OTIORHYNCHIDAE. 403 
Tibiae setose, the anterior rather longer than the others, which are 
more flexuous and minutely denticulate. 
Scape nearly straight, bearing decumbent and erect grey setae; basal 
joint of funiculus stouter and slightly longer than the next, 4th slightly 
longer than the 3rd or following ones, which are moniliform ; club elongate. 
Male.—HElytral apices subacuminate but scarcely at all prolonged ; 
rostral carina broader, grooved along side; the bare thoracic space not 
sulcate in front. 
T. caudata (1521) has more prolonged, rather thickly spiniform elytral 
apices ; there is only a nodiform bare spot near the base of the thorax ; 
and a considerable proportion of the squamae, when cleaned with benzine, 
appear shining brassy. 
Length (rostrum inclusive) 6 mm. ; breadth, 24 mm. 
Kuriwai Bush, Wyndham. One of each sex found by Mr J. H. Lewis 
on the 21st September and 18th October, 1914. 
3867. Tigones variata sp. nov. 
Opaque, moderately slender; legs and antennae fusco-rufous, the body 
apparently concolorous, the thorax having an elongate bare space of that 
colour extending from the base and becoming narrower towards the middle ; 
densely covered with variegated depressed squamae, principally coppery- 
brown, the sides of the thorax, and the posterior, more or less greyish, 
on the elytra there are a few greyish-blue scales; the setae neither very 
numerous nor conspicuous, suberect and flavescent. 
Rostrum a third shorter than thorax, finely carinate. Thorax of equal 
length and breadth, slightly wider near the middle than elsewhere, without 
inequalities, the bare mesial space distinctly punctured. Scutellum sub- 
oblong, greyish. Elytra oblong, not thrice the length of thorax, quite a 
third broader than it is, with oblique shoulders, the apices somewhat 
dehiscent and moderately acuminate; rather finely and regularly striate- 
punctate, 3rd interstices slightly elevated near the base, not nodiform 
behind. 
Scape nearly straight, setigerous; 3rd joint of the funicle shorter than 
2nd ; club elongate-oval. Legs like those of 7. thoracica. 
Male.—Rostral carina more distinct. Elytral apices not prolonged. 
Underside with grey scales and setae, some of the former pinkish. Fifth 
ventral segment flat, strongly rounded behind, evidently longer than the 
3rd and 4th together. 
The nearest allies are 7. cervina (1525), T. obscwra (2383), and T. Philpotti 
(3121). The first possesses an interrupted thoracic ridge, and thick divergent 
elytral apices. The second is more robust, and the thorax is broader than 
long and simple. The 3rd has a dark obtuse thoracic ridge, and the band 
across the top of the posterior declivity is composed of bluish-grey scales. 
Q. Length (rostrum inclusive), 5mm. ; breadth, 12 mm. 
Kuriwai Bush. Six examples found by Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Lewis, 18th 
October, 1914. In some males the clothing is much less variegate, chiefly 
infuscate-grey. In the typical female the scales when brushed with benzine 
appear rufo-cupreous. 
3868. Tigones murina sp. nov. 
Elongate, rather stout, opaque; piceous, antennae fusco-rufous ; 
densely clothed with infuscate-grey and grey squamae, these latter some- 
