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what concentrated from the 3rd elytral interstices to the sides, but not 
forming a well-marked fascia, in front of the posterior declivity ; the setae 
rather slender and, except on the antennae and legs, not conspicuous. 
Rostrum a third shorter than thorax, distinctly but not broadly carinate 
along the middle and, like the unimpressed head, rather finely and closely 
punctured. Thorax just as long as broad, a little narrowed in front, its 
surface finely punctate, and with short irregular rugae. Scutellum distinet, 
usually subquadrate. Elytra oblong, a third broader than thorax at the 
base, fully double its length, posterior declivity moderately narrow but not 
vertical, apices broad in ‘the male, only feebly acuminate and dehiscent in 
the other sex; they are moderately coarsely, closely, and regularly striate- 
punctate, 3rd interstices moderately elevated, rather more distinctly in 
front of and as far as the top of the declivity, but not nodiform there, 5th 
rather less elevated behind and plane near the base. 
Antennae elongate, 2nd joint of funiculus as long as the basal, 3rd but 
little shorter, the following ones obconical, all rather longer than broad ; 
club elongate. 
Legs elongate, like those of the preceding species, but with a few minute 
denticles inside the anterior pair. 
Underside with grey scales and setae, the 3rd and 4th segment almost 
without scales. 
A rather large species, recognizable by its long antennae, well-marked 
elytral punctation, rather elongate elevations of the 3rd interstices, and 
almost uniformly coloured vestiture, which in some examples is more 
fuscous than the type. 
$. Length (rostrum inclusive), 7 mm. ; breadth, 2} mm. 
Clipping’s Bush, east of Kingston. Mr. T. Hall obtained nearly a dozen 
individuals, but only a single female, on the 29th January, 1914. 
3869. Tigones assimilis sp. nov. 
Opaque, fusco-rufous, antennae and tarsi inclusive, these latter never 
nigrescent ; the vestiture nearly similar to that of 7. murina, varying 
individually from greyish to fuscous, the thorax generally with a broad 
dark streak along the middle, and with a fine stria there, the dise without 
rugae. Scutellum oblong. Elytra more finely striate-punctate than those 
of T. murina, 3rd interstices with similarly elongated posterior elevations ; 
but the 5th are prolonged, somewhat swollen and curved inwardly below 
the terminal elevations of the 3rd, and in line with these the sides are 
broader. The rostral carina is indistinct. The legs are more slender, the 
tibiae less distinctly denticulate, the anterior are nearly straight, being 
curved only below the middle. Antennae shorter, joints 5— 7 scarcely at all 
longer than broad. 
Length (rostrum inclusive), 63-7 mm. ; breadth, 2-23 mm. 
Moa. Basin, Canterbury ;, 20th October, 1913. Five examples found by 
Mr. te tial, 
3870. Tigones setosa sp. nov. 
Opaque, fusco-piceous, legs and tarsi fusco-rufous, antennae rather 
darker, rostral apex dark red ; covered with depressed fusco-testaceous and 
some darker squamae; the aathie yellowish-grey, numerous, suberect, rather 
conspicuous but not very elongate. 
