428 Suarp—On New Zealand Coleoptera. 
This differs from H. insolitus by the very rough surface ; it is also of less elon- 
gate form, with a shorter rostrum, which also has less definite scrobes ; the thorax 
is broader than long, slightly narrowed behind, more narrowed in front, its surface 
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coarsely and deeply rugose ; elytra without punctuation, but with a large number 
of small tubercles irregularly placed, they become broader behind, and are ab- 
ruptly declivous at the extremity, the dorsal portion projecting backwards as four 
short obtuse angles, the lateral prominence on each side not reaching so far back 
as those near the suture; legs rather short. As in H. insolitus, the corbels are not 
in the least cavernous. 
Otago, Bakewell ; Dunedin, Professor Hutton : one example from each. 
CuNEOPTERUS (nov. gen. Rhyparisominorum). 
Rostrum elongatum, capite thoraceque paulo longius, sat tenue, valde arcua- 
tum; antennz paulo ante medium rostri inserte, graciles scapo apice clayato, 
scrobes vagee, oculis haud attingentibus, his a thorace sat remotis; prothorax 
elongatus, conico-oblongus; elytra elongata, basi emarginato, apice truncato, 
lateribus late valdeque deflexis; scutellum nullum; prosternum quam pronoto 
multo brevius, lobis ocularibus nullis. Metasternum haud brevissimum ; abdomen 
segmentis duobus basalibus valde elongatis, secundo quam tertio quartoque simul 
sumptis fere duplo longiore, segmento ultimo sat elongato; pedes sat tenues, tibice 
mutice ; tarsi parum elongati, articulo tertio haud lobato. 
This is in its appearance amongst the most remarkable of the New Zealand 
weevils, and should be placed near Phrynixus Pascoe, from which it differs by the 
elongate rostrum with less effaced scrobes, the less abbreviate metasternum and 
third and fourth ventral segments, and still more importantly in the parts of the 
mouth, the buccal cavity being larger, the peduncle rather elongate, the mentum 
apparently quite absent, and all the stout rigid palpi quite exposed ; the mandibles 
have no scar, the third tarsal joint is deeply excavate above for the reception of 
the terminal joint, and its hind margin is feebly emarginate ; there is no dilata- 
tion of the apices of the tibiee, and the tarsi are densely pubescent beneath. 
Cuneopterus conicus, n. sp.—Elongatus, anterius angustatus, posterius trunca- 
tus, indumento fusco obtectus, supra sub-nodulosus. Long. absque rostro 11 m.m. ; 
rostr. incl. 14 m.m. (Plate x1, fig. 14.) 
Antenne slender, second and third joints very elongate, club slender, acu- 
iminate oval; rostrum glabrous in front, and very finely punctate; eyes small; on 
either side of the upper face of the rostrum at the base is a broad vague groove, 
which causes the middle to appear vaguely broadly costate; thorax longer than 
broad, the surface and sides uneven, a deep depression at the base in the middle, 
and a ridge on the front part, besides less distinct inequalities; elytra broader from 
the base backwards, the apex remarkably abruptly truncate, with some slightly 
elevated nodules, the most distinct of which are lateral, and two immediately in 
