408 Capt. T. I5ronn on new 



consisting of dark brown, fusco-testaceous, and grey depressed 

 scales ; there are also many erect seta?, tlie finer ones are 

 fuscous, the coarser are nearly white and chiefly distributed 

 on the hind part of the body. 



Ixostrum rather short and broad. Eyes longitudinally 

 oval, lateral. Antennce finely pubescent; scape flexuous, 

 subclavate for nearly half its length ; basal joint of i\\Q, funi- 

 culus nearly as long as the next four taken together, slender 

 at the base, second about the length of the following two, 3 

 to 7 small, moniliform ; cluh oblong-oval, triarticulate. 

 Thorax cylindric, longer than broad, slightly constricted in 

 front of the middle. Elytra ovate, shoulders rounded and 

 narrowed and scarcely exceeding the thorax in width ; poste- 

 rior declivity rather abrupt ; they are punctate-striate ; there 

 are no nodosities ; the squama have a tendency to form spots. 

 Legs squamose, stout. 



Underside with grey hair-like scales ; metasternum mode- 

 rately convex ; abdomen elongate, rather flat, fifth segment 

 broadly grooved longitudinally. 



This may be mistaken for P. demissa, Pascoe ; the narrow 

 shoulders and the shorter elytra, which are more abruptly 

 deflexed behind, are constant and reliable characters ; the 

 posterior femora are usually less angulate and dentiform 

 below. 



Length (rostr. inch) 1, breadth f line. 



West Plains, Invercargill. Found by Mr. A. Philpott. 



About ten years ago Mr. S. W. Fulton sent me a specimen 

 which he took off a Veronica huxifolia^ but it was so mutilated 

 that I did not think it advisable to describe it. It is subject 

 to variation ; the funiculus is not always piceous. 



Group Cryptorhynchidae. 



Fseplwlax crassicornis^ sp. n. 



Convex, rather broad^ opaque; antennae and tarsi piceo- 

 rufous, the body darker; squamosity dense, pale ochry, 

 greyish, and fuscous, causing a slightly speckled appearance. 



Iiostrum shorter than the thorax, its anterior portion 

 nearly double the breadth of the basal ; finely and closely 

 asperate behind, punctate in front, with a few yellow hairs 

 there. Antennce short and thick, bearing slender flavous 

 setae ; the scape barely touches the eye, it is very thick ; 

 funiculus about a third longer than the scape ; second joint 

 about as long as the first, contracted at the base, joints 3 to 7 

 strongly transverse, the seventh broader than the preceding 



