330 COLEOPTEHA. 



bohind, the central one indistinct in front, smooth near the base. Head 

 short, globose below, of the same width as the thoracic apex, narrowed 

 anteriorly, moderately finely and closely punctured, and with a distinct 

 median depression. Thorax about an eighth ])roader than long, wider near 

 the front than elsewhere, its sides somewhat sinuate behind the middle ; 

 disc slightly uneven, without distinct elevations, broadly impressed between 

 the middle and base, frontal sculpture fine and close but mingled with a 

 few more distinct punctures, the rest of its surface, as well as the sides, is 

 coarsely and irregularly punctui'ed, with short rugose intervals. Elytra 

 very elongate-ovate, the narrow shoulders but little wider than the base of 

 the thorax, posterior declivity not quite vertical, gradually narrowed, with 

 obtusely prominent, dehiscent apices ; sutural region almost quite flat, 3rd 

 intei'stices costiform, gradually raised backwards and ending very abruptly 

 at the top of the declivity ; 5th nearly similar but gradually becoming 

 obsolete before reaching the declivity, the sides also are costiform except 

 at the base, they are slightly curved inwardly towards the extremity but 

 do not touch the central costae ; between these costae there are duplicate 

 series of well-marked, distinctly separated punctures, which become finer 

 near the extremity ; there are similar series alongside the suture. 



Tibiae nearly straight, only slightly incrassate near the extremity, with 

 pale-yellowish setae. 



Underside black, finely and closely punctate, with pale setae ; basal 

 ventral segment broadly impressed in the middle. 



Length (rostrum inclusive), 20 mm. ; breadth, 6| mm. 



Ben Lomond, Otago. One individual found by Mr. M. 0. Pasco, of 

 Queenstown, on the 1st December, 1912. When received it was smeared 

 with mud : it may therefore be deemed to be another curious ground- weevil. 



3760. Pparchus halli sp. nov. Pparchus Broun, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., 

 ser. 7, vol. U, 1904, p. lU. 



Robust, subovate, convex, opaque ; nigrescent, almost entirely covered 

 with minute, depressed tawny squamae, but leaving uncovered numerous 

 slightly nitid, black granules ; antennae and rostral apex rufo-piceous. 



Rostrum as long as thorax, depressed along the middle, with a fine 

 central and obtuse sublateral carinae, these latter somewhat convergent at 

 the base, its apex closely and finely punctate and bearing only a few ful- 

 vescent setae. Thorax very little broader than long, widest and obtusely 

 prominent near the front, somewhat constricted behind the middle, base 

 and apex truncate : its surface uneven, having a moderate, longitudinal, 

 median ridge in front, a pair of obtuse elevations near the middle, and one 

 near each of the lateral prominences, the numerous granules are very irre- 

 gularly distributed. Scutellum small. Elytra oblong-oval, large, thrice the 

 length of thorax, twice as broad near the middle but scarcely at all wider 

 than thorax at the base, with simple apices ; each elytron is unevenly bi- 

 costate and the suture is slightly elevated behind ; the inner costa is more 

 distinct than the other but becomes obsolete on top of the declivity, the 2nd 

 extends a little farther back, it is slightly prominent there, but is less obvious, 

 sometimes obsolete near the base ; the rather indistinct subseriate punctures 

 are placed near the costae, there are numerous gramilos on the dorsum, these 

 become finer behind the middle and are absent from the declivity. 



Legs moderately elongate, squamose ; femora rather slender, near the 

 l)ase particularly ; til)iae nearly straight, with simple apices, bearing short 

 setae. 



