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Fein. — I\ostiuiii jutlier longer and more slender, smooth along the 

 middle, punctatte at the sides, nearly glabrous, scape implanted before 

 the middle. 



The scale-like vestiture of tlie elytra, and their rather vague mark- 

 ings, will aid in identification. 



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



Kakaia Gorge. Shaken off flowering-shrubs by Mr. T. Hall on the 

 20th November, 1912. Two males and one female. 



.Hfi24. Neomycta seticeps sji. nov. Neoniycta Pascoe, Man. N.Z. Coleopt., 

 p. 457. 



Nitid. rufescent, legs and scape fulvescent, funiculus infuscate; 

 elytra with distinct suberect grey setae, those on the thorax elongate, 

 much more slender and decumbent, the head with coarse white setae. 



Rostrum as long as the thorax, moderately and gradually expanded 

 towards the extremity, indistinctly bicarinate, and seriate-punctate. 

 Head broader than long, punctate. Thorax subquadrate, only slightly 

 broader than long, its sides gently rounded, distinctly and closely punc- 

 tured. Scutellum triangular. Elytra oblong, evidently broader than 

 the thorax, nearly thrice its length, curvedly narrowed behind; disc 

 slightly convex, regularly and distinctly striate-punctate, Avith simple 

 interstices. 



Legs moderately elongate and stout, the anterior rather longer than 

 the others; front femora with a minute denticle underneath, the others 

 subangulate; tibiae mucronate at the extremity, the hind pairs flexuous. 



Scape inserted near the apex and reaching the eye, gradually incras- 

 sate; basal joint of the funiculus paler and larger than the others, 

 narrowed towards its base; 2nd slender, shorter than the '1st but longer 

 than the next, joints 3-6 slightly decrease, 7th bead-like but not 

 broader than long; club oblong-oval, triarticulate. 



Underside chestnut-red, with grey hairs, distinctly and distantly 

 punctate, the prosternum closely. Anterior coxae contiguous, large and 

 prominent, leaving only a short space uncovered either before or behind 

 them. Metasternum as long as the basal two segments united; 1st 

 segment strongly rounded between the coxae, sinuate behind, the next 

 rather shorter and not quite as long as the 3rd and 4th together. 



The scrobes are slightly open and visible above. Eyes rotundate, 

 slightly prominent, and nearly as far from the thorax as they are from 

 each other. Without ocular lobes. 



This species is of a darker red than any part of Pascoe's N. pulicaris, 

 807, but not as dark as 808, with whiter and slightly coarser setae, on 

 the head especially. The rostrum is broader and dilated in front, and 

 the sides of the thorax are less rounded. 



(J. Length (rostrum exclusive), 2i mm. ; breadth, quite 1mm. 



Mount Hutt, near Methven. Another Tinique from Mr. T. Hall, 

 found at a height of 3,500 ft. on the 14th February, 1912. From the 

 same source several of 807 have been received. 



3625. Alloprocas muticus sp. nov. Alloprocas Broun, Man. N.Z. Coleopt.. 

 p. 1375. 

 Oblong, slightly convex and nitid ; with slender yellowish-grey setae, 

 these are decumbent on the head and thorax, but suberect and rathei- 

 shorter on the hind-body; fusco-testaceous, rostrum, antennae, and legs 

 faintly rufescent, the lower half of tlie front tiliiae distinctly nigrescent, 

 the other pairs less so. 



