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fifth longer, truncato behind, sixth short, obtusely rounded behind, closely 

 and finely punctate. 



The female of C. setosus (3911) most nearly resembles this species, but 

 the male, owing to its conspicuously prolonged elytral apices, is manifestly 

 dissimilar. The first part of this description indicates the chief differences 

 between C. dorsalis and other species. 



Length (rostrum inclusive), 6-6^ mm. ; breadth, 2 mm. 



Mount Hope, Nelson. Seven specimens found on the 14th February, 

 1915 (some of them damaged), by Mr. T. Hall. 



4089. Clypeorhynchus bicarinatus sp. nov. 



Elongate, moderately narrow, elytra nearly plane along the middle, 

 slightly nitid ; nigro-fuscous, tarsi and antennae chestnut-red ; irregularly 

 clothed with depressed flavescent setae, those near the sides rather coarser 

 and, on top of the posterior declivity, on each ehi:ron, near the suture, 

 forming a pair of small contiguous crests and a less conspicuous one on the 

 fifth interstice. 



Rostrum nigrescent and finely punctured in front, behind with a pair of 

 fine carinae which converge near the eyes. Thorax a little more dilated 

 before the middle than in C. dorsalis, otherwise similar. Scutellum narrow. 

 Elytra nearly thrice the length of thorax, nowhere twice as broad, of the 

 same width as it is at the base, with slightly curvedly narrowed shoulders, 

 gradually narrowed as far as the hind thighs, more but not abruptly towards 

 the slightly dehiscent apices ; tlie striae near the suture with finer and more 

 distant punctures than those towards the sides ; interstices feebly as])erate, 

 second and fourth slightly elevated at the base, the third behind the middle 

 but broadly depressed near the top of the declivity so that the fourth seems 

 more convex there. 



Underside black, nitid ; second ventral segment rather longer than 

 that of C. dorsalis, its frontal suture more angulate, impressed in the middle ; 

 fifth transversely impressed behind, broadly rounded at the apex, sixth 

 short and broad ; the metasternum, basal segment, and punctation like 

 those of the preceding species. 



Larger than C. dorsalis, the elytra almost elongate-cordate, much more 

 attenuate and nearly vertical behind, and bearing small crests, the dark 

 tibiae only slightly dilated inwardly below the knees, &c. In both species 

 the ocular lobes are slightly developed. 



Length (rostrum inclusive), 8 mm. ; breadth, 2f mm. 



Mount Owen ; 5,500 ft. One with damaged antennae, discovered by 

 Mr. T. Hall on the 27th December, 1914. 



Dacnophylla Broun. Man. N.Z. Coleopt., p. 1471. 



4090. Dacnophylla sparsa sp. nov. 



Subopaque, moderately convex ; covered with elongate, fulvescent and 

 grey, decumbent setae, and also nuriierous erect grejnsh ones ; on the elytra 

 several bare spots render visible the shining piceo-rufous derm ; antennae 

 and tarsi fusco-nifous. 



Rostrum nearly a third shorter than thorax, stout, subparallel, almost 

 glabrous in front of the antennae, behind these as thickly clothed as the 

 head, somewhat depressed at the base. Thorax of equal length and breadth, 

 widest near the front, gradually narrowed behind, base and apex truncate ; 

 moderately coarsely punctured, the interstices minutely and densely sculp- 



