218 COI.KOl'TEHA. 



Hakiiia Gorge, near Metliveii. Discovered amongst leaf-iiiould on 

 tlie 5th June. 191t>. by Mr. Hall. 



3607. Clypeorhynchus nodiceps sp. nov. Clypeorhynchus Sharp, Man. 

 N.Z. Coleopt., p. 1210. 



Convex, subopacjne, thinly and nnevenly clothed with short, hair-like, 

 fulvous scales, a few of which are suberectj fusco-castaneous, the ros- 

 trum, antennae, kgs, fi-ont of thorax, and b;'.sal elevations of the elytra 

 more or less rufescent. 



Rostrum nearly the length of tlie thorax, its clypeal portion glab- 

 rous, finely yet quite distinctly punctate, the basal half obtusely i-idged 

 along the middle, with somewhat rugose lateral sculpture. Head short, 

 with a pair of distinct, rotundate, interocular nodules. Thorax about 

 half the length and breadth of the elytra, nearly a fourth longer than it 

 is broad, widest before the middle, sinuously nai-rowed behind, with a 

 short apical conti-action ; the surface uneven, a little nitid, distinctly 

 but not closely punctured in front, the punctures elsewhere less sharply 

 defined ; an impi ession extends from the apex but does not reach the 

 base, near each side, in line with the dilated ]iortion, there is a large 

 tubercle. Elytra suboblong-oval, with oblique shoulders so that the base 

 is no Avider than that of the thorax; on each there is a fine, simple, 

 sutuial stria, the other striae are interrupted or irregular; near the 

 middle of the base there is a nodiform elevation and another on the 

 shoulder, and between these and the top of the hind declivity there are 

 several unequal, irregularly placed ones, near the suture a series of 

 distant minute granules can be seen, others are ii-regulaidy distributed, 

 the posterior declivity is subpunctate-striate. 



This remarkable species may be at once separated from all the others 

 by the interocular nodules and prominent thoracic tubercles. 



Length (rostrum exclusive), 6i mm. ; breadth, 3 nun. 



Huni]) Ridge, near Invei'cargill. Mr. A. Philpott kindly gave me 

 tlio only specimen lie found i]i February. 1912. 



Group Hylobiidae. 

 Bryocatus gen. nov. 



Minute, subovate, slightly convex. 



Rostrum moderately arched and stout, never very slender, parallel, 

 as long as thorax. Scrobes deep, lateral, beginning near the apex, and 

 prolonged underneath to the eyes. Scape straight, inserted between the 

 middle and apex and extending backwards to the front of the eye, slender 

 at the base, gradually incrassate towards the extremity. Funiculus 

 6-articulate; basal joint obconical, stout, largest; the next much smaller, 

 only slightly, sometimes not at all, longer than liroad; joints 3-6 trans- 

 verse, gradually becoming thicker. Club abruptly enlarged, oblong- 

 oval, indistinctly triarticulate. Head short, narrowed anteriorly, globose 

 below. Eyes just free from thorax, widely distant above, flat, rather 

 small, oblicjue, their greatest bulk from above downwards. Thorax oval, 

 of about equal length and breadth, base and apex truncate, without 

 ocular lobes. Scutellum absent or obsolete. Elytra emarginate and 

 slightly broader than thorax at the ba.se, and at least twice its length. 



Legs moderately stout and elongate; femora subclavate, neaily 

 straight below but arched above, unarmed; tibiae somewhat fiexuous. 

 with well-developed apical spurs, the intermediate and posterior with, 

 in addition, a small calcar at the outer as well as the inner extremity. 



