206 COLEOPTKRA. 



('. posticalis, 2106, which, however, differs in the darker squamae and 

 rather minute setae. Its rostrum is much broader, the antennae are 

 distinctly thicker, and the 2nd joint of the funicuhis is sliorter than 

 the 1st, the eves are larger, the legs are stouter, with manifestly broader 

 tarsi ; the elytra are artuato-emarginate at the base, so that tlie shoulders 

 seem obtusely prominent, and the sutural jirnmincnces have a downward 

 curvature. 



J^engtli (rostrum inclusive), 6^ nun. ; breadth, 2^ nmi. 



Mount Hutt, near .Methven. Three specimens found Ijy .\Ii-. T. Hall 

 during February, 1912, at a height of 3,500 ft. 



3591. Catoptes subnitidus sp. nov. 



Elongate, moderately convex, j^iceous, antennae and tarsi fusco- 

 rufous; thickly covered with depressed, slightly glossy s(iuamae, chieHy 

 of a light-coppery or rufescent hue, a few. howevei-, are nigi-escent ; tlii' 

 setae are suberect but not elongate, rather scanty, and quite grey. 



Rosti-um subi'arallel, a third sliorter than the thorax, witli an indis- 

 tinct central carina. Eyes moderately large. Thorax witli gently rounded 

 sides, slightly wider near the middle than at the base, only a fifth broader 

 than long, without superficial inequalities, its punctation completely 

 hidden. Scutellum minute, nitid. Elytra nanow, neaily tlirice the length 

 of the thorax, very little broader than it is anywhere, of the same width 

 as it is at the base, their sides very slightly i-urved, gradually narrowed 

 and slojiing behind; they are seriate-punctate, the 3rd interstices are 

 slightly and unevenly elevated and end al)iu]>tly at the connnencement 

 of the posterioi- declivity, they are not, liowevor, distinctly nodiform 

 there, the oth are even less elevated, the suture is modei'ately raised 

 half-way down the declivity. 



Legs and tarsi with elongate grey hairs; tibiae distinctly tlcxuous, 

 not thick; 2nd tarsal joint narrow, nearly as long as llio basal, the 

 penultimate broadly expanded and deeply divided. 



Antennae rather slender and elongate, setigerous ; basal two joints of 

 funicidus equally elongate, 3rd nearly as long as the 2nd, joints 4-7 

 gi adually decrease, all longer than broad ; club very elongate-oval, 

 indistinctly annulate. 



('. tihicdls, 1519, and C. stolid us, 1520, are, as regards form, tlie 

 nearest allies. The former has its rostrum shorter, more apically in- 

 crassate, and distinctly carinate, its antennae are less slender and 

 elongate, but the tarsi are broader, and the clothing is difltei'ent. 



In 1520 tlie thorax, being narrower, appears longer, the elytra are 

 broader than the thorax at the base, the tarsi and antennae are thicker, 

 and the vestiture is quite dissimilar. 



Length (rostrum inclusive), 5§ mm. ; bi-eadth, 2 mm. 



Pudding Hill, neai- Methven. rni(|ue. Ca]»tured on the 1st Febru- 

 ary, 1912, by -Mr. T. Hall. 



3592. Catoptes curvatus sp. nov. 



Elongate, moderately coiivi x, opaipie, picrous; si|uamosity dense, 

 flat, light tawny brown, niucli darker across the top of the posterior 

 declivity, distinctly jialer but not griseous below it ; setae not numeroxis, 

 pale, rather short and erect; antennae and tarsi fusco-rufous. 



Rostrum finely carinate along the middle, slightly dilated, punctate, 

 and rufo-piceous in fiont. Eyes rathci- larg(\ transverse, but little 

 convex. Thorax rathei- wider befoie the middle than elsewhere, its sides 



