species of Neiv-Zealand Coleoptera. 59 



TrachypMoeus porculus. 

 T. obovatus, niger, squamis albidis depressis dense vestibus, setulisque 

 teniubus erectis seriatim adspersus ; rostro crasso, scrobibus caver- 

 nosis, ad oculos baud extensis ; anteanis ferrugineis, clava in- 

 luscata ; protborace versus apicem baud constricto ; elytris brevi- 

 usculis, substriatis ; tibiis anticis bicalearatis. Long. 1^ lin. 

 Hah. Otago. 



Allied to our T. sqtiamulatus, from which its cavernous 

 scrobes and slender setulte will at once distinguish it. 



Brexius ascitus. 

 B. angustus, vix depressus, piceo-brunneus, squamis obscure griseis 

 tectus; rostro supra lineis quinque elevatis distinctis, quarum 

 intermedia majore, instructo ; antennis ferrugineis, clava pubes- 

 cente; protborace longitudine latitudini sequali, in medio non- 

 nibil carinato ; scuteUo parvo ; elytris striatis, leviter punctatis, 

 interstitiis convexis, quia to versus apicem tuberculato-elevato • 

 tibiis anticis intus denticulatis. Long. 21- lin. 

 Hah. Waikato. 



A much narrower form than the Victorian B. murinus, to 

 which it is the most nearly allied. 



Phrynixus astutus. 

 P. ovatus, fuscus, supra squamositate dilutiore vestitus ; rostro 

 tenuiore, basi ante oculos tuberculo instructo ; protborace longiore 

 quam latiore, dorso tuberculato ; elytris breviusculis, utrinque 

 rotundatis, supra tuberculatis, anguHs anticis minus productis • 

 tarsis minus elongatis. Long. 1-2. lin. ' 



Hob. Tairua. 



This species differs from P. terreus {anQ, vol. xvi. p 221) 

 tnter alia, in the tubercle on the rostrum, the narrower and 

 longer prothorax, the shorter and rounded elytra, &c. There 

 are only very shallow impressions on the elytra indicating any 

 punctuation. ° -^ 



Emp^OTES. 

 Implilceo proximus, sed scrobibus ad oculos profunde impressis 

 Rostrum robustum. Antennce graciles. Prothorcuv basi truncatus • 

 lobis ocularibus obsoletis. ' 



In Inophlceus the scrobes are well marked only at the point 

 where the antennas are inserted, rapidly disappearing behind. 

 In this genus the scrobe, curved at first, runs to the middle 

 and front of the eye; the scape, however, extends to the hind 

 margin of the eye, so that the scrobe can only receive a portion 

 of it. 



