620 COLEOPTERA. 



with a minute puncture in some of the granules. Soutelhim indistinct. 

 Elytra cordate, a third broader than thorax, just twice its length, con- 

 siderably yet gradually narrowed, and deflexed posteriorly ; finely but not 

 closely seriate-punctate, substriate alongside the suture, interstices plane. 

 Tibiae flexuous, dilated at the extremity, the anterior acuminate inwardly ; 

 third tarsal joint bilobed and moderately expanded. 



Scape glabrous, inserted near the apex and attaining the centre of the 

 eye, distinctly thickened and somewhat bent at the extremity ; basal joint 

 of funiculus nearly twice as long as broad, second subquadrate, 3-7 transverse ; 

 club elongate-conical. 



Undersid'_» opaque, blackish, covered with elongate greyish scales and 

 slender setae. Basal ventral segment only slightly longer than second in 

 the middle, truncate between the widely separated coxae, third and fourth 

 together rather longer than the reddish fifth. 



Most nearly allied to N. crassifrons (3859), in which the thorax is slightly 

 transverse, the elytra much narrower, the eye small and flat, and the scape 

 simple. 



Length (rostrum inclusive), 3| mm. ; breadth, H mm. 



Alexandra. Two, from Mr. O'Connor ; one broken ; both found by 

 Mr. W. G. Howes, of Dunedin. 



Tigones Broun. Man. N.Z. Coleopt., p. 855. Syn. Protojihonnus 



Sharp (p. 1178). 



4191. Tigones longipes sp. nov. 



Elongate, moderately convex, somewhat nitid ; rufo-piceous, legs and 

 antennae more rufescent ; clothed rather unevenly with small, depressed, 

 flavescent scales and a few coarse setae. 



Rostrum a fifth shorter than thorax, gradually yet obviously dilated 

 anteriorly, with a distinct carina along the middle, longitudinally rugose 

 but not definitely carinate near the sides. Scrobes quite open above at the 

 apex, extending obliquely downwards but not reaching the eyes. Thorax 

 just as long as broad, slightly narrowed behind the middle, with some 

 moderate verrucose rugae. Scutellum small. Elytra twice the length of 

 thorax, almost a third broader, their shoulders curvedly narrowed to the 

 same width as the thoracic base, the declivity a good deal narrowed but 

 not quite vertical, with simple apices ; they are moderately coarsely sub- 

 seriate-punctate, third interstices indistinctly elevated but terminating as 

 large, reddish, horizontal nodosities on the sunmiit of the declivity, fifth 

 similar, the nodosities much smaller and not extending as far back, on 

 each of the apices there is a reddish, small, subnodiform spot. 



Legs rather elongate, with yellowish setae ; femora slender near the 

 base, subclavate at the middle ; tibiae only slightly flexuous, the anterior 

 inwardly acuminate, posterior corbels without any discernible truncature 

 between the ciliae. 



Scape nearly straight, a little incrassate near the extremity, implanted 

 near the apex and reaching the front of thorax ; basal joint of funiculus 

 rather longer and stouter than second, joints 3-7 slightly longer than 

 broad ; club elongate-oval, as long as the preceding four joints combined. 



Underside piceous, clothed like the upper surface. Basal ventral .seg- 

 ment broadly rounded between the coxae, longer than second in the middle, 

 fifth nearly double the length of third and fourth together, subtruncate 

 behind, sixth c|uite distinct, with a deep central fovea. 



