RHYPAROSOMIDAE. 427 



•sides and legs infuscate and greyisli, longer, coarser, and somewhat curled ; 

 antennae, tarsi, and base of femora more or less castaneo-rufous. 



Rostrum stout, nearly as long as thorax, a little dilated in front, closely 

 and coai-sely punctured, appealing slightly asperate, with -a fine median 

 carina. Head immersed up to the small transverse eyes. Thorax 

 moderately contracted in front, of equal length and breadth, the disc a 

 little uneven, with a pair of frontal and broader basal impressions ; its 

 punctation distinct and close in front, more distant and shallow behind. 

 Elytra just double the length of thorax, incurved at the base, the prominent 

 shoulders rather broader than it is, their sides indistinctly curved, con- 

 siderably narrowed and subvertical behind ; dorsum nearly plane, irregularly 

 and coarsely punctate, the sutural striae well mai-ked behind, with a paii- 

 of distinct basal nodosities, 3rd, ith, and 5th interstices only slightly nodi- 

 form on top of the declivity. 



Legs stout, femora strongly dentate ; tibiae slightly flexuous, the 

 anterior with stout terminal hooks ; tarsi short, penultimate joint some- 

 what expanded and lobate. Antennae like those of the typical species 

 (2396), inserted near the apex. Scrobes quite visible in front. 



Underside fuscous, with distant shallow punctures and elongate straw- 

 coloured setae. Anterior coxae slightly separated. Second ventral segment 

 equalling the 1st in length, its frontal suture distinct throughout, oblique 

 at the sides, obtusely angulate in the middle, 5th longer tlian the preceding 

 two combined, with a well-marked fovea. Palpi quite visible. 



An obscure-looking species, most nearly approaching B. cupiendus (3604), 

 smaller, much darker, the elytral punctation very irregular and interrupted, 

 and with the suture between the ventral basal segments remarkably distinct. 



Length (rostrum inclusive), 4 mm.; breadth, If mm. 



Mount Algidus, Canterbury. Unique. Found amongst decaving leaves 

 by Mr. T. Hall on the 25th October, 1913. 



3004. Bantiades cylindricus sp. nov. Bantiades Broim, Man. N.Z. 

 Cole opt., p. 1371. 



Subcylindric, slightly convex, subopaque ; fuscous, antennae light 

 ferruginous, legs flavo-fuscous ; irregularly clothed with fine, mostly decum- 

 bent, yellow setae. 



Rostrum a third shorter than thorax, nearly half its width, subparallel, 

 finely tricarinate. Thorax a little longer than broad, subcylindrical, slightly 

 contracted in front, truncate there, the base somewhat oblique towards the 

 sides ; disc moderately closely and coarsely punctate, subcarinate along 

 the middle in front. Elytra oblong, with obtuse shoulders, arcuate- 

 emarginate and hardly any wider than thorax at the base, twice its length, 

 moderately narrowed and subvertical behind ; they are distinctly seriate- 

 punctate, with only about 6 punctures in each row ; in line with the hind 

 thighs, an oblique, bare space extends backwards from each towards the 

 suture, behind this the setae form several unequal tufts ; the scutellar region 

 is hardly at aU depressed, but there is a slight elevation at each side of it. 



Antennae with pale elongate setae ; 2nd joint of funiculus quite oblong 

 but scarcely as long as the basal, remaining joints short; club short, ovate, 

 its apical articulations small. Legs of normal structure. 



Underside nigro-fuscous. Metasternum and basal segment of abdomen 

 coarsely punctured, apical suture of the latter oblique at the sides, effaced 

 in the middle. 



