coleoptp:ra. 



Undorside black, with reddish-grey scales and slendei' elongate gre3nsh 

 setae. Prosternum widely eniarginate. Metasternuni medially depressed. 

 Basal segment rather longer than the next, depressed along the middle, its 

 apical suture sinuate, 5th longer than 3rd and 4th combined, closely 

 punctate and setose, rounded behind. 



A rather large species, distinguishable by the broadly rounded dehis- 

 cent elytral apices. 



cj. Length (rostrum inclusive), 8 mm.; breadth, 2J mm. 



Mount Dick, Lake Wakatipu. Unique. Foimd by Mr. T. Hall amongst 

 decaying leaves, at a height of 3,500 ft., on the 17th March, 1914. 



3884. Catoptes robustus sj). nov. 



Robust, oblong, moderately convex, opaque ; nigrescent, antennae and 

 tarsi rufo-fuscous ; covered with tawny-grey and dark squamae, these 

 latter, Avith the exception of a grey central spot, cover most of the thoracic 

 disc, and a large space on the summit of the posterior slope ; the distinct 

 decumbent grey setae form series on the elytra. 



Rostrum subparallel, only feebly dilated in front, a fourth shorter than 

 thorax, indistinctly carinate. Eyes free from thorax, subrotundate, nearly 

 fiat. Thorax of equal length and breadth, rounded and widest before the 

 middle, more nari'owed behind than in front, without perceptible inequali- 

 ties, its punctation invisible. Scutellum absent. Elytra oblong, widely 

 incurved and slightly broader at the base than the thorax, just double its 

 length, narrowed but not quite vertical behind, with divergent but not at 

 ail prolonged apices ; on each elytron there are 6 dorsal series of moderately 

 coai'se punctures, 3rd interstices only feebly elevated, 5th subnodose behind, 

 the suture broadly yet only slightly elevated near the top of the declivity, 

 with a few erect grey setae, but not distinctly crested there. 



Scape stout, bearing greyish setae, just attaining the apex of thorax ; 

 basal 2 joints of the funicle stout, equal, twice as long as broad, joints 3-7 

 abruptly shorter, hardly any longei' than broad ; club elongate. 



Legs moderately elongate ; tibiae slightly flexuous, the anterior minutel}- 

 denticulate inwardly, posteiior corbels with a very narrow space between 

 the cilia. 



Underside covered with grey scales and elongate setae. Prosternum 

 deeply medially eniarginate. Metasternum and basal segment of about 

 e([ual length, both broadly yet slightly impressed, the latter almost tnui- 

 cate between the coxae, the next rather shorter, its frontal suture oblique 

 at the sides, subangulate in the middle ; the 5th as long as 3rd and 4th 

 together, with a shallow impression along the middle. 



Ocular lobes moderately developed. Scrobes subapical, deep in front. 

 directed obliquely towards but not reaching the eyes. 



This, as well as C. deiiiscens, cannot remain ])ermanently togethei- in 

 Catoptes : they are not referrable to Inophloem<, but should occupy an inter- 

 mediate position. As only single specimens of the same sex are available, 

 and as Dr. Sharp described some aberrant species of Brachyolus, which I 

 have not seen, it is not advisable to add aiujther to these closely related 

 genera. 



$. Length (rostrum inclusive), 8^ mm. : breadth, 3 mm. 



Mistake Basin, Canterbury. Unique. Found by Mr. T. Hall on the 

 9th October, 1913, amongst dead leaves. 



