564 COLEOPTERA. 



little infuscate ; along tlu' middle uf the thorax and elytra there is a dark 

 fuscous streak, this, near the base of the latter, is somewhat expanded. 



Rostrum as long as thorax, parallel, moderately slender and arched, its 

 serial punctation rather shallow. Thorax of equal length and breadth, 

 narrowed and slightly constricted in front, its sides moderately rounded 

 near the middle and gradually narrowed behind, base and apex truncate ; 

 its i)unctation along the middle distinct, rather fine but not close, that 

 near the subojiaque sides less definite. Soutellum nigrescent. Eh-tra 

 oblong, gradually narrowed backwards, fully a third broader than thorax 

 at the base, nearly thrice its length ; distinctly striate -punctate, interstices 

 nearly plane, minutely punctured. 



Scape inserted near the a])ex and just reaching the eye ; basal joint of 

 funiculus evidently longer and thicker than the next, joints 3-7 decrease 

 in length ; club elongate-oval, quadriarticulate. 



Femora strongly angulate and with a small tooth on each underneath, 

 tibiae mucronate. 



Underside testaceous and sparingly pubescent. Metasternum grooved 

 along the middle. Basal two segments of abdomen rather deeply and 

 broadly depressed. 



Fern. — Rostrum a third longer than thorax, more shining and finely 

 sculptured. Scape implanted between the middle and apex. Femora less 

 dilated and not perceptibly dentate. Ventral segments simple. 



Pascoe's D. trilohus (799) is somewhat similar, but can be at once dis- 

 tinguished by its rather strongly rounded, transverse thorax, 



3. Length (rostrum inclusive), 4 mm. ; breadth, \\ mm. 



Ben Lomond. Two males and one female, found by Mr. T. Hall at 

 a height of 4,000 ft. ; 13th March, 1914. 



Aneuma Pi'scoe. Man. N.Z. Coleopt., p. 455. 

 4107. Aneuma rufa sp. nov. 



Convex, elongate-oval, somewhat nitid ; rufous, scape fulvescent, funi- 

 culus and tarsi infuscate ; the head and sides of thorax covered with yellow, 

 subdecumbent, rather coarse and elongate setae, those on the thoracic disc 

 very slender and scanty ; elytra thinly clothed with suberect, moderate, 

 yellow setae, and also bearing some scattered squamiform grey ones. 



Rostrum as long as thorax, feebly arched, moderately slender, sub- 

 parallel ; seriate -punctate, almost smooth along the middle and in front. 

 Thorax rather broader than long, gently narrowed towards the truncate 

 front, moderately coarsely and closely punctured. ScutoUum pubescent. 

 Elytra elongate-cordate, double the length of thorax, only a little broader 

 than it is at the base, with oblic|ue shoulders, gradually narrowed towards 

 the extremity ; distinctly inmctate-striate, interstices finely punctate. 

 Legs with grey setae, denticles on underside of femora small, tibiae mucronate, 

 nearl}' straight. 



Scape straight, very slightly thickened towards the extremity, inserted 

 between the middle and apex and reaching the front of the eye ; funiculus 

 longer, with fine grey setae, basal joint larger than second, third and fourth 

 hardly longer than broad, fifth and seventh moniliform ; club ovate. 



Underside dark rufous, irregularly ])unctured, with many moderately 

 coarse grey setae, those on prosternum more flavescent and forming a 

 coarse fringe on the basal half of the femora ; prosternal emargination 

 with spiniform front angles. 



