226 COIJOOl'TEKA. 



Legs moderately stout, all the femora aiigul.itr and iiioderati'ly dentate 

 undLTueath ; tibiat- slightly ticxuous and mun-oiiatr ; tarsi setose under- 

 nrath, ."ird joint dilated and dft'i)ly bilobiMJ, the terminal longer than 

 the Isl ; claws ;i|)|Kndieidate at the base. 



Seape sLemU i . medially inserted, barely reaching the eye; basal 

 joint of funiculus largest, nai'i'owed towards its base, 2nd evidently more 

 slender ami sh(uter but distinctly longer than the next, joints 4-6 nionili- 

 foini, 7th broader tlian its ])redecessors ; club oblo!)g-oval, indistinctly 

 (|uadriai't ieulate. 



Tliere are no ocular lobes. Eyes obliijucly oval, with distinct facets. 

 Mandibles slightly prominent, curved externally, acute at the extremity. 

 Palpi visible above. 



Some\\hat similar to tlie North Island J). iiKtorinus, 3295, but more 

 flaveseent, with uai-rower eyes, the sides of the thorax more strongly 

 rounded, with h'ss distinctly striate elyti-a. tlie posterior tibiae less bent 

 and inei-assate, and with differently formed antennal joints. 



$. Length (rt)strum exclusive), 2§nnu.; bieadth, 1| mm. 



Hump Hidge, near Invercargill. l'nii|ue. Discovered by .Mi-. A. 

 rhilpott in Febi-uary, 1912. 



3620. Dorytomus melastictus sp. nov. 



Elongate-ovate, slightly convex, subopa(]ue; ]»ale tt'staceous, the ros- 

 trum, antennae, and tarsi slightly fulvescent ; a streak along the middle 

 of the thorax, but not reaching the apex, and a lotundate spot midway 

 between it and each side nigro-fuscous, between the hind thighs there 

 are 6 dark, less sharply nmrked spots; elytra thickly covered with 

 decumbent, rather coarse and moderately elongate, pale-yellowish setae, 

 tliose on the thorax more slender and elongate, of a brigher yellow, and 

 arranged ti'ansversely. 



Rostrum rather longer than the thorax, moderately slender, ai'ched, 

 parallel ; smooth but not distinctly carinate along the middle, seriate- 

 punctate at the sides. Thorax slightly broader than long, rounded and 

 widest at or just before the middle, considerably narrowed in front; 

 moderately but not closely punctured. Scutellum oblong. Elytra with 

 obtuse shoulders, not quite truncate at the base, broader than the thorax 

 there, nearly thrice its length, gradually narrowed posteriorly, with 

 individually rounded apices; they are striate-punctate, their sculpture, 

 however, is rendered indefinite by the vestitui-e; intei-stices minutely 

 punctured, the intermediate terminate abruptly at the commencement 

 of the hind slope, they are not nodi form there, but just below them there 

 appeal's to be a depression on each elytron. Pygidium exposed, rather 

 broad, closely punctate and finely setose. 



Femora clavate and angulate underneath, the hind pairs more denti- 

 form than the antei'ior ; tibiae mucronate and somewhat flexuous, the 

 front pair rather longer tlian the others; penultimate tarsal joints 

 widely bilobed; claws subdentate at the base. 



Scape slender, thicker near the extre!iiity, iir-(Mted near the ajiex and 

 just attaining the front of the eye; basal joint of the funicle largest, 

 2nd slender and evidently »horter ; joints 3-6 diminish, the 7th rather 

 shorter and broader; club quadriarticulate, oblong-oval. 



Underside testaceous, but a streak along each side of the )ii-osteiiium. 

 the sides of the metasternum and 1st abdominal segment and a large 

 portir)n of segments 2-4 arc nigrescent. ^letasternum depressed and 

 BTilcate along the middlr, rather longer than tlie 1st segment, wiiich is 



