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Itostrum a third shorter than the thorax, very slightly dilated at the 

 extremity, with a slender carina along the middle; it is a little nitid, 

 witli almost quite grey scales, and bears elongate fulvescent setae at the 

 apex. Head short and convex. Thorax of equal length and breadth, 

 slightly wider just before the middle than elsewhere; without inequali- 

 ties of surface, indistinctly punctate-granulose. Scutellum oblong. 

 Elytra subcordate, rather more than twice the length of the thora.x, 

 broader than it is at the base, with slightly rounded sides and shoulders, 

 and simple apices; their sculpture shallow, substriate-punctate near the 

 suture, 3rd interstices unevenly and slightly elevated from the base back- 

 wards but not distinctly nodose behind, the 5th even less so, the suture 

 is only a little elevated below the summit of the declivity. 



Tibiae flexuous, minutely denticulate along the lower edge; posterior 

 corbels with double cilia but not distinctly truncate between them. 



Scape straight, inserted near the apex, and attaining the thoracic 

 margin; 2nd joint of the funiculus almost as long as the 1st, joints 3-7 

 obconical, gradually shortened; club elongate-oval and triarticulate. 



Scrobes subapical, open above, with a slight downward prolongation 

 towards the middle. Ocular lobes very feebly developed. Eyes obliquely 

 oval. 



As this cannot be permanently located either in Inophloeus or 

 Catoptes, it must be placed near 2879, Catopfes duplex, which in structure 

 it most nearly resembles. It is, however, a broader insect, the rostral 

 carina is very slender, without any trace of grooves alongside it. 



Length (rostrum inclusive), 8 mm. ; breadth, 3i mm. 



Rakaia Gorge, near Methven. One found by Mr. T. Hall on 29th 

 September, 1912. 



3596. Brachyolus asperatus sp. nov. Brachyolus White, Man. N.Z. 

 Coleopt., pp. 432 and 1194. 



Opaque, moderately broad ; piceous, antennae and tarsi fusco-rufous, 

 legs less rufescent, the hind pairs with blackish spots ; closely covered 

 with depressed tawny and dark-fuscous scales, those of the latter colour 

 cover a large space on the side of each elytron and form small irregular 

 spots on the dorsum and declivity, the suture, however, is somewhat 

 coppery red; the setae are suberect, moderately coarse, grey and fuscous, 

 but not numerous. 



Rostrum a little dilated near the extremity, nearly as long as the 

 thorax, tricarinate above. Head short, obliquely narrowed anteriorly. 

 Eyes rather large, fiat, oblique, and transverse. Thorax slightly broader 

 than long, a little wider near the front than elsewhere; somewhat 

 uneven, having an oblique frontal impression near each side and 

 3 ivregulai- basal ones. Elytra with narrowed shoulders, so that the 

 base, which is oblique towards the sides, does not exceed in width that 

 of the thorax, they are fully twice its length and, at their widest part, 

 about a third broader, their sides are only feebly curved and the pos- 

 terior declivity is nearly vertical and somewhat obliquely contracted, 

 with slightly acuminate and divergent apices; the dorsum appears a 

 little asperate, having several small irregular nodiform inequalities, 

 and serie<? of moderately coarse but not very regular punctures; the 

 3rd interstices are slightly, on some parts not at all, elevated, but ter- 

 minate on top of the declivity as prominent nodosities, the 5th are not 

 perceptibly elevated and their nodosities ai-e much smallci' ; along the 

 upper half of the declivity the suture is slightly curved and prominent. 

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