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Kostiiuu appaieiitly siiiootli. Tliorax rounded and widest near the 

 middle, bascsiibmarginate ; disc with minute dense sculpture and many 

 coarse but not deep punctures. Elytra widest behind the middle, each 

 with four broad, deep, impunctatc dorsal striae, tlie suture and interstices 

 cariniform and touchin<i" tlie slightly i-aised basal margin. 



Funiculus and clul) with pale pubescence, the legs with a few slioit hairs. 



Basal ventral segment with minute dense sculpture and a few coarjrC 

 shallow punctures. 



Length (rostrum exclusive), 1| mm. ; breadth, § mm. 



Hollyford ; 18th February, 1914. Another of Mr'. T. Hall's numerous 

 discoveries amongst decaying leaves. Unfortunately, it is unique. 



3!)D9. Clypeorhynchus clarulus sp. nov. Chipeorh.ijnchiis Sharp, Man. N.Z. 

 Coleopt.. p. 1210. 



Subo]^aque, castaneo - rufons. sides of thorax and elytra fuscous ; 

 irregularly clothed, chiefly with decumbent, slender and elongate, rather 

 bright fulvescent squamae. 



Rostrum stout, almost equalling thorax in length, its frontal half some- 

 what expanded, apex nearly nude and quite red. Head immersed up to 

 the eyes, with a small fovea between them. Thorax of equal length and 

 breadth, only sUghtly dilated before the middle, nearly straight behind ; 

 the surface a little uneven, irregularly and moderately coarsely punctured, 

 with a pair of moderate nodosities, bearing suberect scales, before the 

 iniddle, the central channel deeper in front than behind. Elytra double 

 the length of thorax, their shoulders obliquely curved so that the base is 

 hardly broader than that of the thorax, they are a good deal narrowed 

 and deflexed behind ; on each elytron there are 4 dorsal series of granules 

 which in some aspects give the elytra a somewhat punctate-striate 

 appearance ; the sutural region is depressed at the base, the 2nd and 4th 

 interstices are a little elevated there ; the scales are most apparent on the 

 interstices but become coarser, suberect and sometimes greyish behind. 



Legs elongate, femora moderately clavate ; tibiae flexuous and acumi- 

 nate, tarsi rather short. 



Scape flexuous, attaining the thoracic apex, clavate at the extremity 

 and bearing many elongate squamae ; basal joint of funiculus not quite 

 lialf the length of the scape nor double the length of the elongate 2nd, the 

 3rd and 4th, sometimes the 5th, longer than broad, 6th and 7th submonili- 

 foi'iu ; club ovate, not elongate, triarticulate. 



Of about the same size as C. conU'pennis (2394). much brighter, frontal 

 suture of rostrum less distinct, scape more clavate, &c. 



Length (rostrum inclusive), 5-5| mm. ; breadth, nearly 2 mm. 



Mount Dick. Two found amongst decaying vegetable matter bv 

 Mr. T. Hall, at a height of 1,100 ft., on^the 10th March, 1914. 



3910. Clypeorhynchus merus sp. nov. 



Opaque, fuscous; base of femora, tibiae, tarsi, funiculus, and club 

 chestnut-red ; squamosity slender, decumbent, irregularly distributed. 

 subseriate on the hind-body, usually tawny-grey, rarely fulvescent. 



Rostrum rather shorter than thorax, subcarinate along the middle, 

 rufescent and nearly nude in front. Thorax subcylindric, a little narrowed 

 anteriorlv, nearlv straight behind ; median channel shallow, antero-lateral 



