126 COI>EOFTERA. 



longitudinally oval. Thorax rather broader than loiiy, broadly oviform, 

 widest at tlic middle, base truncate; its surface very slightly uneven, 

 moderately coarsely but not deeply punctured beliind, mucli more dis- 

 tantly and finely in front, with a shallow central impression at the base. 

 Elytra oviform, widest at the middle, a third longer than broad, of 

 the same width as thorax at the base, less than twice its length, the 

 scutellar region indistinctly impressed; with oblong serial punctures 

 on the disc, posterior declivity striate; 2nd and 4th interstices slightly 

 elevated near the base, the otli more distinctly, almost nodiform, on top 

 of the declivity. 



Legs simple. Scape medially insertt-d, attaining the eye, Hexuous, 

 clavate at extremity. Funiculus almost glabrous, 2nd joint hardly as 

 thick but fully as long as the 1st, joints ']-Q (juite transverse, 7th dis- 

 tinctly larger than Gth. Club obovate, rather densely pubescent, its 

 apical articulations indistinct. 



Underside subopaque, rufo-fuscous, Avitli some depressed, scale-like, 

 3^ellowish setae. Prosternum short, its frontal emargination medially 

 subtruncate. Metasternum unimpressed, punctate in front. Basal 

 ventral segment transversely depressed between the coxae, smooth and 

 slightly convex behind; the 2nd rather longer, its frontal suture ob- 

 tusely angulate and indistinct in tlie middle, deep towards the sides; 

 r)th nearly twice the length of 3rd and 4th, with a well-marked centra] 

 fovea near the extremity. 



This differs from all of our northern species on account of its short 

 thorax. The elytra of the only soutliern species are almost without 

 sculpture. 



TiCngth (rostrum exclusive), .3 mm. ; Ijicadtli, U iniii. 



Tisbury, Invercargill. One found bv Mr. A. Philpott in November, 

 1910. 



Group Cylindrorhixidak. 



3446. Tocris laevicostata sp. nov. Tocris Broun, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., 

 ser. 7, vol. 14, p. 115. 



Convex, oblong, slightly nitid; black, antennae and tarsi rufo- 

 piceous; very thinly clothed with depressed, somewhat elongated, grevish 

 squamae, which, however, are almost entirely absent along the middle. 



Rostrum very broad, a third sliorter than the thorax, dilated 

 anteriorly, its apex and tlie lamelliform mandibles nearly perpendicular; 

 it is rather closely and moderately coarsely punctate, broadly longitu- 

 dinally impressed, so that its sides and an abbreviated central line 

 appear obtusely, but only slightly, elevated. Head shorter than the 

 rostrum, gently narrowed in front, its puiictation shallow, rather fine 

 and close, but also with a few larger punctures, between the flat eyes 

 there is a cuneiform fovea. Thorax rather broader than long, its sides 

 obtusely dilated near the front, where the punctation is fine and rather 

 sliallow, behind that part the surface is uneven, having some ill-defined 

 obtuse elevations and coarse punctur<>s, at tlie base the sculpture becomes 

 irregular and rugose, but not granular; there is a short,- smooth line 

 behind tlie middle, whei-e its sides are straight. Elytra oblong-oval, 

 with feebly acuminate apices, nearly thrice the length of the thorax, and 

 rather broader than it is at the base; on each elytron there are 2 double 

 series of dorsal, well-marked, distinctly sei)arated punctures; between 

 these a pair of smooth, elevated costae extend as far as the hind declivity, 

 where the sculpture becomes indefinite; between the 2nd costa and the 

 side there are 2 series of coarse punctures which are almost divided bv 

 an indefinite carina, but the outer margin is foi-mcd bv a distinct costa 



