404 COI.EOPTERA. 



what concentrated from the 3rd elytral interstices to the sides, but not 

 forming a well-marked fascia, in front of the posterior declivity ; the setae 

 rather slender and, except on the antermae and legs, not conspicuous. 



Rostrum a third shorter than thorax, distinctly but not broadly carinate 

 along the middle and, like the unimpressed head, rather finely and closely 

 punctured. Thorax just as long as broad, a little narrowed in front, its 

 surface finely punctate, and with short irregular rugae. Scutellum distinct, 

 usually subquadrate. Elytra oblong, a third broadei- than thorax at the 

 base, fully double its length, posterior declivity moderately nari'ow but not 

 vertical, apices broad in the male, orAy feebly acuminate and dehiscent in 

 the other sex; they are moderately coarsely, closely, and regularly striate- 

 punctate, 3rd interstices moderately elevated, rather more distinctly in 

 front of and as far as the top of the declivity, but not nodiform there, 5th 

 rather less elevated behind and plane near the base. 



Antennae elongate, 2nd joint of funiculus as long as the basal, 3rd but 

 little shorter, the following ones obconical, all rather longer than broad ; 

 club elongate. 



Legs elongate, like those of the preceding species, but with a few minute 

 denticles inside the anterior pair. 



Underside with grey scales and setae, tlie 3rd and 4th segment almost 

 without scales. 



A rather large species, recognizable by its long antennae, well-marked 

 elytral punctation, rather elongate elevations of the 3rd interstices, and 

 almost uniformly coloured vestiture, which in some examples is more 

 fuscous than the type. 



(J. Length (rostrum inclusive), 7 mm. ; breadth, 2| mm. 



Clipping's Bush, east of Kingston. Mr. T. Hall obtained nearly a dozen 

 individuals, but only a single female, on the 29th January, 1914. 



3869. Tigones assimilis sp. nov. 



Opaque, fusco-rufous, antennae and tarsi inclusive, these latter never 

 nigrescent ; the vestiture nearly similar to that of T. murina, varying 

 individually from greyish to fuscous, the thorax generally with a broad 

 dark streak along the middle, and with a fine stria there, the disc without 

 rugae. Scutellum oblong. Elytra more finely striate-punctate than those 

 of T. murina, 3rd interstices with similarly elongated posterior elevations ; 

 but the 5th are prolonged, somewhat swollen and curved inwardly below 

 the terminal elevations of the 3rd, and in line with these the sides are 

 broader. The rostral carina is indistinct. The legs are more slender, the 

 tibiae less distinctly denticulate, the anterior are nearly straight, being 

 curved only below the middle. Antennae shorter, joints 5-7 scarcely at all 

 longer than broad. 



Length (rostrum inclusive), 6|-7 mm. ; breadth, 2-2| mm. 



Moa Basin, Canterbury ; 20th October, 1913. Five examples found bv 

 Mr. T. Hall. 



3870. Tigones setosa sp. nov. 



Opaque, fusco-piceous, legs and tarsi fusco-rufous, antennae rather 

 darker, rostral apex dark red ; covered with depressed fusco-testaceous and 

 some darker sqiiamae ; the setae yellowish-grey, numerous, suberect, rather 

 conspicuous but not very elongate. 



