RHYPAROSOMIDAE. 637 



4214. Bradypatae impressum sp. no v. 



Subopaque, the rostrum, antennae, thorax, and rows of elytral punctures, 

 or granules, rufescent, the rest fuscous ; irregularly clothed with flavescent 

 setae, the thoracic crests nearly similar to those of B. subnodifer. 



Rostrum nearly smooth in front, bisulcate, subcarinate, and with lines 

 of fine setae behind. Head short and narrow, slightly constricted behind 

 the eyes, with an obtuse crest between these. Thorax of about equal 

 length and breadth, base and apex truncate, moderately contracted in 

 front, somewhat rounded and widest near the front, gradually narrowed 

 behind the middle ; its surface uneven, having before the middle a pair of 

 almost smooth depressions, and one at each side near the front, the basal 

 impression is shallow, the punctation of the hinder portion close and 

 moderately coarse. Elytra oviform, twice the length of thorax, a third 

 broader in the middle, of almost the same width as it is at the base ; 

 vertical and punctate-striate behind ; the dorsum with ill-defined sculpture, 

 appearing seriate-punctate as seen from above, granular when examined 

 sideways, scutellar depression with elevated and finely setose lateral borders, 

 there are no distinct nodules towards the sides ; the six small tufts across 

 the top of the posterior declivity are horizontal, there are two rather larger 

 subrotundate lateral crests on each elytron, one in line with the six inner 

 ones, the other lower down, and there are a few others between the base 

 and hind thighs. 



Antennae like those of B. subnodifer but with the club rather larger, 

 broader before the middle, and indistinctly biarticulate at the apex. 



Differentiated from B. subnodifer by the rather shorter rostrum, more 

 anteriorly constricted head, the almost smooth thoracic impressions, the 

 absence of rufescent elytral nodules, and by the hind declivity being more 

 perpendicular. 



Basal ventral segment flat, second slightly convex, both almost im- 

 punctate ; fifth subtruncate behind, its median depression subcristate at 

 its sides ; the sixth short, broadly curved behind. Intermediate coxae 

 less widely separated than those of B. subnodifer. 



<$. Length (rostrum inclusive), 3f mm. ; breadth, 1J mm. 



Mount Slips, near Rotoiti, Nelson. Unique. Found by Mr. T. Hall 

 on the 29th December, 1915, amongst decaying leaves. 



Araeoscapus Broun. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 6, vol. 12, p. 299. 

 4215. Araeoscapus subcostatus sp. no v. 



Opaque, moderately convex, medially narrowed ; nigro-fuscous, antennae 

 and tarsi dark fusco-rufous ; sparingly and irregularly clothed with flaves- 

 cent, decumbent, and suberect curled setae, these latter almost form crests. 



Rostrum arched, as long as thorax, broader before the antennal inser- 

 tion than behind, which is slightly tricarinate and coarsely punctate, its 

 apical portion somewhat flattened and nearly bare. Head short, narrowed 

 anteriorly. Eyes just free from thorax, lateral, small, subrotundate, only 

 slightly convex. Thorax of about equal length and breadth, base sub- 

 truncate, rather wider before the middle than elsewhere, more gradually 

 narrowed behind than in front ; disc a little uneven, irregularly and 

 coarsely punctured and with some minute tubercles, and indistinctly tricos- 

 tate near the middle. Elytra oviform, truncate and very slightly broader 

 than thorax at the base, more than twice its length, fully a third broader 

 near the middle, considerably narrowed and curvedly deflexed behind ; 



