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punctures at each side of the suture, the lateral sculpture is 
irregular, the interstices are very slightly and interruptedly 
raised ; the numerous small patches of sete occur near the 
sides and on the hind slope. Legs sparsely setose. 
No. 2552 is most like this species, which, however, has 
straight anterior tibia, a more elongate and slender scape, a 
longer and narrower thorax, and rather deeper and more 
numerous elytral pun cees 
Length (rostr. incl.) 13, breadth $ line. 
Mount Pirongia. One, December 1892. 
Obs. At the same time and place I found what appears to 
be the male of No. 2554. The front tibie are a little arched 
externally, the others are obviously and acutely prolonged at 
the inner extremity. Theclubis more elongate. ‘The thorax 
‘is as broad at the base as it is in the middle. The elytra are 
widest near the hind thighs. The rostrum has three lines of 
fine yellow sete, the central one most distinct. 
In this genus the palpi are short and rigid, the mentum is 
subquadrate, and the buccal cavity appears to be completely 
filled. ‘The species are very rare. 
Dacnophylla variegata, sp. n. 
Variegate, fuscous or rufo-piceous, a little shining ; clothed, 
but not densely, with scale-like hairs and erect fuscous sete ; 
legs and antennee infuscate red. 
Rostrum nearly nude, shining, and reddish in front, covered 
with yellow hairs behind; it is shorter than the thorax, 
convex near the middle, but depressed near the eyes. Thorax 
as long as broad, widest before the middle, gradually narrowed 
behind ; its surface slightly uneven, there being an indistinct 
swelling near each side in line with the widest part, it is 
rather deeply and closely punctured; the fulvous hairs are 
most conspicuous along the middle and there are a few grey 
ones near the sides. lytra nearly cordiform, widest behind 
the shoulders, these are narrowed, so that the base barely 
exceeds that of the thorax in width; their sculpture is not 
well defined, it appears to consist of interrupted striz and 
slightly asperate interstices ; their clothing is bright fulvous 
and greyish, more or less interming led. Legs robust, bearing 
hairs and erect sete; front tibice rather longer than the 
others, slightly curved outwardly, distinctly mucronate 
inwardly, with conspicuous yellow pubescence near the apex ; 
the middle pair thicker, flexuous, and with long hairs along 
their inner face; the posterior still thicker, a good deal incras- 
sate and bent at the extremity, the apex quite open behind ; 
Ann. & Mag. N. Hist. Ser. 6. Vol. xii. 23 
