HHYi'AHOSOMIDAK. 215 



3603. Araeoscapus ocularius sp. nov. Araeoscapus Broun, Ann. Mag. 

 Nat. Hist., ser. 6, vol. 12, p. 299. 



Convex, nioderutely elongate, subopa([ue; fuscous, the rostriun, 

 thorax, antennae, and legs somewhat rufescent; irregularly and i-ather 

 thinly clothed with depressed and subeiect curled yellow setae. 



Uostruni arched, elongate, as long as the thorax, its frontal half 

 moderately expanded, shining and glabrous at the extremity, the basal 

 portion slightly ridged along the middle. Eyes small, lateral, more dis- 

 tant fj-om each other than they are from the thorax. Scape flexuous, 

 minutely setose, gradually incrassate, implanted before the middle and 

 attaining the eye, 2nd joint of funiculus as long as the 1st, joints 3-6 

 short and subquadrate, 7th evidently larger tlian preceding ones, as 

 broad ;',s the base of the club, whicli is ovate but short, densely pubescent, 

 and with indefinite ajiical articulations. Tliorax about a third longer 

 tlian broad, suboviform, somewhat contracted in front; the disc a little 

 uneven, having a longitudinal elevation on the middle and a pair of 

 obli(|ue ones before the base; its jDunctation is rather indistinct and 

 irregular, neithei' coarse nor close, but finer in front than it is elsewhere. 

 Elytia sul)ovifoi'm, humeral angles not at all porrect and only very 

 slightly wider than the base of the thorax, twice its length, not quite 

 vertical beliind; tliey are rather coarsely seriate-punctate, substriate 

 lieliind, with tlie scutelbii- region broadly but not deeply depressed; the 

 ."ird interstices are moderately elevated, less distinctly, sometimes not 

 at all, towards the top of the posterior declivity, but always slightly 

 outwardly curved near the middle, the 5th in some cases have short basal 

 elevations; across the summit of the declivity, and near the sides, the 

 setae are usually more or less concentrated, but the sutural region is 

 nearly bare. 



Underside dull dark fuscous; basal ventral segment fully as long as 

 the 2nd, broadly impressed behind, distantly punctate, and bearing 

 some short decumbent greyish setae; the 2nd often impunctate, but ob- 

 viously medially angulate in front; 5th longer than the much abbreviated 

 3rd and 4th conjointly. Prosternum deeply emai-ginate in front. 



The specimens, though somewhat variable, and in their natural state 

 often smeared with an exudation, are, I think, referable to a single 

 species, distinguishable from its allies by the small eyes and the slight, 

 yet constant, outward curvature of the 3rd elytral interstices. The 

 foveiform scrobes are quite visible from above. In one or two examples 

 the elytral punctures are shallow and hardly discernible, in others the 

 basal portion of the tliorax is minutely subtuberculate. 



Length (rostrum exclusive), 3j mm. ; breadth, 1^ mm. 



Mount Hutt, Pudding Hill, and McClennan's Bush, near Methven. 

 Several specimens obtained from leaf-mould bv Mr. T. Hall, at an alti- 

 tude of 1.500 ft., during April and May, 1912. 



3604. Bantiades cupiendus sp. nov. Bantiades Broun, Man. N.Z. Coleopt., 

 p. 1371. 



Oblong, slightly convex, subopaque; elytra dark fuscous and slighth' 

 nitid, thorax obscurely rufescent, the antennae and tarsi castaneo-rufous, 

 the front pair of legs and the middle of the other pairs of femora 

 reddish ; irregulaidy clothed with fine decumbent yellowish and grey 

 setae, those of the latter colour most apparent behind; on each elytron, 

 on the 3i-d interstice, near the middle, a spot is formed of slightlv 



