204 COLKOPTKHA. 



Ilie type of the genus, Sharp's I', obscurus, 210-t, is not in my 

 collection us yet, but its elongate tluu-ax and short 2nd joint of the 

 I'uniculus, indepenilently of other details, show that it is very different 

 fiom this species. Pascoe's Tr<ir/ii/p/iloeus j)orcultis, also referable to 

 Frotolobus, has, according to its description, bicalcarate anterior tibiae 

 and slender setae. 



Length (rostrum inclusive), o-'ih unit. ■, l)iH'adt]i, H iiiiii. 



llakaia (Jorge, near Methven. Thi'ee examples secured from leaf- 

 mould on tlie ISth xMay, 1912, by Mr. T. Hall. Until at least partially 

 cleaned the sculpture cannot be seen; tlie shape of the body, too, could 

 not be determined until freed from jiarticles of sand and sappy matter. 



3588. Haplolobus frontalis sp. nov. Haplolohus Broun, Man. N.Z. 



Coleopt., p. 1198. 



Opaque, rather elongate, only moderately convex; fusco-piceous, 

 antennae and tarsi more or less pitchy-red; evenly and closely covered 

 Avith tawny grey depressed squamae, and numerous grey setae which are 

 suberect on tlie thorax but decumbent and seriate on the elytra. 



Rostrum stout, quite a third shorter than the thorax, with a slight 

 tiansverse inqjression just in front of the eyes; squamose, except at the 

 setigerous apex, indistinctly carinate along the middle. Head short, 

 becoming gradually broader than the rostrum. Thorax truncate at the 

 base and apex, subcylindric, slightly longer than broad, a little wider 

 before the middle than elsewhere, with well- developed ocular lobes, but 

 without definite sculpture. Elytra subcordate, twice the length of the 

 thorax, a little broader than the thorax at the base and slightly arcuate- 

 emarginate there, rather gradually narrowed posteriorly; they are siib- 

 striate-puTU'tate, the ."Jrd and .Ith interstices are sliglitly elevated but 

 nowhere nodiform. 



Scape inserted near the apex, in cavernous sci'obes that are situated 

 on the upper surface; it is moderately stout, very gradually thickened, 

 and attains tlie thoracic margin. Funiculus setose, the 1st' and 2nd 

 joints about equal, joints 3—7 obconical, successively shortened ; club 

 elongate-oval, acuminate, finely piibescent, quadi'iarticulate. the ajiical 

 joint, however, is small or indistinct. 



Rather larger than //. saevus, 2122, the antennae and thorax 

 longer, in 2122 the latter is broader than long. The eyes are slightly 

 convex, the outline of the head and thorax therefore appears less con- 

 tinuous than in //. sdevus. The basal impression of the rostrum serves 

 as a good discriminative character. The liead and rostrum are very 

 much like those of N icaeaiia, wliich, however, is without ocular lobes. 



Length (rostrum inclusive), 7mm.; breadth, 2imm. 



Mount Hutt. TTniquo. Found bv Mr. T. Hall, at an altitiidv of 

 3..-)O0ft., on the 30th March. 1912. 



3589. Haplolobus granulatus sp. nov. 



Subopa(|ue, fusco-niger, antennae and tarsi piceo-rufous ; sparingly 

 clothed with decumbent greyish setae, which, on the legs and tarsi, are 

 mni-e slender, numerous, and nearly ([uite white. 



Rostrum finely carinate alonjr the middle, with an oblique feelile 

 impression at each side of its base. Eyes moderately convex. Thorax 

 rather hmger than broad, of the usual form; its sculpture consists of 

 small, closely placed granules, in most of these there is a minute ptinc- 

 ture. Scutellum smooth but minute. Elytra seriate-punctate. 3rd 

 interstices .slightlv elevated, tlie ."ith even less distinctlv, the suture 



