen., Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist.. 

 October. 1893. 



Subovate, moderately convex, sultupaque ; fuscous, rostrum and an- 

 tennae obscure reddish, middle of the femora testaceous ; irregularly clothed 

 with yellowish slender scales or setae, wkich for the most part are depressed, 

 but behind are curled and fasciculate. 



Rostrum ratlier longer than thorax, strongly arched, its frontal half 

 .slightly broader than the basal, much bent, and moderately puiutate ; its 

 i>asal portion with 3 longitudinal lines of setae, so that the middle seems 

 ridged. Scape niuch lient at the ba^e, clavate ;it the extremity, and bearing 

 minute d<qires.sed setae ; 2nd joint of the funiculus more slender than 1st 

 l)ut slightly longer, 3 6 transverse, 7th nearly twice the size of the 6th; 

 club indistinctly annulate, narrowed towards the base. Eifcs rather small 

 and subrotundate, (piite free from the thoracic margin. Thorax of equal 

 length and breadth, its apex slightly incurved, more narrowed in front than 

 U'liind, l)ase truncate ; the surfai e uneven, with a larg*^ nu'dian basal depres- 

 sion, the punctures coarse, the setae along the middI«N in front, and at the 



