2l>U COI.KOl-rKKA. 



apex, i)Ut not hildhrd, otli sleiukT ; <-la\vs sliylitly thick<'iK'(l at the l)ase; 

 posterior tarsi (^uadriaitieulate, the basal joint longer than tin' other 

 taken together. 



Maxillary palpi moderate, penultimate joint subtriangular, much 

 shorter than the preceding one, the terminal cultriform and equalling the 

 2nd in length. 



Eyes large and prominent, with coarse facets, subtruncatc or only 

 feebly emarginate in front. 



This, owing to the structure of the palpi, must be placed next to 

 S. thoracica, 2853, but it differs from every other New Zealand species 

 of the group by its obvious maculation. 



Length, 11mm.; breadth, 2;\ mm. 



Motueka, Nelson. A single specimen, mounted on cardboard, in the 

 Dominion Museum, at Wellington, is the only one I have seen. 



(ii'oup (.)tiorhynchidae. 



3582. Nicaeana catoptoides sp. nov. Nicaeana Pascoe, Man. N.Z. 

 Coleopt., p. 427. 



Oblong-ovate, lather elongate, moderately convex; fusco-piccous, legs 

 and antennae ferruginous; thickly covered with depressed tawny 

 squamae, which, however, become darker on the hind-body, where there 

 are also some erect grey setae. 



Rostrum short and stout, finely carinate along the middle. Thorax 

 rather longer than broad, slightly rounded near the middle, without 

 ocular lobes, base and apex truncate, its granular sculpture indistinct 

 in front. Scutellum small. Elytra subcordate, about twice the length 

 of the thorax, just perceptibly broader at the base than it is, obliquely 

 narrowed behind, with strongly rounded apices; they are distinctly 

 striate-punctate but, owing to the squamosity, appear striate. 



Legs moderately elongate, bearing greyish scales and setae; tibiae 

 somewhat flexuous, the anterior mucronate; tarsi setose, their pen- 

 ultimate joint dilated and deeply lobed. 



Antennae moderately elongate, setose; scape somewhat bent, 

 moderately stout, implanted near the apex, and reaching backwards to 

 the thoracic apex; basal joint of the funiculus not longer than 2nd, 

 joints ."5-6 obconical, longer tlian broad, 7th I'ather shorter ; dub (U-nscly 

 pubescent, elongate-oval, indistinctly quadriarticulate. 



Underside piceous, slightly nitid, with white scales and slender 

 elongate setae. Prosternum incurved in front. Abdomen with trans- 

 versely rugose sculpture. 



Fern. — Almost entirely covered with tawny scales, having only an 

 interrupted dark fascia near the top of the posterior declivity. This sex 

 is broader and more Catoptes-like than the male. 



The eyes are more prominent than those of Pascoe's N . modesta, 749, 

 So that the continuity of the head and rostrum appears somewhat inter- 

 rupted. The scape is rather more elongate, but as that of N. nesop/iila, 

 3259, is just as long this new species cannot Ix' satisfactoi-ily separated 

 from jSicaeann. 



S- Length (rostrum inclusive), 3^ nun. ; breadth, nearly H mm. 



Kakaia Gorge, near Methven. Five individuals have been examined, 

 all found amongst decaying leaves and fine sand on tlie 5th June, 1912, 

 bv Mr. T. Hall. 



