208 COLKOPTERA. 



indistinct. Elytia slightly incurved at the base, hardly any broader 

 there tlian the thorax, fully twice its length, with oblique shoulders, near 

 the middle about a third broader than the widest part of the thorax; 

 they are seriate-punctate, with simple interstices. 



Legs with grey setae; tibae more flavescent than the femora, slightly 

 flexuous; 2nd tarsal joint much smaller than the 1st, the penultimate 

 nearly double its breadth and cleft almost to the base. 



Antennae moderately elongate, Ijearing outstanding fuscous setae, 

 the scape with some slender grey ones also ; 2nd joint of the funiculus 

 quite the length of the 1st, joints 3-6 obconical, rather longer than 

 broad, 7th somewhat shorter and broader; club olongato-oval, quadri- 

 articulate, finely pubescent. 



Of about the same size and ishape as 2112, 2113, and 2114, but dif- 

 fering from that series by the speckled vestiture, more slender antennae, 

 and the conspicuous rostral carina. Structural characters normal. 



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



Pudding Hill, near Methven. A solitary male from Mr. T. Hall, 

 1st February, 1912. 



3594. Catoptes argentalis sp. nov. 



Suboblong, narrowed anteriorly, moderately convex, subopaque, 

 piceous, legs and antennae rufo-fuscous ; cov<'red mostly with depressed 

 silvery-grey squamae, but some light-chocolate ones form a pair of basal 

 spots on the thorax, and a few less definite ones on the wing-cases, the 

 most distinct being a pair near the suture on top of the declivity; the 

 setae are more numerous behind than elsewliere, tliey are nearly quite 

 white and suberect. 



Rostrum subparallel, more than half the length of the thorax, not 

 carinate. Eyes quite free from the thorax, widely distant above, trans- 

 versely oval. Thorax very little liroader than long, its sides gently 

 and evenly rounded, the punctation invisible. Elj^tra oblong, a little 

 arcuate-emarginate at the base, which is slightly wider than that of the 

 thorax, fully twice its length, with slightly rounded shoulders; they 

 are finely seriate-punctate, with moderately bioad enodose interstices. 



Scajoe moderately stout, gradually thickened, finely seto.se, almost 

 reaching l)ackwards to the thorax ; 2nd joint of the funiculus as long 

 as the basal, joints 3-7 inoniliform; club oblong-oval, indistinctly 

 quadri articulate. 



Scrobes subapical, slightly prolonged obliquely downwards. Ocular 

 lobes feebly developed. Posterior corbels witliout any distinct external 

 truncature. 



This cannot Avell be mistaken for any other species, unless, perhaps. 

 Sharp's C. hrevicornis, 2112, but its elytra seem to be without puncta- 

 tion, their sutural region is for the most part fuscous, and tlie 2nd 

 joint of the funiculus is shorter than the 1st. 



Length (rostrum inclusive), 4 mm. ; breadth, 1£ mm. 



Taieri, Otago. TJni(|ue. Forwarded by Mr. S. W. Fulton. 



3595. Catoptes fumosus sp. nov. 



Subovate, moderately convex, opaque, fusco-piceous, legs fuscous, 

 antennae and tarsi piceo-rufous; covered with depressed, inconspicuous, 

 cinereous squamae, and some yellowish -grey setae, which on the 3rd 

 and 5th interstices and the hinder ])ait of the elytra are erect and 

 longer than the others. 



