RHYPAROSOMIDAE. 693 



broad, wider just before the middle than elsewhere, base and apex trun- 

 cate ; somewhat depressed along the middle, moderately and irregularly 

 punctured, but in some aspects appearing granulate. Elytra slightly 

 bisinuate at the base, with oblique shoulders, the length about double the 

 breadth, very gradually narrowed towards the vertical posterior declivity, 

 which is striate ; discal sculpture indefinite, in some aspects appearing to 

 consist of duplicate series of about six punctures or granules at each side 

 of the suture, scutellar region depressed. 



Tibiae somewhat flexuous, acuminate and bent inwardly at the 

 extremity. 



Antennae nearly as long as the head and thorax ; scape with fine grey 

 hairs, flexuous, its distinctly clavate apical portion a third of its whole 

 length ; basal joint of funiculus fully twice the length of the next, a little 

 bent, quite clavate at its apex, joints 3-7 diminish ; club elongate. 



Underside nitid, irregularly punctate, finely and sparingly pubescent, 

 terminal ventral segment with an elongate median fovea. 



The rather longer, nude apical portion of the rostrum, clavate scape 

 and basal joint of the funiculus, the occipital and ventral foveae, and 

 indefinite thoracic and elytral sculpture, conjointly, distinguish this species 

 from others of about equal bulk. 



Length (rostrum included), 6 mm. ; breadth, 2 mm. 



Orepuki. Described from a specimen forwarded by Mr. A. C. O'Connor 

 on the 16th October, 1918. 



Group Hylobiidae. 

 Bryocatus Broun. Part HI, Bull. 1, N.Z. Inst., p. 218. 



4295. Bryocatus plicatus sp. nov. 



Subopaque, moderately convex, of interrupted contour ; nigrescent, 

 basal half of rostrum and the thorax covered with greyish-tawny scale- 

 like matter, the legs slightly darker ; elytra with numerous depressed, 

 transversely disposed, hardly discernible grey setae and irregular spots of 

 similar hue ; antennae and tarsi black. 



Eostrum as long as thorax, moderately stout, slightly narrowed towards 

 its base, indefinitely sculptured and with a few fine grey hairs in front. 

 Thorax of about equal length and breadth, sharply truncate and not at all 

 depressed in front, slightly wider before the middle than elsewhere, its 

 sculpture apparently granular. Elytra nearly double the length of thorax, 

 slightly incurved and evidently broader than it is at the base, their sides 

 nearly straight to beyond the hind thighs, much narrowed and subvertical 

 behind ; they are distinctly striate, third and fifth interstices broader than 

 the others, all finely rugose, each shoulder with a short, slightly curved, 

 elevated plica. 



Scape rather slender, implanted before the middle. 



This need only be compared with B. humeraUis (4100), which is larger, 

 its rostrum is quite parallel and obviously broader, the antennae are 

 distinctly shorter and thicker, the front of the thorax is narrower, sub- 

 depressed, and somewhat rounded. The posterior declivity is longer and 

 less vertical, and the humeral elevations are not only prolonged almost 

 to the hind femora but also ])roject a little in advance of the elytral base. 



$. Length (rostrum included), 2^ mm. ; breadth, nearly 1 mm. 



Rose Hill, near Methven ; 20th November, 1912. A single female 

 found under moss by the late Mr. T. Hall. 



