646 COLEOPTERA. 



finely and irregularly punctured in front than behind. Head broader 

 than rostrum, as long as broad, distinctly punctate. Eyes moderately 

 prominent, quite as distant from the thorax as from each other, longi- 

 tudinally oval. Thorax scarcely longer than broad, constricted in front, 

 its sides nearly straight behind, the punctation close and moderately coarse. 

 Scutellum elongate. Elytra oblong-oval, thrice the Length and double the 

 breadth of thorax ; striate-punctate near the suture, less striate towards 

 the sides ; interstices nearly plane, irregularly and minutely punctured. 

 Pygidium somewhat exposed. 



Scape inserted between the middle and apex, barely reaching the back 

 of the eye, slender, gradually incrassate, very finely setose ; funiculus more 

 distinctly setigerous, basal joint much stouter but not longer than the 

 elongate second, joints 3-6 gradually decrease in length, seventh sub- 

 rotundate ; club indistinctly quadriarticulate, elongate. 



Underside blackish, with slender depressed grey hairs. Metasternum 

 transversely strigose. Abdomen finely punctate, basal segment largest, 

 obtusely angulate in front, its hind suture slightly sinuate, with a shallow- 

 central depression, fifth rather longer than third or fourth, sixth short and 

 broad. 



<J. Length (rostrum inclusive), 5 mm. ; breadth, If mm. 



Mount Hutt, Canterbury. Two, one broken, from Mr. T. Hall ; 

 27th February, 1912. 



Obs. — A specimen sent to the late F. P. Pascoe about thirty years ago 

 was returned to me labelled " Cyttalia griseipila,' under which name I 

 retained it. Many years afterwards, having obtained a copy of Pascoe's 

 papers on the Australian Cuculionidae, 1 thought there must be some error, 

 so 1 forwarded a specimen to the British Museum for comparison with 

 Pascoe's types. Mr. G. Arrow kindly informed me that it did not belong 

 to Cyttalia, and that it was unknown there, so this species, similar to but 

 smaller than the one first sent to London, is now placed in my genus 

 Caenoj>hainis. 



Group Cryptorhynchidae. 



Mesoreda Broun. Man. N.Z. Coleopt., p. 1235. 



4227. Mesoreda laminata ;>p. nov. 



• Convex, oblong-oval, opaque ; piceous, antennae and tarsi piceo-rufous ; 

 covered with depressed, tawny-grey and blackish squamae, and short erect, 

 mostly nigrescent setae ; the dark scales form irregular spots on elytra. 



Rostrum a third shorter than thorax, stout, rather finely punctate, a 

 little narrowed behind, so that the scrobes are quite visible above. Eyes 

 more distant from each other than from the thorax, large, nearly fiat, 

 subtruncate in front, rounded behind. Thorax a fourth broader than long, 

 widest and Insinuate at the base, curvedly narrowed anteriorly, somewhat 

 but not abruptly contracted and slightly depressed in front ; closely but 

 not coarsely punctate. Scutellum nearly oval. Elytra trisinuate at base, 

 slightly wider than thorax there, quite twice its length, moderately narrowed 

 but not vertical behind ; rather finely striate-punctate, third interstices 

 slightly and obtusely elevated. 



Scape, straight, moderately stout, nearly glabrous, inserted before the 

 middle and reaching the front of the eye ; basal two joints of funiculus of 

 about equal length, first slightly stonier, both obconical ; 3-7 transversal; 

 club elongate, indistinctly quadriarticulate. 



