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Tarsi short, basal joint obcouical, 2iid strongly transverse, penultimate 

 bi-oadly dilated and bilubed, the terminal short and thick, with small 

 claws. 



Pi'osternum emarginate in front, the coxae prominent and contiguous. 

 Intermediate coxae moderately, the posterior widely separated. Meta- 

 sternum short. Basal ventral segment subtruncate between the coxae, it 

 as well as the 2nd rather large, but without any well-marked suture 

 between them, 3rd and 4th short and, together, hardly half the length 

 of the 5th. 



The rather stout rostrum, small eyes, 6-jointed funiculus, rather 

 elongate oviform thorax, the absence of the scutellum, and the peculiar 

 armature of the tibiae form a combination of characters not met with 

 in any genus of the group known to me. It should be placed near 

 Eiratus. 



3608. Bryocatus alternans sp. nov. 



Subopaque, fuscous, without inequalities of surface; legs fusco- 

 testaceous, as are a vitta along the middle and each side of the thorax, 

 the elytra with several specks formed apparently of minute pale setae; 

 antennae and tarsi nigrescent, the rostrum sometimes reddish. 



Thorax slightly longer than broad, feebly impressed and constricted 

 in front, oval, with flat squamae, and moderately coarse shallow 

 punctures. Elytra slightly broader behind the posterior femora than 

 at tlie base, their sides, however, are nearly straight, though the declivity 

 is much narrowed; their striae are rather deep and extend to the apices, 

 but appear imj^unctate; the interstices are minutely asperate or rugose, 

 the 3rd and 5th, and the suture, are broader than the others; under the 

 microscope numerous minute flavescent setae can be seen. 



Undei-side castaneo-rufous, with pale squamae. Metasternum and 

 basal ventral segment depressed along the middle, the 2nd nearly as 

 long as the 1st but sloping backwards and medially impressed, the 5th 

 obtusely elevated at each side. 



Length (rostrum inclusive), 2 mm.; breadth, § mm. 



Curiosity Gully, near Rakaia Gorge. This remarkable little weevil, 

 apparently very rare, was discovered during winter — 6th July, 1912 — 

 by Mr. T. Hall, under moss growing on the face of a rock. 



Ohs. — Since the above descriptions were prepared the following 

 species have been discovered, also under moss. 



3609. Bryocatus jugosus sp. nov 



Subovate, rather broad, uneven, opaque; fusco-piceous, the legs, 

 but not the tarsi, light brown ; thickly covered with minute, depressed, 

 tawny-grey squamae. 



Rostrum parallel, arched, evidently longer than the thorax, punctate 

 and Ix'aring some short setae in front. Thorax rather broader than 

 long, widest near the middle, more abruptly narrowed in front than 

 behind; uneven, with an irregular, interrupted ridge along each side 

 of the middle, and rather coarsely and somewhat rugosely punctured. 

 Elytra arcuate-emarginate, and but little broader than the thorax at 

 the base, a third longer than it is, Avider near the middle, posterior 

 declivity vertical; they are striate, with more or less elevated interstices, 

 the 3rd and 5th broadest; the 3rd are ridged, but interrupted in the 

 middle, in other specimens they are more irregular and nodose; the 

 5th are trinodose, the sides are also slightly uneven. 



