412 COLEOPTERA. 



Prostt'inuiu deeply incurved. Second ventral segment nuicli yliorter 

 than tlie basal. Tlie squamae and setae of the underside greyish. 



The description of Sharp's F. simulalrix (2100) is to some extent 

 applicable to this species, which, however, is dilTerentiated by the broad 

 shoulders, more slender scape, short basal joints of the funiculus, and less 

 sharply defined scrobes. 



Length (rostrum inclusive), 8 mm. ; breadth, 3J mm. 



Scarcliff, (Vmterburv. One found amongst dead leaves on the ground 

 on the lOtli October. 1913, bv Mr. T. Hall. 



3881. Protolobus nodosus sp. nov. Protolohus Sharp, Man. N.Z. Coleopt., 

 p. 1188. 



Oblong, uneven, opaque ; rufo-piceous, tarsi and antennae fusco-rufous, 

 scape darker ; covered with depressed greyish-tawny and infuscate scales 

 and sappy matter ; the setae moderately coarse, irregularly distributed, 

 erect on the elytral nodosities, subdepressed on the dorsum, yellowish -grey. 



Rostrum broad, half the length of thorax, not perceptibly carinate. 

 Thorax slightly broader than long, widest near the middle, rather more 

 narrowed, and depressed, in front than behind, somewhat uneven, with a 

 broad more or less interrupted channel along the middle. Scutellum 

 triangular. Elytra oblong, double the length of thorax, quite a third 

 broader than it is at the base in the female, rather less in the male, narrowed 

 and vertical behind ; their true sculpture invisible, appearing substriate ; 

 3rd interstices slightly and unevenly elevated, terminating as conspicuous 

 horizontal nodosities on the summit of the declivity, those on the 5th 

 smaller and placed more in advance. 



Legs stout, bearing infuscate scales and setae, tibiae mucronate, minutely 

 denticulate along the inner side, posterior corbels not distinctly cavernous. 



Scape stout, setose, reaching the thoracic apex ; 2nd joint of funiculus 

 more slender than the basal but almost as long as it is, 3rd slightly longer 

 than broad, the others shorter, 7th quite transverse ; club triarticulate, 

 ovate, not elongate. 



Underside with greyish scales and setae. Prosternum rather short, 

 widely emarginate, with contiguous coxae. Metasteriuim short. Basal 

 segment large, subtruncate between the widely distant coxae, twice the 

 length of the 2nd, the suture between them straight, the 5th longer than 

 the 3rd and 4th united. 



In a specimen denuded with the point of a needle the thorax is seen to 

 be finely granulate, and the elytra irregularly striate-punctate. The eyes 

 are small and distant from the thoracic apex. 



This well-marked species can be readily identified by its differently 

 formed, medially grooved thorax and nodose elytra. 



Male. — 31 mm. by 1| mm. Elytral disc more uneven. 



?. Lengtli (rostrum inclusive), 4 mm. ; breadth, If mm. 



Mount Algidus, Canterl)ury ; 3rd December, 1913. Mr. T. Hall secured 

 seven examples from leaf-mould. 



3882. Catoptes subplicatus sp. nov. Caioptes Schoenherr, Man. N.Z. 

 Coleopt., p. 428 {Ireni)inis Pascoe, p. 443). 

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

 covered with depressed, circular, nigrescent or dark-grey squamae and 



