654 COLEOI'TERA. 



small, subrotundato, greyish. Elytra oblong, narrowed and subvertical 

 behind, twice the length of thorax, a little broader than it is at the base ; 

 slightly uneven, subseriate-punctate, third interstices feebly elevated or 

 crested near the top of the declivity, with a transverse intervening fuscous 

 mark ; at or just below the summit there are four obtuse elevations, the 

 external ones larger than the others ; there are also a few dorsal obtuse 

 elevations between the third interstices and sides. Femora somewhat 

 dentiform underneath. 



Scape implanted near the apex and reaching the front of the eye ; basal 

 joint of funiculus thicker but not longer than the next, 3-6 moniliform and 

 subequal, seventh rather shorter and broader ; club oblong-oval, basal 

 joint half of the whole length. 



Underside dark fuscous, mod(;rately coarsely and closely })unctured,. 

 with greyish scales. Hind border of rostral canal not broad ; otherwise 

 like G. fulvisparsus. 



But little larger than G. minor (2411), which has quite regular series of 

 elytral punctures. 



Length (rostrum exclusive), 2f mm. ; breadth, H mm. 



Titahi Bay ; 10th August, 1916. One, from Mr." A. C O'Connor. 



Tychanopais Broun. Man. N.Z. Coleopt., p. 1379. 

 4238. Tychanopais dealbatus sp. nov. 



Compact, oblong, moderately convex, opaque ; nigrescent, antennae 

 and tarsi fusco-rufous ; densely covered with depressed, small, principally 

 dark fuscous and coppery squamae, the lower sides of thorax with white 

 scales ; the setae are numerous, short and erect, mostly pale fuscous. 



Rostrum a third shorter than thorax, broad, a little arched, slightly 

 and gradually narrowed towards the middle, its punctation rather coarse 

 but shallow. Thorax only a trifle broader than long, somewhat rounded 

 but only very little broader at the middle than behind, a good deal but 

 not abruptly narrowed and slightly depressed in front, apparently coarsely 

 and closely punctured, with very few white scales on the disc. Scutellum 

 absent. Elytra oblong, not double the length of thorax, bisinuate and 

 slightly broader than thorax at the base, with slightly porrect shoulders, 

 narrowed and subvertical behind ; they are rather distantly and coarsely 

 subseriate-punctate, more finc'ly along the posterior d' clivity. which has a 

 pair of small, obtuse, black crests near the middle ; interstices not elevated, 

 but the third and fifth end on the summit of the declivity as small dark 

 crests, each of the inner ones has about two erect, coarse grey setae, the 

 outer bear fusco-fulvous setae ; on the dorsum, near the sides particularly, 

 there are several small patches of fulvescent squaniiform setae. 



Legs elongate but stout, thickly covered with suherect, fulvescent, scale- 

 like setae ; femora strongly dentate at the middle underneath, so as to 

 appear semicirculaj-ly notched near the extremity ; front tibiae uncinate, 

 somewhat dilated inwardly at (he middle, the posterior broadlv cavernous 

 at the extremity. 



Scape moderately slender, implanted between the middle and apex 

 and reaching the front of the eye ; basal joint of funiculus very little thicker 

 and just perceptibly longer than the elongate second, 3-7 gradually become 

 shorter and broader ; club ovate, rather short, indistinctly quadriarticulate, 

 basal joint half the whole length. 



Underside nigrescent, nearly plane ; sides of prosternum covered with 

 white, the metasternum and abdomen with reddish-copper}' squamae. 



