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and 4th together are as long as the 2n(l. Mentnni depressed and almost 

 filling tlie buccal cavity. Mandibular scar well marked. 



Distinguisliable from B. (isperaUis by the greater bulk, the shorter 

 and less evidentl}'- tricarinate rostrum, by the absence of small nodiform 

 dorsal inequalities, the thoracic ridge, and neaidy flat sutural region of 

 the elytra. 



Length (rostrum inclusive), 6 mm.; breadth, 2^ mm. 



Pudding Hill. Mr. T. Hall is the discoverer. 



3598. Echinopeplus verrucatus sp. nov. Echinopeplus Bi-oun, Man. N.Z. 

 Coleopt., p. 851. 



Body dilated i>osteviorly, opai|U('. ]Mceous, densely covered with 

 depressed greyish squamae. 



Rostrum as long as the tliora.x, its apical portion gradually expanded 

 and setigerous, behind that point parallel-sided; with a fine cai'ina along 

 the middle. Eyes very slightly convex, transvoisal. Thorax truncate at 

 the base and apex, nearly as long as broad, a little wider before the 

 middle than elsewhere, its sides almost straight behind; the surface with 

 irregular, moderate wart-like sculpture. Scutellum indistinct. Elytra 

 twice the length of the thorax, scarcely any wider than it is at the base, 

 emarginate there; their sides slightly uneven, each having about 4 obtuse 

 nodosities, tliey are gradually dilated towards the top of the posterior 

 declivity; the dorsum is not quite flat, it is seriate-punctate alongside 

 the suture l)ut the sculpture elsewhere is somewhat similar to that of 

 the thorax; on the summit of the posterior declivity, which is vertical 

 and considerably narrowed, there is a pair of lai'ge, nearly liorizontal 

 protuberances, these project slightly beyond the declivity and lietween 

 them there is an evident sutural gap ; the obtuse lateral prominence 

 on each elytron does not extend so far back as the other, and there is 

 a wide obli(|ue sinuation between them. 



Legs elongate, bearing many grey setae .is well as scales ; tibae 

 flexuous. niucronate, denticidate along the inner face ; tarsi with close 

 brush-like vestiture underneath. 



Scape inserted close to the apex and attaining tlie front of the eye, 

 gently incrassate, and covered with grey decumbent setae; funiculus 

 with fine grey and outstanding infuscate setae, its 2nd joint equals the 

 1st in length, joints '^-7 obconical, quite as long as broad, the 7th 

 slightly broader than its predecessor; club elongate-oval, acuminate, 

 quardriarticulate, the terminal joint small, jumI, owing to the fine dense 

 pubescence, sometimes indistinct. 



Ocular lobes well developed. Scrobes quite open above at the apex 

 and prolonged along the lower surface towards but not reaching the 

 lowei' part of the eye. Posterior corbels simpl(\ ^\itllout anv external 

 truncature. 



The type of this genus, E. (b'hifafiis, 151."), is differentiated Ijy the 

 more infuscate clothing, shorter and mot-e ajjically dilated I'ostrum, 

 which, nioi-eovei", has a thick central lidge and a u'roove along each 

 side of it. The legs and antennae are evidently tliicker. Th(> elytral 

 punctation is more distinct, and the dorsum termiriates behind, on each 

 elytron, in the form of a large oblique dilatation, with a wide sutu)-al 

 interval between it and its fellow of the other elytron. Its posterior 

 corbels are cavernous, liaviiig duplicate cilia, with a narrow, truncate 

 intervening space. 



Lentrth (rostrum inclusive), 8 mm. : lireadtli (maxiniumV 3| nun. 



