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it ; 1st joint as long as the following 3 combined, thickened towards the 

 extremity ; 2nd and 3rd nearly equal, nearly twice as long as broad ; 4th 

 and 5th subquadrate ; 6th and 7th transverse. Club stout, ovate. Eyes 

 rotundate. Thorax a third broader than long, rather narrower in front than 

 behind, slightly curvate laterally, moderately coarsely and closely punctured. 

 Sciitellum distinct. Elytra much broader than thorax, suboblong, base 

 sHghtly biarcuate, evidently punctate-striate ; the suture and interstice? 

 minutely seriate-punctate. 



Femora minutely dentate ; tibiae straight, the anterior mucrouate ; tarsi 

 densely clothed with fine grey setae. 3rd joint bilobed ; claivs rather thick. 



Underside shining, red, distinctly punctate, and finely pubescent. Pro- 

 sternum emarginate-canaliculate, its angles subdentiform ; the coxae con- 

 tiguous. Metasternum medially grooved. 



Length (rostrum excl.), 1| lines ; breadth, quite | line. 



Seven-mile Creek, near Greymouth. Mr. J. H. Lewis sent me a specimen 

 of this easily recognised species. 



3138. Etheophanus striatus sp, nov. Gen., Man. N.Z. Coleopt., p. 1232. 



Compact, convex, broad, subopaque, ferruginous ; the elytra, just be- 

 hind the middle, with dark-fuscous spots almost forming an irregular 

 interrupted fascia ; on top of the posterior declivity there is a more con- 

 tinuous one, and there are other dark spots near the apices ; the rostrum 

 and thorax are more rufescent ; the vestiture consists of pale-yellowish de- 

 cumbent setae, disposed transversely on the thorax, longitudinally on the 

 wing-cases, and many outstanding fuscous setae. 



Rostrum seriate-punctate and indefinitely grooved, with erect coarse 

 fuscous setae and fine fiavescent hairs. Eyes rather flat and coarsely 

 granulated. Antennae inserted between the middle and the apex ; 2nd 

 joint of the funiculus smaller than the basal one, 3-7 almost equal, sub- 

 moniliform and nearly transversal ; club large, oblong-oval, not distinctly 

 annulate. Thorax about as long as broad, the middle widest, more narrowed 

 in front than behind, its punctation moderately close and distinct. Elytra 

 broad, subrotundate, depressed at the base, which is but little wider than 

 the thorax ; with shallow dorsal striae, which, however, become quite dis- 

 tinct and broad behind. 



Le<js long and robust, and bearing erect setae ; tibiae with slender 

 terminal hooks directed inwards ; tarsi thick, penultimate joints widely 

 expanded and lobate. 



This species has a differently formed and more strongly punctured thorax 

 than the typical one (2171). striate elytra, a shorter rostrum, and different 

 club. 



Var. — When denuded, the basal sculpture of the elytra appears finely 

 seriate-punctate, the posterior punctate-striate. Sexual variation only, I 

 believe. 



Length (rostrum excl.). 1 line ; breadth, f line. 



\\'aimarino. One pair, found by me in January, 1909. 



Group Cryptorhynchidae. 



3139. Zeacalles binodosus sp. nov. Gen., Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., No- 



vember, 1893. 



Compact, subovate, much narrowed anteriorly, very convex, variegate, 

 the derm shghtly^nitid, fusco-rufous ;j elytra with an elongate dark basal 



