90 Mr. D. Sharp on some 



Anagotus, n. g. (Curcnlionides, Cylindi'orhinida). 



Eostrum sat elongatum, ad apicem dilatatum, supra 

 antennarum insertionem angulatim prominulo ; scrobes 

 obliquae, profundae, longe ante oculos desinentes ; corpus 

 tuberculatum, prothorax gracilis ; pedes elongati, tibiae 

 simplices, baud mucronatse, apicibus nullo modo dila- 

 tatis. 



This is a remarkable insect, having rather the facies 

 of an African ground weevil than of any New Zealand 

 form hitherto discovered, and perhaps the type of a 

 distinct group near the Hipporliinides. The scrobes are 

 continued to the apex of the rostrum, and there, owing 

 to the dilatation of the latter, exposed in front ; they are 

 continued obliquely backwards, passing to the under 

 surface, but become obsolete about half-way to the eye. 

 The basal joint of the antennse reaches to the eye, and 

 is nearly as long as the other joints together ; the club 

 is well marked, though slender and elongate. The 

 mandibles are without scar, and are not very different 

 from those of Lijperohius. The front coxse are con- 

 tiguous. The metasternum is short ; the Ist ventral 

 segment is in the middle a good deal longer than the 

 2nd, which is quite twice as long as the 3rd. Legs 

 elongate and slender ; tibiae quite unarmed, not thick- 

 ened at the apex. Tarsi slender, the 3rd joint scarcely 

 broader than the preceding ones, its apical lobes 

 quite short ; it, as well as the two basal joints, rather 

 densely pubescent beneath, with a glabrous space along 

 the middle. 



At present this insect may be placed near InophUeus, 

 at the head of the Cylindrorhinidce, till its peculiarities 

 can be more correctly appreciated ; it appears to me to 

 have considerable affinities both with the Ami/cterides 

 and Hipporliinides, though differing greatly from the 

 former by the elongate rostrum. 



Anagotus helmsi, n. s. 



Niger, indumento sordide fusco vestitus, femoribus 

 versus apicem late albido-cingulatis ; prothorace ely- 

 trisque tuberculatis. Long, (cum rostro) 18 mm. 



Thorax slender, longer than broad, approximating to 

 cylindric, but the upper surface very irregular, with an 



