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broadly medially impressed, and rounded between the coxae, 2nd hardly 

 as long as the^3rd and 4th combined, the 5th longer, stibtruncate- at the 

 apex, broadly iinpiossed in the middle, 6th short. 



More like D. sudus, 125"), from the far north, than any other species; 

 rather largei", <liffereiitly niaiked, witli i.'iore robust legs, longer 

 antennae, more elongate and almost cuneiform <'lytra. The exposure of 

 the pygidium is a veiy unusual cliaracter. 



(J. Length (rostrum exclusive), '.)h mm. ; breadth, quite l^j mm. 



Mount Hutt, neai- Metliven. Two specimens found by Mr. T. Hall, 

 at an elevation of .1,500 ft., on I -ith Febiuary, 1912. 



3621. Dorytomus albisetosus sp. no v. 



Elongate, slightly convex and niti<l; nigro-fuscous, legs and funi- 

 culus paler, scape testaceous; irregularly covered with decumbent, dis- 

 tinct, almost Avliite, and a feAV less conspicuous flavescent setae, those 

 on the thorax more slender and disposed tiansversely. 



Rostrum moderately slender, subparallel, arclied, longei' than the 

 thorax; substriate-punctate, nearly smooth in front. Head reti-acted up 

 to the eyes, globose below. Thoiax a third broader than long, base and 

 apex truncate, its sides rounded, rather more narroAved in front than 

 behind; moderately finely but not closely jjunctured, and, owing to the 

 clothing, appearing somewhat ti-ansversely i-ugose. Scutellum small but 

 distinct, subrotundate. Elytra thrice the length of the thorax, rather 

 broader than it is at the base, their sides nearly straight as far as the 

 middle, gradually narrowed jjosteriorly ; distinctly striate-punctate, 

 interstices with minute serial punctures. 



Ijegs stout; anterior femora subclavate, the other pairs angulate and 

 minutely dentate below; tibiae flexuous and mucronate; penultimate 

 tarsal joints moderately expanded and bilobed ; the claws appendiculate 

 at the base. 



Scape inserted midway between tlie middle and apex, extending to the 

 front of the eye, rather slender and flexuous and thickened near the 

 extremity; basal joint of funiculus pale, stout, largest, as long as the 

 following two combined, narrowed towards the base, 2nd of similar form 

 but much more slender, joints 3-6 sliort and subequal, 7th transverse 

 and bead-like; club oblong-oval, densely hairy, indistinctly articulated. 



Eyes subrotundate, inwardly truncate. Without ocular lobes. 



Hypotngea rariegata, 806, most nearly resembles it in facies. 



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



Curiositv Gullv, near Methven. One found bv Mr. T. Hall on the 

 9th Septemlx^r. 1912. 



3622. Dorytomus terrestris sp. nov. 



Elongate, slightly convex and nitid; obscure fusco-iufous. legs fusco- 

 testaceous, funiculus and club more or less infuscate; elytra thickly 

 covered with decumbent rather coarse yellowish-grey setae, the thorax 

 with more slender and elongate irregularly arranged pubescence. 



Rostrum shininsr, double the length of the thorax, rather slendei', 

 arched, itarallel, seriate-punctate behind, neai'ly smooth in fiont. 

 Thorax slightly constricted and impressed in front, a little broader than 

 long, its sides gently rounded ; distinctly and moderately closely jtunc- 

 tuied. Scutellum .'iibtriangular. Elytia ol)long, more than twice the 

 lengtli of tlie thorax, broadei' than it is, feelily biarcuate at the base, 

 cuivedly narrowed behind; regularly and distinctly striate-punctato. 

 interstices minutely punctate. 



