RHYPAROSOMIDAK. 439 



•closely strJate-punctate, interstices rather narrow, a pair on each elytron 

 usually elevated at the base, the scutellar region depressed. 



Legs elongate, tibiae simple, indistinctly mucronate. 



Underside castaneous, with many fine yellow setae. Prosternum 

 elongate, moderately coarsely but not deeply punctured, its coxae con- 

 tiguous. Metasternum moderately short, broadly impressed. Abdomen 

 very elongate, basal segment broadly depressed in the middle, nearly double 

 the length of the 2nd, their suture sinuate ; Srd and 4th together longer 

 than 2nd, with deep sutures ; 5tli subquadrate, coarsely punctate, broadlj' 

 I'ounded and minutely ciliate behind ; 6th semicirculai'. concave at the base, 

 finely punctate behind. 



Easily separable from N. sidciroslrifi by the elongate contour, sub- 

 acuminate hind-body ; unimpressed thorax, but with more numerous 

 punctures, different ventral segments, &c. 



(J. Length (rostrum inclusive), 4| mm. : breadth. l;^mni. 



Gordon's Knob, near Nelson. Half a dozen examples taken by i\Ir. T. 

 Hall from fallen leaves, on or about the 15th November, 1914. In its 

 natural condition it is smeared with sappy matter, so that the rostral groove 

 and elytral sculpture are partly hidden. 



Inososgenes gen. nov. 



Body elongate, subparallel. slightly convex. Head immersed up to the 

 small transverse eyes. Rostrum stout, slightly shorter than thorax, slightly 

 dilated in fi'ont. parallel behind. Scrobes subapical, quite visible and 

 open a])ovc, distinctly prolonged to tlie eyes. Scape inserted near the 

 apex, attaining the eye. stout, straight, gradually incrassate. Funiculus 

 7-articulate, basal joint longer and thicker than the iiext. joints 3-7 trans- 

 versal ; club short, ovate. Thorax without ocular lobes, truncate at apex, 

 nearly so at the base, oviform. Scutellum absent. Elytra oblong, incurved 

 and rather broader than thorax at the base, not vertical behind. 



Legs moderately stout and elongate ; femora unarmed, subclavate at 

 the middle ; tibiae slightly flexuous, uncinate ; tarsi finely setose under- 

 neath, penultimate joint excavate above but not lobate. 



Prosternum elongate, very deeply emarginate in front, broadly impressed 

 along the middle, the coxae large, prominent, contiguous, and situated 

 near the base. Intermediate coxae moderately, the posterior widely, 

 separated, all about equidistant from front to rear. Metasternum very 

 short. Basal ventral segment truncate between the coxae, very large, 

 2nd rather shorter, on a slightly higher level, the frontal suture indefinite, 

 apparently ol»lique at the sides. Srd and 4tli moderately well developed, 

 with straight sutures and. together, slioi'ter than tlie .5th. Kpipleurae 

 linear. 



Nearly related to the minute Sosgeiics carhtalus (25-56), in which, how- 

 ever, the rostrum is not in the least dilated anteriorly, its apex is smooth, 

 shining, and abruptly marked off behind like Chjpeorhjitichxs, the scrobes 

 are not open above, and the deep prosternal depression lias almost sharply 

 raised lateral borders. 



3921. Inososgenes longiventris sp. nov. 



Opaque, nigro-piceous, antennae and tar.si fusco-rufous ; s))aringly 

 clothed with subdecumbent tawny setae, those on the legs erect. 



