OTIORHYNCHIDAE. 411 



Rostrum like that of P. hystricula but rather longer and narrower. 

 Head somewhat flattened between the eyes. Thorax slightly longer than 

 broad, widest before the middle, distinctly narrowed behind, rather less 

 so in front ; median channel narrow throughout, without obviously raised 

 borders ; disc not quite even, though some of the scales are coarser than 

 others, causing a slightly asperate appearance, there are no definite 

 tubercular elevations ; the frontal and some of the lateral scales are erect. 

 Elytra oblong-oval, subvertical behind, with curvedly narrowed shoulders 

 so that the iDase is but little broader than that of the thorax, they are 

 more than double its length, their sides are free from inequalities ; they 

 appear rather finely biseriate-punctate near the suture, even less distinctly 

 so towards the sides ; 3rd interstices only moderately nodiform at the 

 base, binodose near the middle, the terminal large, horizontal, and tipped 

 with pale elongate scales like those on the 5th, which, however, are much 

 less prominent, their median nodosities irregular, larger on the right elytron ; 

 there is a single pair of small nodosities near the top of the declivity, and 

 some coarse scales lower down. 



Legs elongate and slender, scape gradually clavate. 



The more elongate thorax, its subsulciform discal channel, and the 

 absence of tubercular asperities distinguish it from P. hystricula. The eyes, 

 though rather larger, are nearly flat. The rostrum is relatively longer, 

 and the scrobes are smooth and shining almost to the eyes. The funiculus 

 is quite perceptibly stouter, its 2nd joint is as thick as the 1st but not longer, 

 joints 3-7 are submoniliform but hardly any longer than broad. In 

 P. hmniltoni (3264) the sides of the elytra are uneven, and the thoracic 

 sculpture is entirely difterent. 



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



HoUyford, near Routeburn. A single specimen found amongst decaying 

 leaves by Mr. T. Hall on the 26th February, 1914. 



3880. Platyomida latipennis sp. nov. 



Opaque, piceous, antennae rufo-piceous ; covered with depressed, 

 obscure, tawny-grey scales, and moderate, somewhat curled setae. 



Rostrum subparallel, a third shorter than thorax, thickly clothed, its 

 central carina with a groove along each side. Head finely punctate. 

 Thorax slightly broader than long, cylindrical, very slightly broader near 

 the middle than elsewhere ; disc very finely punctate, not at all impressed 

 along the middle, somewhat uneven but without distinct tubercles or 

 rugae. Scutellum subquadrate. Eh'tra nearly double the width of thorax 

 at the base, nearly thrice its length, their sides almost straight to beyond 

 the hind thighs, where they aj-e only slightly broader than at the base, 

 nmch narrowed and subvertical behind ; they are moderately coarsely 

 seriate-punctate, with minutely punctured intervals, 3rd interstices mode- 

 rately elevated but not distinctly nodifoi'm at the top of the declivity, 5th 

 flat at the base, even less elevated behind than the 3rd. 



Scape straight, very gradually and slightly thickened, attaining the back 

 of the eye ; basal joint of funiculus ecpuiUing the 2nd, each only twice as 

 long as broad, 3rd and 4th slightly longer than broad, joints 5-7 shorter ; 

 club elongate-oval. Tibiae very slightly flexuous ; posterior corbels quite 

 cavernous, the space between the cilia narrower than in P. hivodes. Eyes 

 longitudinally oval, distant from thorax. Scrobes deep in front, becoming 

 shallow and minutely sculptured towards, yet extending to, the eyes ; in 

 P. binodes (776) they arc smooth. 

 15— Bull. No. 1. 



