418 COLEOPTERA. 
Bryodrassus gen. nov. 
Body moderately convex, elongate-oblong, finely squamose. 
Rostrum half the length of thorax, stout, a little dilated anteriorly. 
Scrobes subapical, quite ‘visible ard deep in front, directed downwards 
but not extending to the eyes. Thorax truncate at apex, nearly so at the 
base, with well- deve loped ceular lobes and vibrissae. Scutellum small, 
sunken or indistinct. Elytra elongate-cordate, slightly imcurved at the 
base, the shoulders a little broader. 
Legs moderately elongate. Femora simple. Anterior tibiae rather 
longer than the others, curved externally, not distinctly mucronate; corbels 
of the posterior with double cilia, the outer truncature distinct but not 
broad. Tarsi thickly setose below, penultimate joint bilobed. 
Scape inserted near the apex, mederately stout, very gradually 
inerassate, reaching just beyond the thoracic apex. Funiculus 7-articulate, 
basal 2 joints about equally elongate but not slender, the others as long as 
broad. Club elongate-oval, indistinctly triarticulate. 
Mandibular sear visible. Mentum large, filling the buccal cavity 
Palpi entirely concealed. Prosternum deeply emarginate in front. 
Anterior coxae prominent, distinctly separated; intermediate nearly as 
ar apart as the widely distant posterior pair, all about equidistant from 
front to rear. Metasternum mederately elongate. Abdomen elongate, 
basal segment larger than 2nd, the suture sinuous; 3rd and 4th with 
deep straight sutures, each evidently shorter than 2nd, together fully as 
long as 5th. 
The distinetly separated front coxae, emarginate prosternum, not at all 
abbreviated metasternum, well-developed ccular lobes, the well-marked 
mandibular sear, and cavernous posterior corbels are characters which, 
taken together, separate this from all the New Zealand genera of the 
Otiorhynchidae. 
3891. Bryodrassus miricollis sp. nov: 
Opaque, nigro-fuscous, antennae and tarsi piceo-rufous ; covered with 
depressed, infuseate and tawny squamae, and with some longer pale ones 
on the elytral suture and interstices behind the middle: on the thoracie 
dise there are many short, erect, fuscous setae. 
Rostrum rather thick from above downwards near the apex and studded 
with outstanding greyish setae there; the median carina distinct, the 
surface rather flat alongside it. Eyes subrotundate, free from thorax. 
Head short, narrowed to the same width as the rostrum. Thorax nearly 
a fourth broader than long, its sides moderately and evenly rounded, with a 
slight apical constriction; there is a distinct median groove extending 
from the front to the middle, the rest of the sculpture consists of nearly 
regular transverse striae and thicker squamose intervals; the pale scales 
are concentrated along the sides, but are scattered on the disc. Elytra just 
double the length of thorax, with a short sinuation behind each shoulder, 
hardly any broader than the middle of thorax, gradually narrowed towards 
the subvertical posterior declivity; they are regularly and mederately 
finely seriate-punctate ; the suture is a little elevated behind, and the 3rd 
interstices throughout, the 5th less distinetly. 
Legs squamose and bearing also suberect squamiform setae; the anterior 
tibiae with many slender elongate setae along the inside, the other pairs 
somewhat flexuous. 
