[•2<l COl.KOI'TKIJA. 



Group OTlOHHYXdllUAK. 



3438. Platyomida verrucosa sp. uov. Platyomida White {Empaeotes 



Puscoi"), Mill'. N.Z. Coloopt., pp. 441 and 1186. 



Piceo-iiiger, fof the most part covered with sinall, dL'])rc'S.si'(l, intniidate 

 s(iuaiiiae, hhiok. ^ix'yisli. coppei-y, and a few vii'idescent, and with some 

 • •revish setii'oiin scales; antennae and tarsi obscui'e fusco-rnfous, club 

 infuscate and opaciue. 



AJthough very similar to P. b/'/iodt^s, 776, described by Pascoe as 

 /■J//i/iaeot€s crispatvs, this exhibits certain differences. The tibiae are 

 more prolonged at the innei- extremity. The thorax bears numerous 

 coarse, black, wart-like elevations. The shoulders are quite oblique, and 

 in addition to the pi-ominent tubercles on the 3rd interstices, at the 

 suniiiiit of tl>e postei-ior declivity, there is also a nodiform elevation on 

 each of the 5th. The numerous blackish scales on the elytra, and the 

 similarly dark, bare warts on the thorax, produce an appearance which 

 is in marked contrast to tiiat of the well-known /'. hiiiochx. 



Length (rostrum inclusive), 12 nnn. ; breadth, 4^ mm. 



Wadestown, Wellington. I am indfl)ted to Mr. (x. V. Hudson for my 

 specimen. 



3439. Aporolobus albosparsus sp. uov. Aporolohis Sharp. Man. N.Z. 



Coleopt., p. 1186. 



Subuvate, moderately convrx, witliout elevations, o])ii(pie; fuscous, 

 tlK' legs and scape obscure infuscate i-ed, funiculus shining ferruginous; 

 squaniosity dense, mostly ])ale brown on tlie tlioi'ax, much ligiiter, almost 

 tawny, on the elytra mingled with some dai'k spots, and, in addition 

 thereto, on each elytron, witli an oblong basal and irregular subapical 

 patches that are almost (piite white; the erect setae are short and slightly 

 tiavescent, and are seriate on the elytra, on the legs they ai'e coarser. 



Rostrum short and thick, covered with tawny scales. Thorax rather 

 wider, but not angulate, before the middle tlian it is elsewhei'e, a little 

 broader than long, without visible definite .sculpt ui'e. Elytra oblong, 

 arcuate and broader at the base than the thorax, barely twice its length, 

 rounded posteriorly; they are distinctly, yet rather finely, seriate- 

 punctate, with the suture and 3rd interstices somewhat elevated. 



Scape long but very thick, and bearing moderately coarse greyish 

 setae; it is inserted near the apex, and extends backwards to the front 

 of tlic thoi-ax. Funiculus scarcely longer than the scape, witli tiiu' 

 setae; basal joint subpyriform, slightly longer and much stouter than 

 the 2nd; 3-6 transverse and moniliform; 7th distinctly broader than 

 6th. Club abrujitly enlarged, short, ovate, its basal joint very large, 

 the apical ones quite small. 



In the type of the genus, Pascoe's 'rrachyphloeiis irritus, 754, the 

 antennal club is narrow at the base, and therefore quite oval, joints 3-6 

 of the funiculus are less bead-like, and the 7th is not distinctly broader 

 than the 6th. The elytra are subcordate, and the thorax is obtusely 

 angulate laterally near the front. 



Length (rostrum inclusive), 3^ mm. ; l)readth, H nun. 



.\lokomoka, Southland. Described from a mounted specimen sent by 

 -Mr. Philpott. Found on the 24th April, 1910. 



