61(1 COLEOPTERA. 



angulati' and dcj^R'ssed, iifth transversely impressed and broadly rounded 

 behind, sixth short. 



The rather small flat eyes, more strongly arched rostrum, more inde- 

 finitely articulated funiculus, less squamiform vestiture, different sculpture, 

 more acutely ])rominent tibial spurs, and fulvescent femoral bands dis- 

 tinguish this from Sharp's D. mnndulus (2133) and D. vicinus. 



Length (rostrum exclusive), 3 mm. ; breadth. If mm. 



Wadestown, near Wellington. One individual, from Mr. A. C. O'Connor. 



Astyplus Broun. Man. N.Z. Coleopt., p. 1209. 



4218. Astyplus brevicornis sp. nov. 



Cuneiform, opaque ; nigro-fuscous, antennae and tarsi fusco-rufous ; 

 thinly clothed along the middle with depressed tawny setae, but the sides 

 of the thorax from the base to beyond the middle are covered with coarse, 

 somewhat infuscate cilia, these are prolonged to the apex as pale crests 

 which project over the head but do not extend to the sides, a similar fringe 

 covers the side of each elytron from the base towards the middle and again 

 behind the posterior femur. 



Rostrum strongly arched, a fourth shorter than thorax, nearly flat, 

 finely punctured, and rather broader in front than behind, with a pair of 

 interantennal crests, these are continued backwards, become convergent, 

 and form a single ridge near the eyes ; on each side between the scrobe 

 and the eye there is a short ridge. Thorax truncate at the base, slightly 

 longer than broad, rather narrower in front than behind ; disc almost flat, 

 but appearing a little uneven owing to the coarse punctation and short 

 irregular rugae. Elytra truncate at the base but with obliquely porrect 

 shoulders, a third longer than thorax, a third broader at the top of the 

 vertical posterior declivity ; on each elytron there are three series of coarse 

 subquadrate punctiform impressions, the declivity is more finely substriate- 

 punctate, there are also a few minute tubercles ; third interstices slightly 

 raised and crested on top of the declivity, there is another crest outside, 

 the suture also is crested, and there is a pair of small nodosities on crests 

 in line with the hind thighs. Legs with tufts of coarse setae. 



Basal two joints of funiculus moderately and equally elongate, 2-6 

 short and subequal, seventh evidently longer than broad ; club ovate, 

 apparently undivided. 



Underside with a few fulvescent setae, the basal and terminal ventral 

 segments reddish, the rest dark. Basal segment impunctate, second nearly 

 as long, depressed and subangulate at the middle in front, fifth subtruncate 

 and finely punctured behind. The rufescent palpi exposed in front of the 

 mentum. 



Smaller than A. conicus (2137), the rostrum and antennae obviously 

 shorter and stouter, basal two joints of funiculus shorter, the thorax less 

 depressed at the base, &c. 



Length (rostrum inclusive). 7| mm. ; breadth, 3 mm. 



Mount Slips, near Lake Rotoiti, Nelson. A single specimen of this 

 curious weevil was found by Mr. T Hall on the 29th December, 1915, at a 

 height of about 2,700 ft. 



Halliella Broun. N.Z. Inst. Bull. 1, Part V, p. 424. 



4219. Halliella cuneata sp. nov. 



Elongate, subcuneiform, nearly plane yet a little uneven above, opaque ; 

 fuscous, antennae and tarsi fusco-rufous ; irregularly clothed with tawny 



