220 COLEOPTERA. 



Femora robust; anterior tibiae arched externally, a little thickened 

 inwardly at the middle, and distinctly uncinate at the extremity. 



Scape gradually incrassate, rather short, hardly attaining the eye; 

 funiculus with a few dark setae, basal joint stout and about a third 

 of the whole length, joints 2-4 small and subijuadrate, otli and 6th 

 bead-like and transverse, broader and shortei- than the preceding ones; 

 club lai'ge, oblong-oval, indistinctly articulated. 



Underside densely covered with greyish scales and a few slender setae. 

 Prosternum deeply emarginate in front. Basal ventral segment longer 

 than the next, the suture moderately definite, the 5th rathei- short, with 

 a rotundate fovea at its extremity. 



The broader form, rough surface, sliorter thorax, and vertical 

 posterior declivity are sufficiently distinctive. 



Length (rostrum inclusive), 2^ mm. ; breadth, 1 mm. 



Bell Rock, near Methven. Three examples found by Mr. T. Hall, 

 under moss, 5th September, 1912. 



3610. Bryocatus nodicoUis sp. nov. 



Subovate, opaque, of a pale yellowish-chestnut hue, the squamae, or 

 scale-like matter, on the elytral interstices slightly greyish, there ai-e 

 also a few distinct suberect grey setae; tarsi only a little infuscate, 

 antennae darker but not nigrescent, the slender portion of the scape 

 paler. 



Rostrum parallel, arched, rather longer than the thorax; with a 

 few fine greyish setae, those on the apparently impunctate apex more 

 conspicuous. Thorax of about the same length and breadth, with 

 moderately rounded sides, rather broader near the middle than else- 

 where; no distinct punctation is visible, but on each side of the middle 

 there is a somewhat flattened nodosity, and a little in advance there 

 is another at each side, these are best seen from the front. Elytra 

 obovate, a third longer than the thorax, emarginate at the base, and 

 scarcely any wider than the thorax there, broader just before the middle, 

 not vertical behind; they are striate, but not perceptibly punctate; tlie 

 3rd and 5th interstices are not distinctly broader than the others, and 

 none are speckled. 



Smaller than B. alternans, the rostrum rather shorter and thicker, 

 the thorax shorter and with different sculpture, the elytra not at all 

 straight-sided and with simple interstices; the scape is a little shorter, 

 slender near the base but more clavate at the extremity; the tarsi are 

 narrower, and the penultimate joint less expanded. 



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



Bell Rock. A single individual found nmongst moss on the IStli 

 September, 1012, by Mr. T. Hall. 



3611. Bryocatus nigrirostris sp. nov. 



This resembles B. alternans, but the following disjiarities necessitate 

 its separation : — 



Rostrum nitid, nearly nude, subcarinate along the middle, rather 

 more elongate, and slightly, though quite definitely, narrowed towards 

 its base. Scape evidently longer and more slender throughout. Thorax 

 broader, not longer than it is broad, for the most part fusco-testaceous, 

 with an oblong blackish spot at each side of the middle, at the base, 

 and witli the greater part of each side similarly dark. 



