66 COy.KOPTBKA. 



iloscly punctate. Ihnd short. <ilolio^i' l)clo\v. aliout (louMc the width of 

 the rostrum aliovf. and with similar sculpture. Thorax of about 0(jual 

 length and hroadth. somewhat rontracted, nearly impunctate, and of a dull 

 reddish-coi)i)ery tint in front ; witli an indistinct median line, its j)un(tation 

 moderately coarse and close, tlic whole derm densely and minutely sculp- 

 tured. Scutrllum small, smooth. Elytra slightly rounded individually and 

 evidently broader than the thorax at the base, much narrowed behind ; 

 each has 6 discoidal scries of moderately close subcjuadrate punctures, 

 which owing to the slightly raised interstices appear to form striae ; the 

 suture and 2nd interstices arc rather broader than tlie others, and unite at 

 the apex ; the 4th are somewhat elevated and thickejicd just below the top 

 of the declivity, but do not reach the extremity : the fith are slightly raised 

 near the base. 



rndersidf nitid, fusco-piceous, moderately coarsely and closely punctured 

 iind minutely setose. Prostcrnmn broadly depressed medially from the apex 

 to the coxae, which are distinctly but not widely separated. Melaairrtvim 

 impressed Ijchind. 



^cnpc inserted midway between the middle and the apex, gradually 

 incrassate. and l)arely reachiiig the eye. Funicidus 7-articulate, basal joint 

 largest. 2nd longer than broad, 3-6 become more transverse, 7th darker 

 and nearlv twice as In-oad as the preceding one. Club ovate, pubescent, 

 indistinctlv articulated, nearly as long as the funiculus. Eyes just free from 

 thorax, placed at each side of the rostrum, somewhat flattened in front, 

 and extending downwards. Tibiae strongly uncinate. Tarsi with the basal 

 2 joints narrow. 1st elongate, 3rd widely expanded, with divergent lobes, 

 the terminal elongate. 



Length (rostrum incl.). li lines ; breadth. I line. 



Waitakerei Kange. 



Uroui) (,'yltnurorhinidae. 

 Phaedropholus gen. nov. 



Body roltust. ol)long, moderately convex, densely covered with minute 

 s(|uamae. 



Rostrutn rather shorter than thorax, considerably dilated, and incrassate 

 underneath, in front, its glabrous apical portion triangularly concave above. 

 Scrobes deep, quite open above near the apex, continued oblicjuely as shallow 

 grooves nearly to the lower front of the eyes. Scape proportionally rather 

 slender, attaii'iing the front of the eye. FvniniJus 7-articulate, basal 2 joints 

 • moderatelv elongat(\ Cliib elongate-oval, triarticulate. Head gradually nar- 

 rowed to width of rostrum. Eyes rather flat, slightly oblique, strongly 

 transverse, truncate in front, distant from the thorax and each other. 

 Thorax subtpiadrate. base and apex subtruncate. without ocular lobes. 

 ScHtelluni small, rotundate. Elytra oblong-oval, slightly broader than thorax 

 at the base. 



Let/s moderately elongate ; jrmora davate : tibiae a little dilated but 

 unarmed at the extremity ; the posterior corbels without any external trun- 

 cature. Tarsi with sponge-like vestiture underneath, longitudinally grooved 

 and bare along the middle, the basal 3 joints rather short and cordiform, 

 their .3rd joint lujt at all expanded, with short lobes, the terminal distinctly 

 shorter than the pretending 3 coml)ined. 



f^rosternuw incurved in front ; anterior coxat' pronnnent and contiguous. 

 fiituatfHl midwav between the base and frontal emargination ; intrrrnediaU 



