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forms an angle at its junction with the otlier from the hjwer part of the 

 side, the 2nd costa is shorter but extends to beknv the top of the decUvity, 

 the side of the dorsum is costiform and curved inwardly below the 2nd, the 

 suture also is costiform, all these are minutely and distantly punctate ; 

 interstices nearly seriate-granulate. 



Underside shining black, with minute setae ; basal 2 ventral segments 

 medially depressed, the 1st not double the length of the 2nd, moderately 

 finely and closely punctured, 2nd obsoletely in the middle, 3rd and 4th 

 each shorter than 2nd with very deep sutures, 5th more closely punctate, 

 with a large fovea exter.ding to the truncate apex and bearing a small 

 rufescent crest at each side, 6th short. 



Basal joint of funiculus i:early double the length of 2nd, joints 3-5 

 transverse, 6th and 7th larger. Basal joints of tarsi slender near the base, 

 twice the length of -the transverse 2nd. 



L. hudsoni can be at once separated by its 3 squamose streaks 

 along the more finely sculptured thorax ; its 3 dorsal interstices are thickly 

 squamose, but the 4th, or lateral, is often interruptedly or obsoletely 

 squamose ; the ventral segments have a patch of pale scales at the sides, 

 there are none at all on L. aciphyllae. 



Length (rostrum inclusive), 18 mm. ; breadth, 7-i mm. 



Garvie Mountains. I am indebted to Mr. James Speden, of Gore, for 

 my specimen, and three of L. hudsoni (3447) which prove that that species 

 varies much as regards the elytral squamosity. 



3926. Lyperobius fallax sp. no v. 



Subopaque, nigrescent, sparingly clothed with small, depressed, tawny 

 or greyish squamae. 



Rostrum finely punctate and unimpressed in front of the antennae, 

 moderately coarsely but not deeply and not at all rugosely punctured 

 behind, each puncture is filled with a flat scale so that the surface appears 

 even, instead of being asperate as in L. aciphyllae. Thorax with an irregular, 

 narrow, smooth space along the middle and ending at the basal impression, 

 the sculpture near the sides consists chiefly of very irregularly formed 

 impressions and equally irregular smooth intervals. 



Fifth ventral segment unimpressed. Second joint of funiculus almost 

 as long as the 1st. 



With the above exceptions it is similar to the preceding species. 



Length (rostrum inclusive), 18 mm. ; breadth, 7 mm. 



Mount Miromiro; elevation, 6,000 ft. Two examples, kindly sent to me, 

 saturated with alcohol, by Professor C. Chilton, and set aside as a variety 

 of L. carinatus. 



3927. Lyperobius spedenii sp. nov. 



Robust, oblong-oval, subopaque ; thinly clothed with depressed, minute, 

 greyish squamae ; nigrescent, antennae and tarsi iiigro-piceous. 



Rostrum almost as long as thorax, dilated in front, moderately but 

 not deeply punctured, with an elongate basal and a smaller interantennal 

 fovea. Eyes strongly transverse, rather flat. Thorax only very slightly 

 broader than long, gradually narrowed from the base to the abruptly con- 

 tracted apex, which, like the base, is medially emarginate ; with an ill-defined 

 smooth central line not reaching the apex, its punctation irregular but not 

 coarse, becoming closer and confluent near the sides and front. Elytra 

 16— Bull. No. 1. 



