420 COLEOPTERA. 



squamae, and with a tew yellowisli-grey, suberect setae, which are most 

 conspicuous on top of the posterior declivity and along the 5th interstices 

 of the elytra. 



Rostrum a third shortei' than tliorax, moderately carinate along the 

 middle. Thorax of equal length and breadth, widest and rounded before 

 the middle, a good deal narrowed behind ; without inequalities t)r distinct 

 punctation, but with a well-mai-ked channel from base to apex. Scutellum 

 minute, sunken. Elytra slightly broader than thorax at the base, nearly 

 thrice its length, their sides nearly straight, gently narrow-ed near the base, 

 the declivity narrower but not vertical, with simple apices ; each has 6 

 dorsal series of suboblong, moderately fine, distant punctures ; 3rd inter- 

 stices feebly elevated at the base, a little darker but not distinctly 

 nodiform on top of the declivity ; the 5th flat near the base, rather 

 more but quite horizontally nodiform behind ; the suture slightly and 

 obtusely elevated farther back. 



Scape very gradually incrassate, extending to the back of the eye ; 2nd 

 joint of funiculus quite as long as the 1st ; club dull, elongate. 



Anterior tibiae flexuous, rather longer than the others, with rather 

 bright reddish scales. 



The rather plain surface, simple apices, and elongate form, taken to- 

 gether, are distinctive. 



$. Length (rostrum inclusive), 10| mm. ; breadth, 3^ mm. 



Gordon's Knob, near Nelson ; 15th November, 1914. Found bv Mr. 

 T. Hall. 



A second individual, measuring 9| mm. by 2§ mm., has the thorax 

 irregularly rugose, and the elytra with quite oblong punctures : this, no 

 doubt, is the male. 



Group Rhyparosomidae. 

 3894. Lithocia ciligera sp. no v. Lithocia Broun, Man. N.Z. Coleopt.^ 

 p. 1470. 



Subopaque, piceous, tibiae fusco-rufous, antennae rather darker, club 

 rufescent ; irregularly clothed with unequal, infuscate and tawny-yellow 

 setae. 



Rostrum arched, subparallel, as long as thorax, with a slender median 

 carina, its frontal portion obsoletely bicarinate, the setae fuscous, but there 

 is a small tawny spot in front of the rather flat eyes. Thorax of about 

 equal length and breadth, gradually narrowed behind, more abruptly in 

 front, near which it is widest, the base slightly but widely emarginate ; 

 disc a little uneven, moderately coarsely and irregularly punctured, finely 

 in front ; elongate, outstanding, woolly tawny setae cover the sides and 

 are most conspicuous before the middle, at the apex they form a pair of 

 crests. Elytra as wide as thorax at the base, double its length, much 

 narrowed but not vertical behind ; each with a distinct basal sinuation, 

 so that the shoulder seems slightly porrect ; near the suture, on each, there 

 are 2 or 3 more or less visible series of coarse punctures, the declivity is 

 much more finely punctate and substriate ; the sides are uneven, there is 

 a pair of oblong basal nodosities, and another shorter paii', on each elytron, 

 situated obliquely between the basal one and the outer commencement of 

 the hind slope, there are a few setigerous inequalities elsewhere ; moderately 

 elongate tawny setae foini a horizontal fringe across the top of the posterior 

 slope. 



