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Femora slender near the base, subclavate beyond ; tibiae mucronate, 

 nearly straight, not perceptibly denticulate inwardly. 



Scape implanted near the apex and attaining the middle of the eye ; 

 basal two joints of funiculus equal, 5-7 moniliform ; club elongate-oval. 



Underside shining, black, finely punctate, with depressed grey setae, 

 those on the fifth abdominal segment suberect and flavescent, in the male 

 it is sUghtly emarginate behind, sixth broad and very short. 



Var. A. — Thorax subcylindrical, nearly smooth, and glossy in front, 

 discal furrow almost continuous, fifth ventral segment broadly impressed 

 at each side. 



Var. B. — Thorax coarsely rugose behind, fifth ventral segment marked 

 like var. A, but with acuminate elytra. Only a single specimen of each 

 variety has been found, both damaged. 



In G. acuminatus (3273) the rostrum has a broad groove along each 

 side of the carina, the thorax is somewhat glossy, with coarse, irregular, 

 but not tubercular sculpture behind, but the punctation is fine, the discal 

 impression is short, the hind-body is acuminate, and the lower surface bears 

 lustrous scales. 



Length (rostrum inclusive), 10|-12 mm. ; breadth, 4-4| mm. 



Mount Owen, Nelson. A single pair, found by Mr. T. Hall, at a height 

 of 5,000 ft., on the 27th December, 1914. 



Group Hylobiidae. 

 Bryocatus Broun. Bull. I, Part III, N.Z. Inst., p. 218. 



4097. Bryocatus quadricoUis sp. nov. 



Subovate, rather elongate, moderately convex, opaque ; fuscous, anten- 

 nae faintly rufescent, club darker ; irregularly covered with tawny-grey 

 scale -like matter. 



Eostrum rather longer than thorax, parallel, stout, fusco-rufous, finely 

 and indistinctly j)unctate in front, squamose at base. Thorax subquadrate, 

 about a third broader than long, its sides slightly rounded ; broadly, yet 

 only shghtly, transversely impressed in front, with indistinct granular 

 sculpture, the middle infuscate. Elytra nearly thrice the length of thorax, 

 very little wider than it is at the base, subtruncate there, gradually 

 widened towards the hind thighs, narrowed but not quite vertical behind ; 

 they are distinctly striate, with rugose, nearly plane interstices, these, on 

 some parts, being irregularly covered with scale-like matter, appear uneven, 

 but they are really without nodiform elevations. 



Legs stout, tarsi and antennal club broad. 



In B. nodicollis (3610), which most nearly resembles this species, the 

 legs, tarsi, and club are more elongate, the rostrum is narrower, the hind- 

 body is almost cordiform, and the thorax when examined from the front is 

 seen to be binodose on the middle. 



Length (rostrum inclusive), 1|- mm. ; breadth, ^ mm. 



Howard Goldfield, Nelson. This minute weevil is unique ; it was dis- 

 covered by Mr. T. Hall on the 10th May, 1915. 



4098. Bryocatus rubidus sp. nov. 



Rufercent, antennae and tarsi rather darker, subnitid ; unevenly and 

 sparingly clothed with a greyish scale-like film. 



