HAPLOKYCHIDAE. 697 



Legs dark, all the tibiae obtusely angulate above the middle. 



Scape slender but quite nodose at the extremity ; funiculus consider- 

 ably longer, its basal joint as long as the next but about twice as stout, 

 joints 3-7 decrease in length ; club elongate-oval, finely pubescent. 



The elytral sculpture is distinctive. 



Length (rostrum included), 2 mm. ; breadth, 1| mm. 



Wadestown. A single specimen received from Mr. A. C. O'Connor, 

 of WelUngton, on the 16th October, 1918. 



Group Cylindrorhinidae. 



Homodus Broun. Man. N.Z. Coleopt., p. 703. 



4303. Homodus posticalis sp. nov. 



Opaque, piceo-fuscous, legs and scape fusco-rufous, tarsi and funiculus 

 more ferruginous and nitid ; covered for the most part with depressed, 

 somewhat elongated, small, bright coppery scales, the rostrum with small 

 tawny, the head with coarser similarly coloured squamae, there are also 

 a few, mostly pale, upright setae. 



Rostrum stout, quite half the length of thorax, obtusely ridged along 

 the middle, the subtriangular bare clypeal portion distinctly defined. 

 Head nearly as broad as front of thorax. Eyes obliquely oval, moderately 

 prominent, free. Thorax narrower than hind-body, its length and breadth 

 about equal, only sUghtly wider near the front than elsewhere, base and 

 apex truncate ; its surface apparently impunctate, a little uneven, having 

 a broad shallow median impression behind, and a somewhat rounded one 

 near each basal angle. Scutellum small. Elytra somewhat incurved at 

 the base, hardly any v/ider there than the thorax, scarcely twice its length 

 or greatest breadth, with slightly curvedly narrowed shoulders, their sides 

 very gently narrowed towards the subvertical, much narrower posterior 

 declivity ; disc rather coarsely and distantly, but not deeply, seriate- 

 punctate ; on each elytron nearer the suture than the hind thigh there 

 is a very small dark elevation, on top of the declivity there is another 

 near the middle and a larger one close to the side with pale setae, there 

 are also a few small tawny tufts lower down, the suture is obtusely 

 elevated there ; the area between the pair of obtuse elongate basal 

 elevations has a few minute dark granules. 



Legs with infuscate setae, tibiae flexuous, the anterior distinctly 

 mucronate at the extremity, and irregularly denticulate along the inner 

 side. 



H. fumexs (1238) has altogether paler vestiture, its thorax is rather 

 more cylindrical and bears several small tubercular elevations, an oblique 

 depression extends from the front of each eye to the hind part of the head, 

 and the anterior tibiae are much less curvedly bent near the extremity. 



Underside covered with slender coppery scales. Mentum larger than 

 in 2149, Hi/grochus verrucosus, truncate in front and behind, it fills the 

 buccal- ca^^ty and conceals the palpi. Mandibular scar present. Posterior 

 corbels with external truncature. 



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



Pakarau ; 19th May, 1918. I have only a single specimen, found by 

 Mr. A. E. Brookes, of Mount Albert. 



