HYLORIIDAE. 221 



Underside piceous, nearly glabrous. Metasternum and basal two 

 ventral segments coarsely and closely punctate and impressed along the 

 middle, oth segment more finely sculptured, with shoi-t grey setae, about 

 half of its surface occupied hj a rotundate fovea. 



Lengtli (rostrum inclusive), 2J mm. ; breadtli, § nmi. 



Curiosity Gully, near Methven. Mr. T. Hall obtained a pair of 

 specimens from moss on the 6th August, 1912. 



3612. Bryocatus amplus sp. nov. 



Subopaque, piceo-rufous, funiculus and tarsi nigrescent; unevenly 

 covered with depressed, -pale tawny'jjjrey squamae. 



Rostrum stout, parallel, slightly longer than the thorax, nearly 

 smooth along the middle in front, its punctation irregular, moderately 

 distinct but becoming shallow towards the base. Thorax widest and 

 obtusely j^rominent before the middle, more obliquely narrowed in front 

 than behind; moderately coarsely, but not deeply, and closely punctured, 

 with minutely sculptured intervals, the length and breadth about equal. 

 Elytra evidently broader than the thorax at the base, not tw'ice its 

 length, with gently rounded and gradually narrowed sides, the posterior 

 declivity subvertical; they are nearly plane along the middle but some- 

 what uneven towards the sides; with narrow, apparently imjDunctate 

 striae, interstices punctate and slightly rugose, the 3rd rather broader 

 than the inner ones, obtusely elevated near the base and subnodose at 

 the summit of the declivity; near the middle of each elytron an oblique 

 dej^ression extends towards the shoulder, this interrupts the 5th and 

 outer interstices, the 5th otherwise would resemble the 3rd; the declivity 

 is narrowed and sharply striate. 



Scape slightly flexuous, barely attaining the eye, and with a short 

 but quite definite basal articulation; 2nd joint of funiculus almost as 

 long and stout as the 1st, 3rd slightly longer than broad; joints 4—6 

 short and moniliform, very gradually dilated ; club large, indistinctly 

 articulated. Legs normal. 



Metasternum as long as the basal ventral segment, both broadly 

 depressed, 5th nearly as long as the preceding two, with an oblong 

 median fovea. 



Very different from all the preceding species, about twice the size, 

 the thorax proportionally shorter, the elytra much broader. There is 

 a minute granule which may represent the scutellum; it does not, how- 

 ever, so far as I can see, penetrate between the wing-cases. The short, 

 bent, stalk-like articulation at the base of the scape is also peculiar. 



Length (rostrum inclusive), 3^ mm. ; breadth, 1| mm. 



Pudding Hill, near Methven. One individual only, secured by 

 Mr. T. Hall on the 4th May, 1912. 



Group Haplontchidak. 



3613. Geochus pyriformis sp. nov. Geockus Broun, Man. N.Z. Coleopt., 



p. 445 (Geophilus). 



Convex, widest near posterior femora, rounded and subvertical 

 behind, gradually narrowed anteriorly, nitid ; sparingly and irregularlv 

 clothed with distinct, but not coarse, decumljent, straw-coloured setae"; 

 rostrum opaque, piceous, more rufescent at the tip, thorax and tarsi 

 castaneo-rufous, elytra and antennae fulvescent, the club and legs 

 fuscous; on each elytron a blackish mark extends from the middle of 

 the base as far as the hind thigh, it is then curved inwardlv to the 



