234 cor.Koi'TKHA. 



as the 2ml aiul lU'd couibined, butli of tlicse subobloiig, -Itli to Gth trans- 

 verse; club oblong-oval, almost equalling the funiculus in length, its 

 3rfl joint as long as botli of the basal ones but not percejitibly annulate. 



Feniora elongate, tlio anterior simple, the intermediate oljtiisely, the 

 posterior acutt'ly angulate underneath ; liind tiliiae scarcely at all 

 dilated. 



Eyes only moderately prominent, almost as distant from the thorax 

 as they are from each other. Thorax without ocular lobes. 



Underside witli elongate white scales; 5th ventral segment as long 

 as tlie preceding three togetlier. 



Tliis bears some resemblance to 2164 and .'^'500 (inly; l)()tli of these, 

 however, are doubk' its size, they are quite dull, with strongly angulate 

 and dentiform posterior femora, and neither has carinate elytra. 



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



Hump Ridge, near Invercargill. Two were obtained by Mr. A. 

 Philpott in February, 1912, the male, measni-ing 2? mm. by 1 liim., has 

 been returned to him. 



3631. Oreocharis latipennis sp. nov. 



Subopaque, rufo-castaneous ; the head, all but the rufescent apical 

 portion of the rostrum, the club, and the terminal joint of tlie tarsi 

 more or less piceous, antennae infuscate; sparingly clothed with slender, 

 decumbent, yellowisli-grey setae, and a few elongate, grey, scattered 

 •squamae. 



Rostrum as long as thorax, a little arched, (|uite half the width of 

 the head, slightly constricted behind the antennal insertion, rugosely 

 punctate. Head unimpressed, moderately coarsely punctured. Thorax 

 slightly broader than long, a little consti-icted near the apex; its puncta- 

 tion rather coarse and close. Scutellum oblong. Elytra fully thrice the 

 length of the thorax, almost double its widtli at the base, wuth straight 

 sides to beyond the posterior femora, their apices rounded and leaving 

 uncovered the testaceous pygidium; they are punctate-striate, with 

 closely asperate interstices; on tlie top of the hind slope of each, on 

 the 2nd interstice, thei-e is a vei'y small dai-k crest, and behind tliis 

 the sui-face is irregularly infnscate. 



Femora elongate, the anterior simple, the intermediate notched near 

 the extremity underneath ; the posterior more elongate and armed with 

 a vei-y prominent dentiform angulation, the tibiae of this pair some- 

 what arched and dilated along the front below the middle. 



Antennae slender; funiculus shorter than the scape, its basal joint 

 largest, 2nd rather longer than 3rd, joints 4-6 small; club large, oblong, 

 almost the length of the funicle, its 3id joint ap|)arently entire and 

 longer than the preceding ones combint'd. 



More opacpie than 0. /lif/riceps, 1540, with different vestitvire, the 

 elytra not nai-rowed before the posterioi- declivity, their interstices 

 rough, the antennae more slender, itc. 



Lengtli (I'ostrum exclusive), 3^ mm. ; breadth, linmi. 



Monnt Hntt, neai- Metliven. One fonnd bv .Mr. "T. Hall, at an alti- 

 tude of 3, .500 ft., on tlie 30th March, 1912. 



3632. Oreocharis lineirostris sp. nov. 



Elongate, slightly nitid, fulvescent, head and tliorax reddish, clnb 

 only a little infnscate; pubescence very distinct, not slender, yellowish- 

 grey, thorax \\\{\i a few white scales along the middle, scutellum 

 similarly sipiamose. 



