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Tibiae fle^uous, not denticulate, with fulvescent setae at the ex- 

 tremity; the posterior corbels with duplicate external cilia and narrow 

 truncate intervals. 



Scape elongate, just attaining the thoracic apex; 2nd joint of the 

 funiculus as long as the basal, 3rd nearly as long, the next rather shorter, 

 joints 5-7 obconical and rather longer tliau broad; club finely pulies- 

 cent, elongate-oval, acuminate, quadriarticulate, its terminal joint 

 smallest. 



Eyes transverse and slightly oblique. Ocular lobes well developed- 

 Scrobes subapical, deep and open above, with a shallow downward pro- 

 longation. 



Nearly as long as /. sulcifer, 1618, with relatively broader and shorter 

 elytra, more prolonged apices, and very much finer punctation, but 

 lacking the almost dentiform projections of the 3rd interstices and the 

 thoracic groove. In 1618 the scape is much thicker, and only reaches 

 the middle of the eye. 



S- Length (rostrum inclusive), llnmi.; breadth, i^- nun. 



Mount Hutt, near Methven. A single individual found bv Mr. T. 

 Hall, at a height of 3,500 ft., on the 30th March, 1912. 



3601. Inophloeus sulcicollis sp. nov. 



Elongate, rather narrow, slightly convex, opaque; piceous, antennae 

 and tarsi piceo-rufous; thickly covered with tawny-grey squamae, and 

 with a few decumbent, rather short, greyish setae. 



Rostrum nearly a third shorter than the thorax, a little dilated at the 

 apex, without definite grooves, but with a slender carina along the 

 middle. Thorax of equal length and breadth, only slightly broader 

 before the middle than elsewhere; a little uneven, not at all coarsely 

 punctate, with a rather broad, well-marked channel extending from 

 base to apex. Scutellum oblong, slightly flavescent. Elytra not quite 

 truncate at the base and hardly broader than the thorax there, nearly 

 thrice its length, with slightly rounded sides and shoulders, considerably 

 narrowed and subvertical behind, with obtuse and slightly divergent 

 but not at all prolonged apices; disc nearly plane, subseriate-j^unctate; 

 3rd and 5th interstices slightly but unevenly elevated, and terminating 

 as obtuse horizontal prominences on top of the declivity-, the suture also 

 is horizontally prominent but does not jDroject beyond the declivity; the 

 discal sculpture in one specimen is somewhat interrupted by irregular, 

 obtuse, transverse rugae. 



Tibiae flexuous, finely denticulate along the lower face, with distinct 

 fulvous setae at the extremity; posterior corbels with narrow intervals 

 between the double external cilia. 



Scape inserted near the apex and just reaching the thoracic margin; 

 basal joint of the funiculus longer than the next, joints 2-4 moderately 

 elongate and slightly successively shortened, 5-7 obconical and rather 

 shorter than preceding ones; club densely pubescent, elongate-oval, 

 acuminate and triarticulate. 



Ocular lobt's well developed. Eyes nearly flat, obliquely oval. 

 Scrobes subapical, deep and open above, obliquely prolonged but not 

 reaching the lower part of the eyes. 



/. longicornis, 2886, is the nearest species, but it is a good deal 

 larger, with longer antennae, a bisulcate rostrum, the thorax is rugose 

 or subtuberculate, and tlie elytra have prominent posterior nodosities. 



