OTIORHYNCHIDAE. 411 
Rostrum like that of P. hystricula but rather longer and narrower. 
Head somewhat flattened between the eyes. Thorax slightly longer than 
broad, widest before the middle, distinctly narrowed behind, rather less 
so in front; median channel narrow throughout, without obviously raised 
borders; disc not quite even, though some of the scales are coarser than 
others, causing a slightly asperate appearance, there are no definite 
tubercular elevations; the frontal and some of the lateral scales are erect. 
Hlytra oblong-oval, subvertical behind, with curvedly narrowed shoulders 
so that the base is but little broader than that of the thorax, they are 
more than double its length, their sides are free from inequalities; they 
appear rather finely hecuate “punctate near the suture, even less distinctly 
so towards the sides; 3rd interstices only moderately nodiform at the 
base, bimodose near the middle, the terminal large, horizontal, and tipped 
with pale elongate scales like those on the 5th, which, however, are much 
less prominent, their median nodosities irregular, larger on the right elytron ; 
there is a single pair of small nodosities near the top of the declivity, and 
some coarse scales lower down. 
Legs elongate and slender, scape gradually clavate. 
The more elongate thorax, its subsulciform discal channel, and the 
absence of tubercular asperities distinguish it from P. hystricula. The eyes, 
though rather larger, are nearly flat. The rostrum is relatively longer, 
and the scrobes are smooth and shining almost to the eyes. The funiculus 
is quite perceptibly stouter, its 2nd joint is as thick as the lst but not longer, 
joints 3-7 are submoniliform but hardly any longer than broad. In 
P. hamiltoni (3264) the sides of the elytra are uneven, and the thoracic 
sculpture is entirely different. 
Length (rostrum inclusive), 7 mm.; breadth, 24 mm. 
Hollyford, near Routeburn. A Bole specimen found amongst decaying 
leaves by Mr. T. Hall on the 26th February, 1914. 
3880. Platyomida latipennis sp. nov. ; 
Opaque, piceous, antennae rufo-piceous; covered with depressed, 
obscure, tawny-grey scales, and moderate, somewhat curled setae. 
Rostrum subparallel, a third shorter than thorax, thickly clothed, its 
central carina with a groove along each side. Head finely punctate. 
Thorax slightly broader than long, cylindrical, very slightly broader near 
the middle than elsewhere ; disc very finely punctate, not at all impressed 
along the middle, somewhat uneven but without distinct tubercles or 
rugae. Scutellum subquadrate. Hlytra nearly double the width of thorax 
at the base, nearly thrice its length, their sides almost straight to beyond 
the hind thighs, where they are only slightly broader than at the base, 
much narrowed and subvertical behind ; they are moderately coarsely 
seriate-punctate, with minutely punctured intervals, 3rd interstices mode- 
rately elevated but not distinctly nodiform at the top of the declivity, 5th 
flat at the base, even less elevated behind than the 3rd. 
Scape straight, very gradually and slightly thickened, attaining the back 
of the eye; basal joint of funiculus equalling the 2nd, each only twice as 
long as broad, 3rd and 4th slightly longer than broad, joints 5-7 shorter ; 
club elongate-oval. Tibiae very slightly flexuous; posterior corbels quite 
cavernous, the space between the cilia narrower than in P. binodes. Hyes 
longitudinally oval, distant from thorax. Scrobes deep in front, becoming 
shallow and minutely sculptured towards, yet extending to, the eyes; in 
P. binodes (776) they are smooth. 
15—Bull. No. 1. 
