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and reacliiiig' tlio eves. Head globose mideriieatli, slioit above and rather 

 broader than the roslvuni. Eyes just fit'e fioiii the thorax, widely dis- 

 tant i'lom each otlier, not pi-oniinent, obli(|ne, their greatest l)ulk from 

 above d(i\vii\vai<ls. Scape inserted near tlie apex and attaining the eye, 

 subclavate at the extremity. Funiculns 7-articulate, basal joint thicker 

 and slightly longer tlian tlie elongate 2nd, joints '■]-(> al)()ut eipial and 

 sul)iin;idriite, Ttli lai'ger Than Gtli. Club ovate, obsoletely annulate. 

 Tliorax without oeulai' loI)es, subovate, base and apex truncate. 

 Scutelluni absent oi' obsolete. Elytra twice the length of and )-athei' 

 broa(hM- tlian the thorax, narrowed but not vertical behind. 



Feiiioi'a dilated medially. Tibiae strongly uncinate. Tai-si 

 moderately slender, sparsely setose underneath; .3rd joint slightly ex- 

 panded, entire Ix'low, excavate above in front. Claws simple. 



P)-osternnm moderately emarginate, tlie coxae slightly separated. 

 Metasternum of moderate length. Basal ventral segment ti-uncate 

 l)etween the coxae, which are far apart ; 2nd rather shorter, its frontal 

 suture fine and almost straight ; ."jrd and 4th conjointly not as long as 

 tlie 5th. Palpi short, (|uite visible underneath. 



This may be located near Eirotus, but the tarsal structure is like that 

 of Phri/m.Ttts, which, lioAvever, has fovcifonn scrobes but no tiljial hooks. 



3449. Exeiratus setarius sp. no v. 



Subopatjue, sparsely clothed with shoi't, moderately coarse, suberect, 

 Havescent setae; variegated fuscous, the sides of the thorax and the 

 shoulders paler, elytra with s(<me obscuiely rufescent spots, none, how- 

 ever, ai\' well defined; legs fusco-testaceous, the tips of tlie femora 

 darker; fimicuhis and basal joints of the tarsi piceous, the terminal 

 joint of the latter and the scape reddish. 



Rostrum irregularly punctate, with linear interstices towards the 

 apex; it is pale fusco-rufous and opacpie. Tliorax of about equal 

 length and breadth, a little wider just before the middle than it is else- 

 where, irregularly and coarsely punctured, more finely in front, the 

 slender abbreviated carina along the centre ends in the distinct basal 

 depression. Elytra evidently striate, the striae with indefinite punc- 

 tures, those near the sides apparently have each a series of minute 

 granules ; interstices irregularly transversely rugose, the .jth slightly 

 nodose behind, the sutuii' distinctly broader along tlie declivity than 

 at its summit. 



Legs with minute setae, tlie anterior tibiae almost straight, somewhat 

 attenuate apicallv, the posterior ])air sliglitly I)ent inwardly. 



ITnderside coarsely ptmctatc, with a few jjale short setae. 



Ticngth (i-ostrtim inclusive), ."H mm. ; breadth, l^mm. 



Hakapoua, Southland. A single specimen obtained bv Mr. Alfred 

 Philpott on the 1st March, 1911. 



.3450. Geochus sulcatus sp. nov. Geochus Broun, Man. N.Z. Coleopt., 

 pp. 445 and 1221. 



Subopaque, bi'oadly oval, moderately convex; thorax with depressed, 

 elongate, yellowish-grey s(piamae; on the elytra they arc placed on the 

 interstices, and are sul)erect, bxit not numerous; on the legs thev are 

 finer; body fusco-piceous, the front of the tliorax and lostrum ferru- 

 ginous, legs rufo-fuscous, tarsi and antennae fuseo-testaeeous; club 

 daiker and finely pubescent. 



Rostrum much sliorter than the thorax, conti-acti-d behind, with 

 slightly asperate indefinite sculjiture. Eyes fiat, with coarse facets, 

 subrotuiidate, rathei' more distant from the thorax than thev are from 



