CRTPTORHYNCHIDAE. 577 



Legs long and thick, tlie anterior longest, the hind pairs of femora with 

 a dark spot near the base and an obscure greyish one on the middle ; 

 penultimate tarsal joint moderately expanded, longitudinally excavate 

 above but not distinctly bilobed. Antennae normal, scape very short. 



This small species may be known by the distinct blackish maculation. 



Length (rostrum exclusive), If mm. ; breadth, quite 1 mm. 



Titirangi, near Auckland. The only specimen I have seen was found 

 by Mr. A. E. Brookes, of Mount Albert, on the 18th September, 1915. 



4128. Allanalcis blanditus sp. nov. 



Elongate-ovate, moderately convex, broader behind the shoulders than 

 elsewhere ; derm nitid, piceo-rufous, tarsi and club fusco-rufous, antennae 

 paler ; elytra and sides of thorax thickly covered with elongate, decumbent, 

 somewhat rufo-fulvous scales, each elytron with an obscure greyish, inter- 

 rupted, oblique fascia extending from near the side, before the middle, but 

 not reaching the suture in front of the posterior declivity, thoracic disc 

 thinly clothed with more slender squamae. 



Rostrum rather shorter than thorax, stout, rugosely punctate. Thorax 

 of about equal length and breadth, gradually narrowed anteriorly, moderately 

 coarsely and closely punctured. Elytra cordate, almost double the length 

 of thorax, hardly any broader than it is at the base, narrowed but not quite 

 vertical behind ; apparently punctate-striate, interstices slightly convex, 

 the pair nearest the suture a little thicker than the others behind. 



Antennae and tarsi of normal structure, the scape inserted at or just 

 before the middle. 



Rather narrower than ordinary species, with very little variegation, 

 the elytra on almost the same level as the thorax. 



Length (rostrum exclusive), 2^ mm. ; breadth, li mm. 



Glenhope ; 19th August, 1915. One only, found by Mr. T. Hall. 



Atylodes Broun. N.Z. Inst., Bull. 1, Part II, p. 137, 1914. 



4129. Atylodes asaphus sp. nov. 



Convex, subovate, slightly nitid ; rufous, antennae paler, somewhat 

 testaceous, club piceous ; sparingly clothed with suberect, yellowish setiform 

 squamae. 



Rostrum shorter than thorax, hardly at all arched above, moderately 

 stout, subseriate -punctate behind, indistinctly in front, its sides subcarinate 

 towards the eyes. Thorax slightly broader than long, somewhat con- 

 tracted and a little depressed before the middle, its sides rounded behind ; 

 relatively coarsely and closely punctate. Elytra cordate, a half longer 

 than thorax, truncate and of the same width as it is at the base, narrowed 

 and subvertical behind ; each elytron has five deep, apparently impunctate 

 dorsal striae and convex interstices, those between the sutural and second 

 striae do not reach the base. 



Femora rather long and thick, the anterior longest, with short, slightly 

 curled pale setae ; tibiae slightly flexuous, uncinate, with more erect setae ; 

 penultimate tarsal joint very widely dilated. 



Second joint of funiculus as long as the thicker first, the following ones 

 small and subequal ; club large, subovate, densely pubescent, indistinctly 

 articulate. 



Underside dull piceous, distantly punctate and setose, fifth ventral 

 segment rufescent, very minutely sculptured, with a small fovea behind. 



