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forms an angle at its junction with the other from the lower part of the 
side, the 2nd costa is shorter but extends to below the top of the declivity, 
the side of the dorsum is costiform and curved inwardly below the 2nd, the 
suture also is costiform, all these are minutely and distantly punctate ; 
interstices nearly seriate-granulate. 
Underside shining black, with minute setae; basal 2 ventral segments 
medially depressed, the Ist not double the length of the 2nd, moderately 
finely and closely punctured, 2nd obsoletely in the middle, 3rd and 4th 
each shorter than 2nd with very deep sutures, 5th more closely punctate, 
with a large fovea extending to the truncate apex and bearing a small 
rufescent crest at each side, 6th short. 
Basal joint of funiculus nearly double the length of 2nd, joints 3-5 
transverse, 6th and 7th larger. Basal joints of tarsi slender near the base, 
twice the length of the transverse 2nd. 
L. hudsoni can be at once separated by its 3 squamose streaks 
along the more finely sculptured thorax ; its 3 dorsal interstices are thickly 
squamose, but the 4th, or lateral, is often interruptedly or obsoletely 
squamose ; the ventral segments have a patch of pale scales at the sides, 
there are none at all on L. aciphyllae. 
Length (rostrum inclusive), 18 mm. ; breadth, 74 mm. 
Garvie Mountains. I am indebted to Mr. James Speden, of Gore, for 
my specimen, and three of L. hudsoni (3447) which prove that that species 
varies much as regards the elytral squamosity. 
3926. Lyperobius fallax sp. nov. 
Subopaque, nigrescent, sparingly clothed with small, depressed, tawny 
or greyish squamae. 
Rostrum finely punctate and unimpressed in front of the antennae, 
moderately coarsely but not deeply and not at all rugosely punctured 
behind, each puncture is filled with a flat scale so that the surface appears 
even, instead of being asperate asin L. aciphyllae. Thorax with an irregular, 
narrow, smooth space along the middle and ending at the basal impression, 
the sculpture near the sides consists chiefly of very irregularly formed 
impressions and equally irregular smooth intervals. 
Fifth ventral segment unimpressed. Second joint of funiculus almost 
as long as the Ist. 
With the above exceptions it is similar to the preceding species. 
Length (rostrum inclusive), 18 mm. ; breadth, 7 mm. 
Mount Miromiro; elevation, 6,000 ft. Two examples, kindly sent to me, 
saturated with alcohol, by Professor C. Chilton, and set aside as a variety 
of L. carinatus. 
3927. Lyperobius spedenii sp. nov. 
Robust, oblong-oval, subopaque; thinly clothed with depressed, minute, 
greyish squamae ; nigrescent, antennae and tarsi nigro-piceous. 
Rostrum almost as long as thorax, dilated in front, moderately but 
not deeply punctured, with an elongate basal and a smaller interantennal 
fovea. Hyes strongly transverse, rather flat. Thorax only very slightly 
broader than long, gradually narrowed from the base to the abruptly con- 
tracted apex, which, like the base, is medially emarginate; with an ill-defined 
smooth central line not reaching the apex, its punctation irregular but not 
coarse, becoming closer and confluent near the sides and front. Elytra 
16—Bull. No. 1. 
