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This, the sixth species of the genus, is'di.stinguished by the antennal 

 structure and elongate tarsal lobes. 



Length, If lines ; breadth, f line. 



Waimarino. January, 1909. One shaken out of a decaying Veronica ; 

 the other pair (damaged) from different trees. 



3141. Eucossonus discalis sp. nov. Gen., Man. N.Z. Coleopt., p. 870. 



Elongate, slender, subdepressed, slightly nitid ; rostrum and thorax red, 

 the latter rather dull, elytra infuscate, legs ferruginous, tarsi and antennae 

 paler ; \vith conspicuous, but not coarse, yellow setae. 



Rostrum a third shorter than the thorax, slightly dilated medially, 

 shining, finely punctate, with a few very slender setae along its sides. 

 Thorax with the oviform portion of about equal length and breadth, the 

 frontal constriction deep, the anterior portion much swollen and without 

 perceptible punctation ; the disc flat along the middle, nearly smooth 

 there, but with some fine punctures ; the setae, for the most part, disposed 

 transversely, but absent along the middle. Elytra rather broader than the 

 thorax at the base, moderately striate-punctate, interstices minutely sculjj- 

 tured and rugose. 



Antennae moderately stout ; scape attaining the front of the thorax ; 

 2nd joint of funiculus longer than the 1st, nearly twice the length of the 

 3rd ; 4th and 5th moniliform. Club large, elongate-oval, finely pubescent, 

 with 2 indistinct apical joints. 



The rather tine discoidal punctation, and the deeper frontal constriction 

 of the thorax, more prominent eyes, and the less-definite elytral sculpture, 

 distinguish this species from E. eleyans. 



Length, 1| lines ; breadtii, | line. 



New River, Southland. I am indebted to Mr. A. Philpott, of Inver- 

 cargill, for my specimen. 



Group Platypidae. 



3142. Platypus inimicus sp. nov. Gen,, Man. N.Z. Coleopt., p. 539. 



Cyhndric, shining, rufo-castaneous, the apical half of elytra piceo-fuscous ; 

 antennae and tarsi fulvescent. the legs rather darker ; pubescence scanty, 

 quite yellow. 



Head subopaque, rather broader than thorax, with a fine central caruia 

 behind, and rather shallow elongate impressions which appear like punctures, 

 and with some elongate bright-yellow hairs there ; the forehead sloping, 

 finely and distantly punctate, and with a small interantennal fovea. Eyes 

 large, prominent, and subrotundate. Antennae with, thick, strongly outwardly 

 curved basal joints, 2nd very slender at the base. 3-5 very short and broad. 

 Club large, ovate, pubescent. Thorax nearly twice as long as broad, late- 

 rally excavate behind the middle, base bisinuate and slightly medially 

 angulate ; the finely and densely punctured area in front of the base is indis- 

 tinctly divided by a feeble groove ; its punctation irregular, fine, and rather 

 distant, most evident near the front. Elytra a little wider than, and double 

 the length of, the thorax ; moderately finely striate-punctate, the sutural 

 striae well marked throughout ; 3rd interstices a little elevated and finely 

 asperate near the base : the depression outside each of these is densely trans- 

 versely strigose ; the serial interstitial punctures are distant, fine, and 

 sometimes absent : the declivity is thickly covered with yellow hairs, its 

 external angles are slightly produced, but the summit, though uneven, has 

 no distinct projections. 



