228 cor.Eoi'TKiui. 



Legs stout; feinoi'a moderately clavate, all minutely dentate under- 

 neatli ; anterior tibiae nearly straight, finely niucr(iii;it(^ ; tarsi normal, 

 claws aijpcndicvilate. 



Scape slender and elongate, inserted l>eliind the middle and just 

 reaching tlie front of the eye; basal joint oi funiculus very elongate and 

 graduall}- thickened, 2nd also elongate, yet little more tlian half the 

 length of tlie 1st; joints 'i, 4, and (5 rathci' longer tlian hioad, 7th 

 lather sliorter than preceding ones; club very elongate and latlier 

 narrow, about as long as joints 1—7 of the funicle combined, (piadri- 

 articulate, densely pubescent. 



Eyes moderately large, not at all j)rominent, nearly obli(piely oval. 

 Xo ocular lobes. 



Another ally of JJ. rnaornnis, ."{29."), l)ut less i)arallel and elongate, 

 and at once I'ecognized l)y the tliickly and ratlier coarsely clothed hind- 

 body. The antennal insei'tion dii'fers and the club is more elongate. 

 llie elytra are sliortei' and bioa.der, and the interstices are much less 

 sharply dehned. In all tlicsc sj»ecies the front legs ai-e ratlier longer 

 than the otliers. 



$. Length (rostrum exclusive), 3 mm. ; breadth, nearly 1^ mm. 



Kakaia (lorge, near Methven. I have seen two specimens, both 

 found by Mr. T. Hall during June, 1912, airiongst decaying leaves on 

 the ground. 



3623. Dorytomus floricola sp. nov. 



Elongate, subovate, slightly convex, subojKique ; fuscous, legs fusco- 

 testaceous, scape somewhat f ulvescent ; elytra thickly clothed wdth j'el- 

 lowish-grey, decumbent, hair-iike scales or setae, which render the rather 

 ill-defined maculation still more obscure; the setae on tlie thorax are 

 slender and disposed transversely. 



Rostrum parallel, moderately stout and arclied, a third longer than 

 tlie thorax, not at all dilated towards the extremity, punctate along the 

 sides, with fine, rather indistinct setae, those on the head coarse. Thorax 

 a third broader than long, its sides but little rounded, more narrowed, 

 but not abruptly, in front than liehind, distinctly Init not very closely 

 punctured. Scutellum distinct. Elytra oblong, slightly emarginate 

 at the base, broader there than tlie thoi-ax, quite twice its length; they 

 are moderately finely punctate-striate ; interstices nearly plane, finely 

 punctured, the 3rd and 5th confluent, somewhat thickened and pro- 

 minent at the commencement of the hind slope; a large testaceous space 

 extends backwards from each shoulder and then inwardly to the suture, 

 there is also a median one behind, these, however, are not very definite. 



Scape inserted near the apex, rather slender, attaining the front 

 of the eye; liasal joint of funicuhis largest, incrassate at apex, 2nd 

 slender and a little longer than tlie next, 4-6 nearly ecjual, 7th slightly 

 broader and moniliforin ; club oblong-oval, triarticulate. 



Femora angulate below, tlie hind pairs also minutely dentiform; 

 tibiae stout, nearly straight, mucronate; tarsi finely setose underneath, 

 claws subdentate. 



Underside nitid, ]iiceous, moderately and distantly punctate, r)tli 

 segment more closely. Metasternum somewhat rugose and flattened in 

 the middle; l)asal segment rather longer than the 2nd, both flat in the 

 middle, their suture sinuate, 3rd and 4th together as long as the basal, 

 r)th truncate behind, 6th very short, concave at the base. Setae distinct 

 greyish. 



