RHTPAEOSOMIDAE. 555 



tured ; there is a pair of distant grey crests before the middle. Scutellum 

 obsolete. Elytra cordiform, quite double the length of thorax, of the 

 same width as it is at the base, about a third broader behind the shoulders ; 

 near the suture they are striate but not quite regularly punctate, less 

 distinctly near the sides. Legs moderately elongate, tibiae simple. 



Scape inserted between the middle and apex, attaining the front of 

 thorax, gradually incrassate, with a few outstanding setae. Basal joint of 

 funiculus only slightly longer than second, both elongate, the next two 

 oblong, 5-7 shorter ; club ovate, fourth joint small. 



Underside nitid rufo-piceous, with flavescent setae, distinctly but not 

 closely punctate. Metasternum short, medially depressed, with a deeper 

 transverse fovea near the apex and another in front. Basal two ventral 

 segments rather deeply depressed along the middle, with subcarinate 

 borders, second evidently the shorter, its frontal suture obliterated in the 

 middle, distinct at the sides, the flat fifth as long as preceding two, sixth 

 short. 



D. variegata (2903) is easily separable by the acuminate elj^ra, more 

 robust legs, and thick extremity of posterior tibiae. 



c?. Length (rostrum inclusive), 4| mm. ; breadth, 1^ mm. 



Woodhen Bend, Glenhope ; 20th" June, 1915. Three, from Mr. T. Hall. 



Nestrius Broun. Man. N.Z. Coleopt., p. 1480. 

 4091. Nestrius zenoscelis sp. nov. 



Elongate, narrow, moderately convex, subopaque, usually fuscous, middle 

 of femora testaceous, tarsi and antennae infuscate red ; thinly clothed with 

 pale minute scales and erect_setae, in unabraded clean specimens the thorax 

 bears fine pubescence. 



Eostrum a third shorter than thorax, slightly narrowed towards the 

 middle, moderate^ broad, a little arched above, indistinctly bicarinate, its 

 true scidpture much hidden by the somewhat curled, fine, irregularly dis- 

 tributed setae. Head short, with an interocular fovea. Eyes subrotundate, 

 small, free from thorax, distant from each other, moderately convex. Thorax 

 oblong-oval, a third longer than broad, slightly contracted in front, base 

 and apex truncate, without ocular lobes ; disc broadly impressed near the 

 front and base, very irregularly and coarsely punctate. Elytra oblong-oval, 

 not double the length of thorax, subtruncate, or slightly arcuate-emarginate, 

 and of about the same width as it is at the base, moderately narrowed but 

 not quite vertical behind ; with series of moderately coarse subquadrate 

 punctures ; third interstices, and the suture at some distance from the 

 base, slightly elevated. 



Scape straight, implanted near the apex, extending beyond the front of 

 the thorax, with pale erect setae ; second joint of funiculus rather longer 

 than third but shorter than the first, joints 4-7 suboblong ; club moderately 

 large, ovate, indistinctly articulate. 



Front pairs of tibiae nearly straight, not perceptibly mucronate ; the 

 posterior curvedly dilated inwardly along the middle, abruptly and deeply 

 notched near the extremity, their apical portion quite transverse, truncate 

 behind, and slightly projecting inwardly. 



Underside shining, more or less infuscate. Presternum emarginate, 

 with a few coarse punctures. Metasternum truncate behind, triangular 

 between the middle coxae. Basal ventral segment flat or broadly depressed, 

 truncate between the widely distant coxae, the suture between it and the 



