RUTPAEOSOMIDAE. 551 



4084. Phrynixodes scruposus sp. nov. 



Opaque, piceous, antennae and tarsi fusco-rufous ; thickly covered 

 with obscure tawny, coarse, depressed and suberect woolly squamae, and 

 erect setae. 



Kostrum very slightly expanded, nearly nude and finely punctate in 

 front, behind the antennae with a median carina which, however, is 

 invisible until the coarse covering has been scraped off. Scape with moderate 

 outstanding setae. Thorax closely and distinctly punctured, its frontal 

 portion, owing to the crest at each side, appears contracted, it is slightly 

 narrowed and nearly straight behind ; there is a pair of prominent apical 

 crests, and near the middle another pair more distant from each other, 

 the centre of the base is flat. Elytra twice as long as thorax, a third broader 

 than it is near the middle, only slightly wider at the base, with oblique 

 shoulders, the dorsum scarcely any longer than broad ; scutellar region 

 depressed, with a crest at each side of it, on each elytron between the 

 former and the side there is a larger crest, another in line with it behind 

 the middle, and a more prominent one on the summit of the hind declivity ; 

 the sides also are uneven, the largest crest is near the top of the declivity ; 

 the dorsum, though unevenly cristate, is nearly plane but on a higher level 

 than the thorax, it is coarsely subseriate-punctate, the declivity is finely 

 striate-punctate. 



Underside piceous, covered with a tawny deposit and coarse elongate 

 squamae. Fifth ventral segment with a large apical fovea and pair of 

 crests. 



In its natural condition the sculpture is invisible, even the crests are 

 indefinite ; a second specimen having been obtained was carefully cleaned 

 and described as above. 



Length (rostrum exclusive), 5-5| mm. ; breadth, 2|-3 mm. 



Glenhope ; 23rd November, 1914. Mr. T. Hall is the discoverer. 



Bantiades Broun. Man. N.Z. Coleopt., p. 1371. 

 4085. Bantiades rectalis sp. nov. 



Subcylindric, without nodosities ; dull fuscous, rostrum and thorax 

 rather more rufescent, legs sometimes paler, antennae rufous ; sparsedly 

 clothed with suberect grey setae, these are more concentrated across the 

 top of, and half-way down, the posterior declivity. 



Eostrum thick, somewhat arched, nearly as long as thorax, slightly 

 narrowed near the middle, coarsely punctured, indistinctly tricarinate. 

 Head immersed up to the small transverse eyes. Thorax slightly longer 

 than broad, a, little contracted in front ; moderately closely and coarsely 

 punctured, with a fine carina from the apex to the base. Elytra emarginate 

 at the base, slightly wider than thorax, a good deal narrowed but not 

 vertical behind ; they are regularly seriate-punctate ; third interstices a 

 little elevated near the base ; the punctures, like those of the thorax, filled 

 with pale scale -like matter. 



Scape thinly setose, not reaching the eye ; basal joint of funiculus 

 slightly longer and thicker than the se'cond, joints 3-7 stout and transverse ; 

 club short, oviform. Legs normal. 



Underside opaque, fuscous, with a few pale setae ; coarsely punctate as 

 far as the extremity of the large basal ventral segment, the next much 

 more distantly and finely, fifth with shallow irregular punctures and a 

 broad central impression. 



