448 COLEOPTERA. 



Scape fiexiU)U.s and gradually incrassate ; club clf)iigate, nearly as long 

 as the funicle, its 3rd joint hardly as long as its predecessors combined ; 

 funiculus as in 0. fasciata. 



Anterior femora clavate, tlie others strongly ungulate and spinifdrm 

 below. Tibiae like those of preceding species. 



Similar to 0. bicristata (1621), decidedly more elongate, with longer 

 antennae, rostrum more distinctly tricarinate, the eyes less rotundate and 

 convex, head and thorax darker, the elyti-a rather longer and more striate. 



Length (rostrum inclusive), 65 mm.; breadth. If mm. 



Mount Dick. One captured by Mr. T. Hall on a flowering shrub, at 

 an altitude of 2,500 ft., on the 10th Marcli, 1914. 



Group Cryptorhynchidae. 



3934. Tychanus lunalis sp. nov. Tychamis Pascoe, Man. N.Z. Coleopt., 



' p. 49cS. 



Convex, uneven, opaque ; piceous, antennae and tarsi dark rufous ; 

 thickly covered with depressed, overlapping, tawny and infuscate squamae, 

 those of the latter colour predominate on the after part of the elytra, there 

 are also some erect ones on the elevated parts. 



Rostrum stout, subparallel, as long as the thorax, covered with over- 

 lapping infuscate scales, apparently coarsely punctate except at the apex, 

 which bears only a few^ short brassy setae. Thorax a third broader than 

 long, somewhat abruptly contracted in front; with a distinct longitudinal 

 carina behind, a median pair of distinct crests, one at each side in line with 

 thc^se, and a smaller pair at the apex, its punctation invisible. Scutellum 

 small. Elytra quite double the length of thorax, of the same width as it 

 is at the base, bioader behind the posterior femora, narrowed and declivous 

 behind ; along the middle rather finely and distantly substriate-punctate ; 

 3rd interstices with concentrated squamae near the base ; on the 5th a 

 curved ridge extends inwardly, between this and the suture there are 

 3 small crests, these, conjointly, form an interrupted sublunate ridge 

 extending from near the shoulder to the middle of the disc ; on the summit 

 of the hind slope there is a small dark crest on each of the 3rd, 4th, and 5th 

 interstices, and, lower down, a pair of small, pale ones ; a few fine, erect, 

 black scales can be seen near the base and sides. 



Legs stout and elongate, squamose, femora dentate underneath. Scape 

 implanted just before the middle and attaining the front of the eye. Second 

 joint of funiculus nearly double the length of the short 1st, joints 4-6 rather 

 larger than the short 3i-d. the terminal rather broader than the penultimate ; 

 club ovate, rather small. 



With the exception of T. (/nadraO's (1545), this is the smallest species 

 of the genus. It is distinguishable l)y the antennal structuie, the tlnn'acic 

 carina, and sublunate elytral ]-idge. 



Length (rostrum exclusive), 3J mm. ; bivadtli. 2 nun. 



Mount Algidus, Canterbury. Unique. Found ni) tiic 3rd December, 

 1913, by Mr. T. Hall, amongst leaf-mould. 



3935. Ectopsis foveigerus sp. nov. Ectop.sis Broun, Man. N.Z. Coleopt., 



p. 719. 

 Convex, subcylindric, opaque : piceous, antennae and tarsi pice(i- 

 rufous : densely covered with depressed, principally fusct> -ferruginous 



