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It is an interesting addition to the New Zealand forms 

 of Rhyncophora. Leconte ('American Naturalist,' Jul3^ 

 1874, p. 391) considers the Rhinomaceridce as a " syn- 

 thetic form making the nearest approach in the BJiyn- 

 copliora to the lower Heteromera, and therefore the repre- 

 sentative of old forms clings to an old and synthetic 

 type of vegetation." It will be interesting to discover 

 the habits of the New Zealand representative family, and 

 see whether it supports, as is highly probable, Leconte's 

 theory. 



Broun has described (Man. N. Zealand Col.) an insect 

 under the name of Rhinomacer rnfula, but I cannot say 

 from his description whether or not it is congeneric with 

 Rhinorhynchus zealandicus. 



Rhinorhynchus zealandicus, n. s. 



Minutus, rufescens, elytris plus minusve fusco-rufis, 

 dense fortiter punctatus, conspicue flavo-griseo pubescens, 

 opacus, antennis pedibusque testaceis. Long, (cum 

 rostro porrecto) 2f mm. 



Mas, rostro breviore, prothoracis vix longitudine, basi 

 punctato, antennae ultra medium insertse. 



Fem., rostro prothorace paulo longiore, tenuiore, 

 glabro, polito, antennae fere in medium insertae. 



Antennae reddish yellow, extending quite as far back 

 as the base of the thorax, not in the least geni- 

 culate ; the 1st joint rather longer than the 2nd, 

 but scarcely stouter than it ; joints 3 — 8 rather slender ; 

 9 — 11 forming an elongate, very laxly -jointed club, 

 the joints of which differ but little in length inter se. 

 Thorax much narrower than the after body, rather 

 longer than broad, the sides very gently and evenly 

 rounded. The surface densely, evenly, and coarsely 

 punctured, and with a dense, rather elongate, depressed 

 pubescence. Elytra densely, deeply, and coarsely punc- 

 tate, with a dense, rather coarse, pubescence, which 

 much conceals the sculpture. Legs yellow, rather short 

 and stout ; the tibiae straight, without spurs or hooks. 



Found by Mr. Helms at Greymouth in the sjmng of 

 1881. 



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