386 Capt-T. Broun on new 
pitchy red, twice as wide as that of the female. Antenne 
inserted before the middle of the rostrum. Scape long, 
curvate. Funiculus five-jointed; second joint slender, as 
long as first ; joints 3 to 5 rather longer than broad, oviform. 
Club oblong-oval. Breast finely and closely sculptured. 
Metasternum short. Abdomen elongate, the two basal seg- 
ments rather flat, smooth, without intervening suture in the 
middle. Hlytra with obsolete sculpture behind the middle, 
but with distinct strize and punctures in front. 
9. Antenne implanted at or immediately behind the 
middle of the very slender, quite parallel, glossy red rostrum. 
Length 2, breadth 3 line. 
Hunua Range, Clevedon. On the ground amongst leaves. 
Macroscytalus frontalis, sp. n. 
Depressed, moderately broad ; pubescence scanty and hardly 
perceptible ; elytra rufo-castaneous, with ill-defined pitchy 
marks behind, the rest of the body and the legs red, club 
nearly black. 
Rostrum shorter than the thorax, gradually narrowed 
towards the base, its apical portion not as broad as the back 
of the head ; it is shining red and more finely punctured than 
the head. yes round, rather flat. Head piceous, gradually 
narrowed anteriorly, the broad smooth back part abruptly 
marked off just behind the eyes. Antenne inserted just before 
the middle of the rostrum ; scape elongate, gradually incras- 
sate; funiculus not longer than the scape; second joint dis- 
tinctly longer than the third; club opaque, densely pubescent, 
as long as the funiculus. Thorax but little longer than broad, 
widest behind the middle, rounded there, gradually but con- 
siderably narrowed towards the front, so that the apex is 
scarcely more than half the width of the base; the frontal 
constriction is very slight ; it is moderately finely, distinctly, 
and not very closely punctured; there is an indistinct smooth 
central line, and the apical margin is smooth. Scutellum 
triangular, distinct. lytra as broad as the widest part of 
the thorax, base truncate, parallel-sided, apices simple; they 
are slightly transversely impressed before the middle, with 
distinctly punctured strie, interstices with fine serial punc- 
tures. Legs moderately long; femora medially dilated below ; 
tibie slightly flexuous, the outer apex prolonged, the inner 
acutely prominent, the anterior with moderately slender 
hooks; tarsi narrow, their third joint excavate above but 
narrow, so that the minute true fourth joint is obsolete, 
terminal joint slender, claws small. 
