128 COI.KOI-'J'KItA 



oLsdletr. TIk! sti'iR'fiiir ol' tlir t'uiiituilufs diffris I'loiii tliat of Pascoe's 

 type, 78.}. The elytra, tliougli less oblong, in vostiture and seulptuie 

 must nearly I'esenible those of />. cariiiatus, 12tiG. 



Jjength (rostrum Inclusive), lG-19 nun. ; breadth, 6^— 7^ nun. 



Humboldt IJaiige; elevation, 5,600 ft. Named after its discoverer, 

 .Mr. (t. V. Hudson, from whom a pair of specimens have been received. 

 The scales are deciduous, or very easily rubbed off, so that the depressed 

 intervals between the elyti-al ridges are sometimes (juite bare. 



3448. Lyperopais alternans .sp. nov. Lyperopais Broun, Man. N.Z. 

 Coleopt., p. 1222. 



Subopai^ue, nnifoi'mly ehoenlate-red ; tarsi piceo-iufous, antennal 

 elulj opacjue ; veiy thinly clad with small, depressed, yellowish-grey 

 squamae. 



Rostrum arched, subpaiallel, i-ather longiT than the thorax, its frontal 

 portion detlexed and broadly but not at all det])ly impressed above; with 

 a short interautennal stria, behind which tlieie is an indistinct carina 

 and iiuiiierous shallow punctures. Head about twice as broad as the 

 i( strum, short, narrowed anteriorly, modei'ately finely and closely 

 punctate, and with an elongate intei'ocular fovea. Eyes widely 

 sei:)arated above, neaily Hat, transversely oval. Thorax rather broader 

 than long, a little wider before the middle than it is elsewhere; 

 moderately closely punctured, rather more distinctly than the head, with 

 a shallow median impression at the base. Elytra almost thrice the 

 length of the thorax, broader than it is at the base, only a little wider 

 at the commencement of the posterior declivity, which is not at all 

 abrupt, and, though considerably contracted laterally, is somewhat ex- 

 panded below towards the obtusely prominent apices; they are moderately 

 punctate-striate, with the 3rd, 5th, and 7th interstices, and the suture, 

 rather more convex and broader than the others, the 5th are the most 

 elevated behind. 



Legs robust; tibiae tlexuous but not muci-onate, the anterior paii' 

 somewhat bent and obtusely prominent at the inner extremity, the 

 jjosterior corbels expanded, but without any external truncature. 

 Antennae of normal structure, the scape glabrous, the funiculus with a 

 few infuscate setae, club elongate-oval, finely and densely pubescent but 

 not pei'ceptibly articulated. 



Underside rufo-piceous, with very few small whitish scales; ventral 

 segments 3 to 5 ai'e sunk below the level of the linear epipleurae, the 

 •'rd iind 4th are \\v\\ developed. Ocular lobes modei-ately distinct. 



Largei- than the female of L. ?ninis, 2153, which has the hind tibiae 

 inwardly notciied at the l)ase; in the male there is a prominent tooth 

 there, and another near the extremity of tlie femora; the same sex of 

 A. alternans has, no doubt, similar armature. The brightly variegated 

 si]uamae and simple elytral interstices of 2153 arc quite distinctive. 



cJ. Length (rosti-um inclusive), 10 mm.; breadth, ^ nun. 



Hum}) Kidge, Okaka. Shaken off a Draco phi/llum (elevation, 

 3,500 ft.) by Mr. A. Philpott, from Avhom a single female has been 

 i-eceived. 



GidU]) Hylobiidai;. 

 Exeiratus gen. nov. 



iJody su])ovate. modei'ately convex, without tubireular elevations or 

 coarse squamae. 



Udsti-um arcuate, stout, subparallel, rather longer than the thorax. 

 Scrobes not iqien abuve, deep, beginning near the apex, expanded below 



