704 COLEOPTERA. 



subpyrifonn first, third and fourth sliglitly longer than broad, joints 5-7 

 short ; club oblong-oval. 



Legs very elongate, femora nearly wholly visible from above. Tarsi 

 rather narrow, penultimate joint moderately dilated. 



This is distinguishable from all the otlier species of the genus by the 

 conspicuous, cordiform, densely squamose area on the basal half of the 

 hind-body. 



Length (rostrum excluded), 3 mm. ; breadth, 1 mm. 



Pakarau, North Auckland. A single specimen found by Mr. A. E. 

 Brookes, of Mount Albert; 19th May, 1918. 



4315. Scelodolichus pyriformis sp. nov. 



Subpyriform, very convex, subnitid ; nigrescent, rostrum and legs 

 rufous, antennae and tarsi paler ; sparingly and irregularly clothed with 

 suberect, elongate, grey, and more slender depressed flavescent scales, and 

 many outstanding dark fuscous setae, legs inclusive. 



Rostrum almost equalling the thorax in length, moderately broad, 

 very gradually expanded towards the extremity, apparently smooth, with 

 a few minute squamae near its base. Thorax shghtly broader than long, 

 widest at the truncate base, gradually narrowed anteriorly ; moderately 

 but not very closely punctate, only obsoletely carinate along the middle. 

 Elytra oviform, almost double the length of thorax, scarcely any wider 

 than it is at the base, widest near the middle, curvate and subvertical 

 behind ; they are finely, rather distantly, but not very definitely seriate- 

 punctate. 



Scape short and subclavate ; basal joint of the funiculus evidently 

 stouter and rather longer than second, third and fourth very little longer 

 than broad, the others short ; club suboblong-oval. Legs normal. 



Though somewhat similar to S. villosus (1288), the latter is at once 

 separable by the obviously punctate-striate elytra and a slight dilatation 

 of the rostrum at the point of the antennal insertion. *S'. setosus (1287) 

 is more elongate, its hind-body especially, and the linear space along the 

 middle of the thorax is smooth and shining, almost cariniform. 



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



Pakarau ; 24th March, 1918. "Unique. Another of Mr. A. E. Brookes's 

 discoveries. 



Hatasu Broun. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 8, vol. iv, p. 384. 



4316. Hatasu tuberosa sp. nov. 



Suboblong, moderately convex, o})aque ; nigro-fuscous, unevenly clothed 

 with small, mostly depressed, tawny squamae. 



Rostrum rather shorter than thorax, closely punctate and nearly nude 

 in front. Thorax of about equal length and breadth, widest just before 

 the middle, slightly narrowed behind, somewhat abruptly contracted 

 anteriorly, base subtruncate ; disc apparently impunctate, with a pair 

 of quite obtuse frontal and median elevations which bear short suberect, 

 faintly rufescent scales. Elytra double the length of thorax, aboiit a 

 iifth broader near the middle, more convex there, ])osterior declivity not 

 vertical ; on each elytron there are two obtuse tubercles, one behind the 

 other, situated near the suture, and another further from the suture in 

 line with the hind thigh, in addition to these there are several smaller 

 but very unequal nodiform elevations, outer side also uneven, a few 

 irregular coarse punctiform impressions being visible, 



