692 COLEOPTERA. 



which, in front, is oblique towards the sides. Tlie specimens vary in 

 coloration. 



Nearly related to C. posticalis (2106) and 0. lobatus (4191) but smaller 

 than either. 



Length (rostrum included), 4f mm. ; breadth, If mm. 



Stephen and D'Urville Islands ; September, 1915. Sent recently by 

 Mr. A. C. O'Connor for examination. 



Group Rhyparosomidae. 

 Lithocia Broun. Man. N.Z. Coleopt., p. 1470. 



4293. Lithocia stictica sp. nov. 



Opaque, moderately convex ; light fusco-castaneous, the elytra with 

 several nigrescent spots and small crests, and on the summit of the 

 posterior declivity with four crests of the same yellowish-grey hue as those 

 on the disc and along the sides of the thorax. 



Rostrum arched, equaUing the thorax in length, subcarinate along the 

 middle, its anterior half trisulcate and rather broader than the basal 

 which, behind the middle, bears a small greyish crest. Thorax rather 

 broader than long, apparently widest before the middle, gradually 

 narrowed towards the subtruncate base ; a little uneven, very irregularly 

 and coarsely punctate, almost smooth near the sides, with a pair of frontal 

 and more distant median crests, the sides thickly fringed with coarse as 

 well as slender greyish setae. Elytra subtruncate and only slightly wider 

 than thorax at the base, twice its length, much narrowed but not quite 

 vertical behind ; the coarse discal punctures are seriate near the suture, 

 irregular towards the sides, those along the posterior declivity are finer 

 and substriate. 



Underside light chestnut red, with some rather fine grey setae, the base 

 of the front femora and a large common spot on the middle of the first 

 and second ventral segments nigrescent, both of these segments are smooth 

 on the middle but irregularly punctate near the sides, the base of the first 

 has an additional series of coarser impressions, fifth segment finely and 

 closely punctured. 



This should be placed near 2549, the type of the genus, but is dis- 

 tinguishable by its maculate elytra. 



Length (rostrum excluded), 4 mm. ; breadth, 2 mm. 



Wadestown ; March, 1916. Described from an individual forwarded 

 by Mr. A. C. O'Connor on the 25th August, 1918. 



Clypeorhynchus Sharp. Man. N.Z. Coleopt., p. 1210. 



4294. Clypeorhynchus bifoveatus sp. nov. 



Subnitid, fuscous, antennae and tarsi more rufescent ; sparingly clothed 

 with decumbent slender yellow setae, but with coarser suberect ones on 

 the rostrum, near each side of the thorax, and forming numerous small 

 patches on the elytra, behind especially, each shoulder densely covered 

 with a narrow band of more minute ones. 



Rostrum equalling thorax in length, its hinder portion nearly straight ; 

 the anterior bare, rather broader, almost half the whole length, shining 

 reddish, finely and distantly punctate. Head immersed almost to the 

 eyes, \nih a narrow fovea between them. Thorax rather longer than 



