EKIKRHINIDAE. 2.)0 



The male is; rather smaller, its rostium is ratlier shorter, and tlie 

 tliorax is a third broader than long. 



$. Lengtli (rostrum exclusive), 1 mm. ; breadth, H mm. 



Alexandra. Three examples were kindly placed at my disposal by 

 Mr. A. C. O'Connor. Tliey Avere found on the 12th December, 1911. 



3629. Hoplocneme propinqua sp. nov. Hoflocneme White, Man. N.Z. 



Coleopt., p. 461. 



Bodv moderately nitid, very thinly clothed with short, tine, cinereous 

 hairs; cyaneous, antennae and femora piceous, the tibiae and tarsi more 

 rufescent. 



nostrum slightly longer than the head, lialf its width, with a few 

 distinct punctures. Head subquadrate, not as broad as it is long, with 

 obtuse angles; very distinctly punctate, rather distantly on the middle. 

 Eyes widely separated above, slightly prominent, only moderately large. 

 Thorax oi neaily e(pial length and breadth, constricted in front, very 

 gently widened baclvwards; closely and rather coarsely punctured, with 

 narrow, somew^hat transversely riigose intervals. Scutellum distinct. 

 Elytra oblong, with rounded apices, twice the width of the thorax at 

 the base and four times its length; their punctation is not quite seriate, 

 it is as coarse as that of the thorax, l)ut becomes less definite be- 

 hind, tlu' intervals though small are distinct and smooth. Pygidium 

 nigrescent, punctate. 



Scape slender, very gradually tliickeufd, almost reaching tlie back 

 of tlie head; funiculus rather shorter, basal joint evidently the largest, 

 2nd sliglitly longer tlian broad, joints 3-6 small and subquadrate; club 

 as long as joints 2-6 of the funiculus united, finely j^idiescent, quadri- 

 articulate, tlie terminal joint small. Posterior femora dilated, strongly 

 angulate and dentiform underneath; the other pairs simple. 



The type of the genus, //. hooker i, 818, is larger, its eyes are twice 

 as large, and tho elytra are regularly' striate-j^unctate. H. punctatis- 

 s/ma, 819, is densely punctured, the punctures on the elytra are 

 irregularly croAvded togethei' without smooth interstices. 



Length (rostrum inclusive), 3i mm. ; bi-eadth, 11 mm. 



McClennan's Bush, near Methven. A single individual taken by 

 Mr. T. Hall on the 15th March, 1912. 



3630. Oreocharis carinulata sp. nov. Oreocharis Broun, Man. N.Z. 



Coleopt., p. 864. 



Elongate, subovate, moderately convex, somewhat nitid; nigresct-nt, 

 the scape, knees, and tarsi more or less castaneo-rufous ; the squamae 

 depressed, rather coarse, nearly pure white, unevenly distributed, and 

 intermingled with slender cinereous setae. 



Kostrum rather longer than thorax, but not half its breadth, slightly 

 arched, subparallel, moderately coarsely punctate. Head of about equal 

 length and breadtli, narrowed anteriorly. Thorax subconical, about as 

 long as it is broad; distinctly but not very closely punctured, the scales 

 somewhat concentrated along the middle and sides. Scutellum distinct, 

 squamose. Elytra evidently broader than the tht)rax at the base and 

 fully twice its length, narrowed posteriorly, their rounded apices not 

 covering the pygidium; they are striate-punctate, and each elytron is 

 more or less distinctly bicarinate. 



Scape sparingly pubescent, attaining the back of the eye. Funiculus 

 slendei-, shorter than the scape; basal joint stout, largest, about as long 



