398 COLEOPTERA. 
Eyes prominent, transverse, obliquely oval, not emarginate in front. 
Mandibles acutely bifid at apex. Antennae filiform, extending to beyond 
the posterior femora. Terminal articulation of maxillary palpi much larger 
than penultimate, straight externally, curvedly narrowed from the middle 
to the apex inwardly. Tibiae bispinose at the extremity. 
Not a true Sessinia, as are also 2853 and 3581. 
Length, 11 mm. ; breadth, 24 mm. 
Waipu Beach, near Whangarei. Three examples, amongst other Cole- 
optera, from Mr. Albert E. Brookes, of Mount Albert, after whom it is 
named. 10th January, 1914. 
Group OTIORHYNCHIDAE. 
3859. Nicaeana crassifrons sp. nov. Nicaeana Pascoe, Man. N.Z. Coleopt., 
p- 427. 
Elongate, moderately convex, subopaque ; nigrescent, antennae and legs 
piceo-rufous ; covered with subdepressed, dark-grey squamae, some of 
which are suboblong, and suberect, nearly white setae. 
Rostrum short and stout, very thick from above downwards, slightly 
uneven, not perceptibly carinate, rather finely punctured. Thorax some- 
what broader than long, base and apex truncate, its sides gently and evenly 
rounded ; disc without inequalities, with numerous fine flattened granules, 
in each of these there is a minute central puncture. Scutellum obsolete or 
absent. Elytra elongate-obovate, slightly incurved and a little wider at 
the base than the thorax, twice its length; apparently rather finely sub- 
striate-punctate, with simple interstices. 
Scape straight, stout, gradually incrassate, attaining the centre of the 
eye, with decumbent grey setae ; basal joint of funiculus obviously thicker 
and slightly longer than 2nd, joints 3-7 transverse ; club elongate-oval. 
Tibiae shghtly flexuous, the front pairs quite definitely yet only mode- 
rately mucronate at the inner extremity ; 2nd tarsal joint transverse, not 
broader than the Ist, evidently narrower than the 3rd. 
The eyes being flat the outline of the head and rostrum is uninterrupted. 
The foveiform scrobes are very small. WN. catoptoides (3582) is smaller and 
more slender, the eyes are rather large and convex, the rostrum is carinate, 
the scrobes are deep, and the scape is flexuous. 
Length (rostrum inclusive), 4mm.; breadth, 14 mm. 
Moa Basin, Canterbury. Unique. Found amongst dead leaves, 20th 
October, 1913, by Mr. T. Hall. 
3860. Cecyropa sulcifrons sp. nov. Cecyropa Pascoe, Man. N.Z. Coleopt., 
p. 437. 
Suboblong, medially contracted, opaque; piceo-fuscous, legs and 
antennae fusco-rufous; densely covered with irregularly mingled, tawny 
and dark-fuscous squamae, and short moderately thick setae, those along 
the sides longer and outstanding. 
Rostrum not half the length of thorax, subparallel, medially trisuleate 
in front of the antennae. Thorax a fourth broader than long, its sides 
strongly rounded, slightly constricted at apex, which, like the base, is 
truncate ; without inequalities of surface, its punctation fine, shallow, and 
indistinct. Elytra, at the base, slightly oblique towards the sides, rather 
broader there than the thorax, not twice its length, with oblique shoulders, 
