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vitta on each between the middle and extremity dark fuscous, the suture 

 is somewhat rufescent, and the middle of the base sometimes slightly infuscate. 



Rostrum as long as the head and thorax, moderately stout, subparallel, 

 punctate and feebly tricarinate, nearly smooth in front. Thorax without 

 ocular lobes, base and apex truncate, slightly broader than long, its sides 

 somewhat rounded, moderately coarsely and closely punctured. Scutellum 

 small but distinct. Elytra oblong, nearly thi'ice the length of thorax, 

 evidently broader than it is at the base, rounded but not vertical behind ; 

 distinctly and regularly punctate-striate, intermediate interstices confluent 

 behind. 



Scape inserted between the middle and apex, very gradually thickened, 

 just reaching the fi'ont of the eye ; basal joint of funiculus twice as long and 

 broad as the 2nd, joints 3-6 small and subquadrate, 7th slightly broader and 

 more moniliform ; club large, oblong-oval, triarticulate. Eyes subrotundate, 

 very slightly prominent. Femora more or less angulate and dentate below ; 

 tibiae slightly flexuous, the anterior mucronate ; basal two joints of tarsi 

 short, the 3rd dilated and bilobed. 



This nearly approaches 1528, Erirrliinus thomsoni, in general appearance, 

 but has paler yellow, differently marked elytra, and a rather stouter tri- 

 carinate rostrum. 



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



Bell Rock, near Methven. Mr. T. Hall found two specimens on the 

 19th November, 1912. 



3769. Oreocharis pleuralis sp. nov. Oreocharis Broun, Man. N.Z. Coleopt., 

 p. 864. 



Subopaque, variegate, the head, rostrum, thoracic disc, sides of elytra, 

 femora, terminal tarsal joints, and antennal club more or less fusco-piceous ; 

 remaining parts rtifo-castaneous ; the vestiture irregular, consisting of 

 slender, inconspicuous, suberect ashy setae on the thoxax and along the 

 middle of the elytra, but a broad streak near the side of each elytron and 

 lower part of the side itself bear depressed, elongate, yellowish-grey sqiianiae, 

 the sides of the thorax covered with somewhat more rotundate and darker 

 scales. 



Rostrum rather longer than thorax, a little dilated near the front, behind 

 about half the width of the occiput, slightly arched, feebly carinate along 

 the middle, the seriate punctures separated by indistinctly raised lines. 

 Head as long as broad, gradually narrowed anteriorly, moderately closely 

 and distinctly punctured, slightly depressed between the eyes ; these are 

 distant from the thorax, longitudinally oval and moderately prominent. 

 Thorax nearly a third broader than long, constricted close to the apex, with 

 gently rounded sides ; its punctation a little coarser than that of the head. 

 Scutellum oblong. Elytra evidently broader than thorax at the base, fully 

 thrice its length, gradually curvedly narrowed posteriorly, with slightly 

 rounded rufescent shoulders ; they are distinctly striate-punctate, interstices 

 minutely subseriate-punctate. Pygidium broad, finely punctate. 



Legs with fine greyish setae. Femora clavate, the intermediate dis- 

 tinctly angulate underneath, the posterior strongly dentate and bearing a 

 few scales. Hind tibiae somewhat arched above, and a good deal dilated 

 below that point along the fi'ont. 



Scape implanted near the apex, rather slender, attaining the centre of the 

 eye ; basal joint of funiculus stout, evidently longer than 2nd, the next 



