OTIORHYNCHIDAE. 405 



Rostrum indistinctly carinate, normal. Thorax uneven, rather short, 

 broader than long, slightly wider near the middle than elsewhere, a little 

 impressed across the front, with a short longitudinal depression on the 

 middle and a slight swelling behind ; the dark scales congregated between 

 the middle and sides near the base. Scutellum small, grey. Elytra sub- 

 cordate, hardly double the width of thorax in their broadest parts, a little 

 narrowed near the base, much narrowed behind and, conjointly, sub- 

 acuminate at the apex, almost thrice the length of the thorax ; apparently 

 rather distantly and finely striate-punctate, 3rd and 5th interstices only 

 obsoletely elevated, the setae regularly seriate right to the extremity. 



Antennae short, scape stout ; basal joint of funiculus thicker and 

 rather longer than the next, 3rd rather longer than broad, the others bead- 

 like but not transverse ; club elongate-oval. 



Legs witli scales and greyish setae, tibiae slightly flexuous, the hind 

 pairs distinctly denticulate along the inside. 



Near T. osculans (1522), more rough-looking, the setae much more 

 conspicuous, the scape evidently thicker, rostrum not perceptibly carinate, 

 tarsi shorter, and with denticulate tibiae, whereas those of 1522 are simple. 



Length (rostrum inclusive), 5f mm. ; breadth, 2^ mm. 



Longwood Range, Southland. Unique. Found bv Mr. A. Philpott in 

 December, 1913. 



3871. Tigones longiceps sp. nov. 



Elongate, opaque, fusco-piceous, antennae and tarsi fusco-rufous ; 

 covered with depressed squamae, which for the most part are yellowish- 

 brown, but fuscous ones form a lateral patch near each hind thigh ; the 

 setae are somewhat fiavescent, erect on the elytral nodosities, decumbent 

 on the dorsum. 



Rostrum a third shorter than thorax, distinctly carinate. Eyes slightly 

 convex, the spkce between the hind part of each and the thoracic margin 

 equals the length of the eye. Thorax slightly broader than long, a little 

 wider before the middle than elsewhere ; rather fuiely punctate, obtusely 

 ridged along the middle, without obvious rugae. Scutellum subtriangular. 

 Elytra oblong, ahnost thrice the length of thorax, a fourth broader than 

 it is at the base, with slightly curvedly narrowed shoulders, gradually 

 narrcnved from the hind thighs backwards, not quite vertical behind, 

 apices obtuse ; apparently rather finely seriate-punctate, 3rd interstices 

 elevated at the base, obsoletely along the middle, terminating at the summit 

 of the declivity as elongate, horizontal, but not prominent nodosities, just 

 outside and below each of these theie is a minute crest. 



Tibiae nearly straight externally, the hind pairs finely denticulate along 

 the inner side. 



Sca))e finely setose ; 2nd joint of funiculus as long as the basal, 3rd 

 evidently shorter, joints 4-7 short and submoniliform ; club elongate-oval. 



Ordinarily the interval between the thorax and the eye is little more 

 than half as great as it is in this species. The large smooth scrobes nearly 

 reach the lower part of the e3^es. Sharp's Protophormus binodulus (2090), 

 though nearly allied, is smaller. 



Length (rostrum inclusive), 7-8 mm. ; breadth, 2^-2| mm. 



Harris Saddle, near Routeburn ; 4,200 ft. A pair fomid by Mr. T. 

 Hall on the 12th February, 1914. Li one there are many brassy-grey 

 squamae. 



