﻿204 
  Mr. 
  G. 
  R. 
  Waterhouse's 
  Descriptions 
  of 
  

  

  tarsis 
  parvulis, 
  angustis. 
  Corpus 
  oblongum, 
  glabrum, 
  niti- 
  

   dum, 
  elatum, 
  parum 
  convexum, 
  mediae 
  magnitudinis. 
  

  

  This 
  genus 
  belongs 
  to 
  the 
  first 
  section 
  of 
  the 
  Crijptorhynchides, 
  

   having 
  a 
  well 
  defined 
  rostral 
  groove, 
  which 
  is 
  terminated 
  poste- 
  

   riorly 
  between 
  the 
  coxae 
  of 
  the 
  anterior 
  and 
  middle 
  pair 
  of 
  legs. 
  

   It 
  presents 
  several 
  remarkable 
  characters. 
  Its 
  rather 
  short, 
  nearly 
  

   straight, 
  and 
  somewhat 
  depressed 
  rostrum 
  is 
  remarkable 
  for 
  

   having 
  the 
  basal 
  portion 
  dilated 
  on 
  either 
  side, 
  forming 
  a 
  little 
  

   shield 
  protecting 
  a 
  deep 
  fovea 
  beneath, 
  which 
  fovea 
  is 
  oblong, 
  ex- 
  

   tends 
  back 
  to 
  the 
  eye, 
  and 
  represents 
  the 
  ordinary 
  antennal 
  

   groove, 
  the 
  base 
  of 
  the 
  antennae 
  being 
  inserted 
  in 
  it. 
  The 
  scape 
  

   of 
  the 
  antennae 
  is 
  short 
  in 
  proportion 
  to 
  the 
  groove 
  which 
  protects 
  

   it, 
  and 
  is 
  very 
  stout, 
  its 
  form 
  being 
  almost 
  obconic. 
  The 
  first 
  

   joint 
  of 
  the 
  funiculus 
  is 
  a 
  trifle 
  stouter 
  than 
  the 
  rest; 
  the 
  club 
  is 
  

   rather 
  large 
  and 
  very 
  short. 
  The 
  legs 
  are 
  singidar, 
  being 
  short 
  ; 
  

   the 
  femora 
  large, 
  very 
  broad, 
  compressed 
  ; 
  the 
  anterior 
  pair 
  are 
  

   the 
  largest, 
  and 
  are 
  much 
  arched 
  above 
  ; 
  all 
  the 
  femora 
  are 
  

   deeply 
  excavated 
  beneath 
  on 
  the 
  apical 
  half 
  to 
  receive 
  the 
  tibiae 
  

   when 
  the 
  legs 
  are 
  contracted 
  ; 
  the 
  tibiae 
  are 
  short, 
  curved 
  at 
  the 
  

   base, 
  broad 
  and 
  compressed, 
  have 
  an 
  acute 
  tooth, 
  on 
  the 
  outer 
  

   side 
  towards 
  the 
  apex; 
  the 
  tarsi 
  are 
  very 
  small 
  and 
  very 
  slender; 
  

   the 
  two 
  basal 
  joints 
  are 
  destitute 
  of 
  the 
  ordinary 
  spongy 
  substance 
  

   beneath, 
  but 
  this 
  is 
  not 
  wanting 
  in 
  the 
  bilobed 
  third 
  joint; 
  the 
  

   claw 
  joint 
  is 
  rather 
  long, 
  and 
  has 
  two 
  well 
  developed, 
  simple 
  di- 
  

   verging 
  claws. 
  

  

  I 
  think 
  this 
  genus 
  is 
  allied 
  to 
  Pselophax 
  of 
  White 
  (=Pteroplcctus, 
  

   Schonherr), 
  and 
  I 
  can 
  by 
  no 
  means 
  regard 
  the 
  latter 
  genus 
  as 
  

   being 
  properly 
  placed 
  by 
  Schonherr 
  in 
  the 
  Bijrsopsides. 
  

  

  Sympiezoscelus 
  Spenci'i. 
  

  

  Oblongus 
  piceo-niger, 
  nitidus, 
  tibiis 
  tarsisque 
  piceis, 
  antennis 
  

   rufis 
  ; 
  rostro 
  thorace. 
  breviore, 
  rufo-piceo, 
  nitidissimo, 
  basi 
  

   utrinque 
  sub-depresso, 
  punctate 
  ; 
  capite 
  punctulato, 
  fronte 
  

   foveolata; 
  thorace 
  disperse 
  punctato, 
  basi 
  utrinque 
  foveolato, 
  

   in 
  medio 
  carinula 
  brevissima 
  apice 
  ante 
  scutellnm 
  paulo 
  pro- 
  

   ducta 
  notato 
  ; 
  elytris 
  profunde 
  punctato-striatis, 
  interstitiis 
  

   convexis, 
  corpore 
  subtus 
  irregulariter 
  punctato 
  squamulis 
  

   flavescentibus, 
  praesertim 
  in 
  pectore, 
  adsperso. 
  

  

  Long. 
  Corp., 
  rostr. 
  excl., 
  lin. 
  4; 
  lat. 
  lin. 
  1^. 
  

  

  Habitat 
  in 
  Nova 
  Zealandia, 
  vel 
  fortasse 
  Nova 
  Hollandia. 
  

  

  The 
  collection 
  which 
  contained 
  this 
  insect 
  was 
  made 
  up 
  partly 
  

   of 
  Australian 
  and 
  partly 
  of 
  New 
  Zealand 
  species, 
  hence 
  I 
  am 
  un- 
  

  

  