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and decumbent, longer and outstanding on the declivity, on the thorax 

 they are suberect, fuscous, but very short and inconspicuous. 



Eostrum parallel, a third shorter than thorax, distinctly but obtusely 

 tricarinate from the base to the antennae. Thorax as long as broad, widest 

 and broadly rounded near the front, gradually narrowed backwards ; the 

 surface a little uneven, its central groove well marked near the base but 

 indefinite in front. Scutellum very small. Elytra oblong, considerably 

 narrowed and subvertical behind, slightly narrowed near the emarginate 

 base, which is rather broader than that of the thorax, they are 2| times 

 its length and about a fourth broader ; they are evidently seriate-punctate, 

 the suture is somewhat elevated, quite distinctly alongside the scutellum, 

 the fifth interstices are only feebly and gradually raised behind the middle 

 and end as obtuse horizontal prominences on the summit of the declivity ; 

 the apices are simple. 



Scape gradually incrassate, barely reaching the back of the eye, with 

 infuscate setae ; basal two joints of funiculus equally elongate, 3-7 

 obconical, club elongate-oval, indistinctly quadriarticulate. 



Legs elongate ; anterior tibiae longest, somewhat bent inwardly near 

 the extremity, the others flexuous, the flavescent setae numerous towards 

 the apices. 



Underside piceous, the tawny pubescence somewhat concentrated on the 

 metasternum and flat basal two segments, fifth segment almost as long as 

 the first, broadly grooved from base to apex. 



Closely allied to /. collimis (3893), the surface smoother and brighter, 

 the rostrum broadly bisulcate and tricarinate above, the thorax iriegularly 

 uneven yet not at all tuberculate, the suture of the elytra a little elevated, 

 and the vestiture uniformly paler. 



c?. Length (rostrum inclusive), 10 mm. ; breadth, 3 J mm. 



Speargrass Creek, near Lake Rotoiti, Nelson. A single specimen, 

 obtained by Mr. T. Hall ; 13th June, 1916. 



4203. Inophloeus obsoletus sp. nov. 



Elongate, moderately convex, subopaque ; nigrescent, antennae and 

 tarsi piceo-rufous ; covered with depressed, obscure greyish squamae, 

 those on the rostrum faintly rufescent and submetallic ; the setae mostly 

 decumbent and tawny, but longer and greyish on the declivity. 



Rostrum parallel, a third shorter than thorax, its apex finely, closely, 

 and rugosely punctured, slightly convex along the middle but not carinate. 

 Thorax of equal length and breadth, broadly rounded and widest before 

 the middle, gradually narrowed towards the base, which is a little depressed 

 at each side ; it is distantly and finely punctate, with a subrotundate shallow 

 depression near each side behind the middle, the discal groove distinct at 

 the base but obsolete a short distance in advance. Scutellum very small. 

 Elytra nearly thrice the length of thorax, a third broader, the shoulders 

 slightly but obtusely porrect and rather broader than the thoracic base, 

 the sides somewhat oblique just behind these, nearly straight to beyond 

 the hind thighs, the declivity much contracted and curvedly deflexed, with 

 simple apices ; they are distinctly substriate-punctate, the suture is slightly 

 obtusely elevated ; third and fifth interstices somewhat nodiform on top 

 of declivity, the former a little elevated near the base, the latter plane 

 there and only very slightly raised behind. 



Scape with slender grey setae, attaining the back of the eye ; second 

 joint of funiculus obviously longer than the basal, third rather longer than 



