OTIORHYNCHIDAE. 20-3 



the suture is obtusely elevated behind, the ord interstices are slightly 

 raised, but not nodose, at the top of the declivity, the 5th lower down. 



Tibiae finely denticulate inwardly, flexuous, the anterior consider- 

 ably bent near the extremity; posterior corbels not perceptibly cavernous. 



Scape somewhat bent, gradually incrassate, just attaining the thoracic 

 apex; joints 2 and 3 of the funiculus equal and, singly, almost as long 

 as the 1st, joints 4-6 rather longer than broad, 7th slightly shorter and 

 broader; club very ulongate-oval, triarticulate, densely pubescent. 



Tliis is, 1 have no doubt, nearly related to Sliarp's Protophormun. 

 gracilis, 2089, but differs in vcstiture and other details, the scape 

 is quite distinctly bent near the middle, and tlie anterior tibiae are more 

 flexuous throughout, and more bent inwardly than in any other species. 



Length (rostrum inclusive), 5^ mm.; breadth. If mm. 



McClennan's Bush, near Methven. My specin^en was sent to me by 

 Mr. T. Hall on the 26th February, 1912.' 



3587. Protolobus granicollis sp. nov. Protolobus Sharp, Man. N.Z. 

 Coleopt., p. 1188. 



Opaque, moderately elongate, slightly convex; tlie derm when de- 

 nuded appears slightly nitid and fuscous or pitchy-red, in its natural 

 state it is concealed by the dense covering of depressed tawnv squamae 

 and coarse erect white setae; tarsi and antennae fusco-rufous, the tibiae 

 sometimes fusco-testaceous. 



Rostrum not as broad as the head, somewhat transversely depressed at 

 the base, shorter than the thorax, with some slender setae at the ex- 

 tremity. Thorax of about equal length and breadth, its sides a little 

 rounded, narrower at the base than at the middle; somewhat uneven 

 above, being transversely im}iressed near the front and longitudinally 

 at the middle of the base, its sculpture granular. Elytra suboblong, 

 with slightly rounded shoulders, not abruptly narrowed behind, they are 

 rather broader than the thorax at the base, but not twice its length; 

 on each, alongside the suture, there is a distinct sei'ies of punctures, the 

 interstice outside is obtusely elevated from the base to the top of the 

 posterior declivit}-, the next interstice is separated by 2 series of punc- 

 tures, it is obsolete near the base but becomes nodiform behind, between 

 these but half-way down the declivity there is a more prominent nodosity. 



Legs thickly clothed; the anterior tibiae with hue yellowish setae near 

 the extremity, the extremity of the posterior dilated, ciliate externally, 

 but without anj visible external truncature; penultimate tarsal joint 

 expanded and strongly bilobed. 



Scape implanted near the apex, gradually incrassate, bearing some 

 moderately coarse setae and reaching the back of the eye. Funiculus 

 rather more elongate, with tiner setae, its 2nd joint as long as the 1st, 

 joints 3-7 moniliform and of about c(|ual size; club elongate-oval, sub- 

 acuminate, densely and finely ]:nbescent, indistinctly triarticulate. 



Underside densely covered with flat tawny scales and nearly (|uite 

 white elongate setae. Prosternum strongly incurved in front, so that 

 the contiguous coxae occupy the space l)etween the eniargination and the 

 base. Metasternum as long as the 2nd ventral segment, which is slightly 

 medially angulate in front. 



The mandibular scar is visible. The ocular lobes, as seen from al)ove, 

 are only slightly developed. The eyes are lateral and quite flat, so that 

 the continuity of tlie head and rostrum is scarcely at all interrupted. 



