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Tibiae setose, the anterior rather longer than the others, which are 

 more flexuous and minutely denticulate. 



Scape nearly straight, bearing decumbent and erect grey setae ; basal 

 joint of funiculus stouter and slightly longer than the next, 4th slightly 

 longer than tlie 3rd or following ones, which are moniliform ; club elongate. 



Male. — Elytral apices subacuminate but scarcely at all prolonged ; 

 rostral carina broader, grooved along side ; the bare thoracic space not 

 sulcate in front. 



T. caudata (1521) has more prolonged, rather thickly spiniforni elytral 

 apices ; there is only a nodiform bare spot near the base of the thorax ; 

 and a considerable proportion of the squamae, when cleaned with benzine, 

 appear shining brassy. 



Length (rostrum inclusive), 6 mm. ; breadth, 2|^ mm. 



Kuriwai Bush, Wyndham. One of each sex found by Mr J. H. Lewis 

 on the 21st September and 18th October, 1914. 



3867. Tigones variata sp. nov. 



Opaque, moderately slender ; legs and antennae fusco-rufous, the body 

 apparently concolorous, the thorax having an elongate bare space of that 

 colour extending from the base and becoming narrower towards the middle ; 

 densely covered with variegated depressed squamae, principally coppery- 

 brown, the sides of the thorax, and the posterior, more or less greyish, 

 on the elytra there are a few greyish-blue scales ; the setae neither very 

 numerous nor conspicuous, suberect and flavescent. 



Rostrum a third shorter than thorax, finely carinate. Thorax of equal 

 length and breadth, slightly wider near the middle than elsewhere, without 

 inequalities, the bare mesial space distinctly punctured. Scutellum sub- 

 oblong, greyish. Elytra oblong, not thrice the length of thorax, quite a 

 third broader than it is, with oblique shoulders, the apices somewhat 

 dehiscent and moderately acuminate ; rather finely and regularly striate- 

 punctate, 3rd interstices slightly elevated near tlie base, not nodiform 

 behind. 



tScape nearly straight, setigerous ; 3rd joint of the funicle shorter than 

 2nd ; club elongate-oval. Legs like those of T. thoracica. 



Male.- — Rostral carina more distinct. Elytral apices not prolonged. 

 Underside with grey scales and setae, some of the former pinkish. Fifth 

 ventral segment flat, strongly rounded behind, evidently longer than the 

 3rd and 4th together. 



The nearest allies are T. cervina (1525), T. obscnra (2383), and T. Philpotti 

 (3121). The first possesses an interrupted thoracic ridge, and thick divergent 

 elytral apices. The second is more robust, and the thorax is broader than 

 long and simple. The 3rd has a dark obtuse thoracic ridge, and the band 

 across the top of the posterior declivity is composed of bluish-grey scales. 



$. Length (rostrum inclusive), 5 mm. ; breadth. If mm. 



Kuriwai Bush. Six examples found by Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Lewis, 18th 

 Octobei'. 1914. In some males the clothing is nnich less variegate, chiefly 

 infuscate-grey. In the typical female the scales wlien brushed with benzine 

 appear rufo-ci;preous. 



3868. Tigones murina sp. nov. 



Elongate, rather stout, opaque ; piceous, antennae fusco-rufous ; 

 densely clothed with infuscate-grey and grey squamae, these latter some- 



