552 COLEOPTERA. 



Fern. — Rostrum parallel, a trifle narrower and longer, and, like the 

 thorax, more definitely carinate. 



Much smaller than B. cylindriciis (3904) and B. notatus (3905), and with 

 different sculpture and vestiture. 



(J. Length (rostrum inclusive), 3| mm. ; breadth, 1^ mm. 



Kiwi Bush, fifteen miles north of Glcnhope. Five specimens obtained 

 by Mr. T. Hall on the 4th May, 1915. 



4086. Bantiades trifoveatus sp. nov. 



Oblong, moderately broad, slightly uneven, somewhat nitid ; rostrum 

 piceous. elytra fuscous, thorax obscurely rufescent, its apex usually testa- 

 ceous, antennae rufescent, legs fusco-fulvous ; irregularly clothed with 

 distinct flavescent setae, scanty and decumbent on the thorax, but on the 

 hind part of the elytra they are mingled with white, become suberect, and 

 more concentrated across the top of, and below, the posterior declivity, the 

 sides bear curled infuscate setae. 



Rostrum arched, parallel, fully the length of the thorax in the female, 

 a little shorter and less parallel in the other sex, coarsely punctate and 

 obsoletely tricarinate. Head immersed up to the transverse eyes. Thorax 

 of equal length and breadth, contracted in front, each side with a nodi- 

 form prominence near the front and a notch just behind it ; disc uneven, 

 its basal portion broadly and distinctly trifoveate, with a pair of broad 

 oblique impressions before the middle, all the intervals obtusely elevated, 

 the apical portion distinctly but not coarsely punctured. Elytra oblong, 

 abruptly narrowed but not vertical behind, almost double the length of 

 thorax, broader, less so at the base, which is arcuate-emarginate so that 

 the shoulders appear slightly porrect, their sides a little uneven ; disc with 

 series of coarse punctures, from five to seven in each row, inner series quite 

 regular, third interstices nodiform at the base, posterior declivity more 

 finely sculptured . 



Underside nigro-fuscous, with numerous distinct pale setae. Metasternum 

 short, depressed in the middle, with coarse shallow punctures. First ventral 

 segment large, rather flat, truncate and coarsely punctured between the 

 coxae, much more distantly and finely behind ; second similarly finely 

 punctate, its frontal suture well marked throughout, obtusely angulate 

 in the middle ; fifth longer than preceding two combined, with a shallow 

 median impression. 



Antennae and legs of normal structure. 



This is manifestly different from B. rectalis, with relatively more slender 

 antennae. In bulk and general appearance it most nearly resembles our 

 northern B. suiuralis (3443) and the southern B. cwjnendus (3604), but 

 is easily distinguishable from both by the trifoveate basal half of the thorax. 



9.. Length (rostrum mclusive), 4| mm. ; breadth, nearly 2 mm. 



Kiwi Bush. A single pair found I)y Mr. T. Hall along with B. rectalis. 



Rachidiscodes Broun. Part V, Bull. 1, N.Z. Inst. 



4087. Rachidiscodes glabrus sp. nov. 



Nitid, nude, elytra very convex ; rufo-piceous, legs pitchy-red, antennae 

 light chestnut-red. 



Rostrum half the length of body, moderately slender and arched, very 

 slightly dilated at the antennal insertion, before the middle, smooth. Head 

 short, gradually narrowed to the width of rostrum. Thorax truncate at 



