Species of Xetr-/ftilami Cohoptera. 51^ 



sqnanne and scfie {jrcyisli. I'hiua.v nearly as long us Ijruad, 

 \vi(h\st Ix'forc tlic niidille, a|)|)ari'ntly closely pnnrtate. 

 Snittllum small. Ehjtrn clonfintc-olKjvate, sli;;htly arcuate 

 and hardly wider than thorax at the base, striatc-|)unctate. 

 'lihue a little tlexuous, nuicronatc at the inner extremity. 

 Tarsi moderately broad, their third joint dilated and lobed, 

 claws small. 



Antetnup robust ; the scape pjradiially incrassatc and 

 nttainin*; the front of thorax ; funicnlns lon<(er than scape, 

 basal joint stouter but hanlly lonijer than second, neither 

 eloti{;ated, 3-7 obconical ; club oblong-oval, triarficulate. 

 Eyes scarcely free from thorax, widely distant above, flat, 

 longitudinally oval rather than rotundate. Scrobes fovei- 

 form, subapical, situated almost on the upper stirfacc. 

 Posterior corbels simple, without any external truuciture. 



Distinguishable by the infuscate dorsum. 



Length (rostr. incl.) \\ ; breadth ^ line. 



Hanmer, Canterbury. One from Mr. J. II. Lewis. 



Inophloeus quadricoUis, sp. n. 



Ovate-oblong, opaque, densely covered with depressed, 

 small, cop[)cry squam:e, and with numerous decumbent 

 squamilorn) sotie of a somewhat testaceous hu'; ; antcniue 

 and tarsi dark ferruginous. 



Fostrum almost as long as tliorax, with two broad longi- 

 tudinal grooves separated by a well-defined carina. Thorax 

 quadrate, sli-htly narrowed but not rounded in front ; its 

 dorsal furrow is l)road and distinct throughout, between it 

 and each side there is another broader, less regular, and 

 more shallow impression, its ch^sc punctuation is quite 

 concealed. Scutellum small. Elytra suboblong, nearly 

 vertical and attenuate behind, slioulders oblique, so that tlni 

 base l)arely exceeds that of the tliorax ; suture slightly elevated 

 from the l)ase to halfway down the declivity ; third inter- 

 stices distinctly elevated at the base, but flat behind the 

 middle; tho fifth very gradually raised backwards and termi- 

 nating at the sides, on the summit of the posterior declivity, 

 as large horizontal prominences ; there is a similar protube- 

 rance in line with each of the third, but situated further 

 back ; the apices are obtusely produced singly ; there are 

 four series of punctures on each elytron, rather unequal in 

 size, none approximated ; the sides are inflexed and bear 

 three series of punctures. 



The s;cape attains the back of the eye. Funirtih/s sparingly 



