CRYPTORHYNCHIDAE. 705 



Underside apparently impunctate, with depressed, slightly elongated, 

 pale tawny scales ; second vental segment slightly shorter than first, 

 both subangulate, and depressed at the middle, in the former one the 

 impression is prolonged backwards, third and fourth together a little 

 shorter than second. Between the intermediate coxae there is a slight 

 longitudinal ridge. 



Mentum transversely quadrate, the peduncle twice as long, quite as 

 broad and incurved in front, slightly narrowed behind. The scrobes 

 begin near the apex and are prolonged to the front of the eyes. Palpi 

 thick, fully exposed, bearing conspicuous fulvescent setae. Scape gently 

 incrassate, inserted near the apex and attaining the front of the eye. 

 Basal and second joints of funiculus almost equally elongate, third rather 

 longer than broad, joints 4-6 transversely moniliform, seventh much 

 broader ; club oblong-oval, quadriarticulate. 



Well differentiated from H. dorsale (2962) by the numerous unequal 

 uodiform elytral elevations and slight structural modifications. 



Length (rostrum excluded), 10 mm.; breadth, 5 mm. 



Gordon's Pyramid, Mount Arthur; 4,500ft. Two found by Mr. A. C. 

 O'Connor on the 13th January, 1918. 



Group Lamiidae. 

 Xylotoles Newman. Man. N.Z. Coleopt., p. 592. 



4317. Xylotoles apicalis sp. nov. 



Elongate, slightly convex and nitid ; pale fusco-castaneous, sides of 

 elytra feebly infuscate, antennae and legs rather more fulvescent ; clothed 

 with depressed greyish pubescence and a few erect setae. 



Head vertical in front, with a fine longitudinal stria behind. Thorax 

 very little broader than long, base and apex truncate, its sides obtusely 

 prominent behind the middle and rather more constricted behind than 

 in front ; its surface closely and finely strigose, with a central groove 

 Httle more than a third of its whole length, its basal portion slightly 

 depressed. Scutellum subtriangular. Elytra scarcely any broader than 

 thorax at the base, nearly four times its length, gradually narrowed 

 behind the posterior femora, each subacute at the extremity, with a 

 triangular sutural gap between them there ; they are irregularly subseriate- 

 punctate to beyond the hind thighs, but without definite sutural striae. 



Antennae finely pubescent and bearing also a few erect, slender grey 

 setae on their basal half ; their third joint just passes the shoulder, the 

 ninth attains the apex. 



The almost concolorous derm, and triangular apical notch betAveen 

 the elytra distinguish it. 



Length, 6 J mm. ; breadth, 1 J mm. 



DUrville Island. A single specimen forwarded by Mr G. V. Hudson, 

 found on the 21st March, 1917. 



4318. Xylotoles pygmaeus sp. nov. 



Elongate, subcylindrical, slightly nitid, obscure coppery, antennae 

 and legs fusco-testaceous, thinly covered with subdepressed slender greyish 

 hairs. 



Head a])parently smooth, obsoletely grooved behind. Thorax about a 

 third longer than broad, only slightly wider near the middle than elsewhere, 



