418 COLEOPTERA. 



Bryodrassus gen. no v. 



Body moderately convex, elongate-oblong, finely squaiuose. 



Rostvuni half the length of thorax, stout, a little dilated anteriorly. 

 Scrobes suba]ii(a!. quite visible and deep in front, directed downwards 

 but not extending to the eyes. Thorax truncate at apex, nearly so at the 

 base, with well-developed ocular lobes ai:d vibrissae. Scutellum small, 

 sunken or indistinct. Elytra elongate-cordate, slightly ir.curved at the 

 base, the shoidders a little broader. 



Legs moderately elongate. Femora simple. Anterior tibiae rather 

 longer than the others, curved externally, not distinctly mucronate ; corbels 

 of the posterior with double ciUa, the outer trur.cature distirrt but not 

 broad. Tarsi thickly setose below, penultimate joint bilobed. 



Scape inserted r^ear the apex, mcderately stout, very gradually 

 incrassate, reaching just beyond the thoracic apex. Funiculus 7-aiticulate, 

 basal 2 joints about equally elongate but not slender, the others as long as 

 broad. Club elongate-oval, indistir.ctly triarticulate. 



Mandibular scar visible. MeJitum large, filling the buccal cavity 

 Palpi entirely concealed. Prosternuni deeply emarginate in front. 

 Anterior coxae prominent, distinctly separated ; intermediate nearly as 

 iar apart as the widely distant posterior pair, all about equidistant from 

 front to rear. Metasternum mcderately elongate. Abdomen elongate, 

 basal segment larger than 2nd, the suture sinuous ; 3i'd and 4th with 

 deep straight sutures, each evidently shorter than 2nd, together fully as 

 long as 5tli. 



The distinctly separated front coxae, emarginate pi-osternum, not at all 

 abbreviated metasternum, well-developed ocular lobes, the well-marked 

 mandibular scar, and cavernous posterior corbels are characters which, 

 taken together, separate this from all the New Zealar.d genera of the 

 Otiorhynchidae. 



3891. Bryodrassus miricollis sp. nov. 



Opaque, nigro-fuscous, antennae and tarsi piceo-iufous ; covered witli 

 depressed, infuscate and tawny squamae, and with some longer pale ones 

 on the elytral suture and interstices behind the middle : on the thoracic 

 disc there are many short, erect, fuscous setae. 



Rostiiim rather thick fron\ above downwards near the apex and studded 

 with outstanding greyish setae there ; the median carina distinct, the 

 surface rather flat alongside it. Eyes subrotundate. fice from thorax. 

 Head short, nanowed to the same width as the rostrum. Thorax nearly 

 a fourth broader than long, its sides inoderately and evenly rounded, with a 

 slight apical constriction ; there is a distinct median groove extending 

 from the front to the middle, the rest of the sculpture consists of nearly 

 regular transverse striae and ihicker squamose intervals: the pale scales 

 are concentrated along the sides, but are scattered on the disc. Elytra just 

 double the length of thorax, with a short sinuation behind each shoulder, 

 hardly any broader thaji the middle of thorax, gradually najrowed towards 

 the subveitical posterior declivity : they are regularly and modeiately 

 finely seriate-punctate ; the suture is a little elevated behind, and the 3rd 

 interstices throughout, the 5th less distinctly. 



Legs squamose and bearing also suberect squamiform setae ; the anterior 

 tibiae with many slender elongate setae along the inside, the other pairs 

 somewhat flexuous. 



