558 COLEOPTERA. 



Eyre Mountains, near Lake Wakatipu. My specimen was discovered 

 at a height of nearly 6,000 ft., on the 5tli April, 1915, by Mr. James Speden, 

 of Gore, who also found six of Lyjyerohius carinatus (1236) at the roots of 

 AciphijUa spedeni at the same time. In a second specimen, perhaps repre- 

 senting another species, the rostra 1 carina and discal thoracic groove are a bsent, 

 the elytral punctation is finer, and the legs more slender and less flexuous. 



Getopsephus Broun. Trans. N.Z. Inst, voL io, p. 106. 



4095. Getopsephus costifer sp. nov. 



Niiid, black, antennae rufo-piceous ; nearly nude, with a fev; short, 

 slender greyish setae behind. 



Rostrum a third shorter than thorax, the broad punctate grooves along 

 the middle are separated by a broad smooth carina which, at its base, is 

 divided bv the slender prolongation of the interocular fovea. Head very 

 finely and distantly punctured. Thorax quite as long as broad, its sides 

 nearlv straight, a little contracted at the apex ; with a broad groove from 

 front to base but becoming narrower near the middle, very finely and irregu- 

 larly punctate before the middle ; irregularly and feebly rugose behind, 

 more strongly and unevenly towards the sides. Scutellum distinct, suli- 

 quadrate. Elytra oblong, thrice the length and nearly double the width 

 of thorax, very slightly narrowed towards the base, a good deal narrowed 

 posteriorly, with broad dehiscent apices ; distinctly striate-punctate, the 

 four outer series of punctures coarse and distinctly separated, the inner 

 pair, on each elytron, a little smaller, all become finer behind but do not 

 reach the extremity ; interstices convex, finely and irregularly punctate, 

 the fifth quite costiform behind the middle and ending abruptly below 

 the suminit of the declivity. Tibiae slightly flexuous, finely denticulate 

 inwardly, and bearing distinct greyish setae. 



Underside, and femora, with some fine rounded greyish scales and short 

 setae. 



Differs from the type of the genus (3273) by its rather longer thorax, 

 obviously striate-punctate elytra, costiform fifth interstices, and dehiscent 

 apices. 



Length (rostrum inclusive), 11 mm. ; breadth, 4J mm. 



Hunter Mountains ; 27th December, 1911. A single individual, found 

 by Mr. A. Philpott at an altitude of 5,500 ft. 



4096. Getopsephus funestus sp. nov. 



Oblong, moderately convex, subopaque ; black, antennae and tarsi 

 rufo-piceous ; densely covered with depressed, small, dark ashy squamae 

 and numerous slender, suberect grey setae. 



Rostrum closely, rather finely and somewhat rugosely punctate, with a 

 mesial carina which nearly reaches the narrow interocular fovea. Thorax 

 of about equal length and breadth, widest before the middle, more gradually 

 narrowed behind than in front, base and apex truncate ; disc slightly and 

 evenly convex, its rather fine punctation hidden, the central channel inter- 

 rupted and narrow ; the sides coarsely and rugosely sculptured. Scutellum 

 small. Elytra nearly thrice the length of thorax, slightly arcuate-emar- 

 ginate and a little broader than it is at the base, gently expanded towards 

 the hind thighs, considerably narrowed but not quite vertical behind, with 

 simple apices ; they are rather distantly and coarsely striate-punctate, 

 more finely near the suture and along the posterior declivity ; third and 

 fifth interstices slightly elevated, not nodular behind. 



