S^ifiUfs of y>vw-Ztaland Culcojdcru, ().> 



tilt' basal portion with fine indcrinitc sculj)tnre. Ili-ad 

 grooved between the eyes, which arc slightly ()l)li(|uc. 

 Scape (iexuou.s, shiuler, a[iically ehivate, with minute, ineon- 

 vSpieuons, depri-ssed setie. Funiculus .s[)aringly pnbcsctMit, 

 basal joint almost pyritorm, seventh snbqnadrate, evidently 

 iargi-r than the j)reee(ling ; elnb elongate, thiek. near the 

 extremity, rather slender at the base, distinctly pubescent. 

 Tltur(uv as long us broad, a good deal narrowed anteriorly, 

 slightly and gradually towarils the base, from which a narrow 

 depression jjroeceds towards the middle, its punctuation 

 distinct but somewhat irrei;ular ; it bears short yellowish 

 sctse. Elytra ovitbrni, of the same width as thorax at the 

 base, broadest near the middle; striatc-[)unctate, interstices 

 a little uneven, scutellar region depressed ; they bear some 

 minute yellowish seta3, but more conspicuous ones are so 

 congregated as to form about twenty small j)atches. 



Tibia llexuous, mucronate, with a series of minute setaj 

 which form a fringe on the front face of the anterior and 

 the hind part of the other pairs. The basal ventral seyment 

 across its front is depressed, the second is slightly flattened 

 medially in front. 



A rather brightly coloured species as compared with the 

 others, and with slightly ditferent eyes. 



Length (rost. incl.) 1.^ ; breadth | line. 



Ngatira, near Rotorua. 



De^erilJed from two specimens in my own collection, 

 found about fourteen years ago. 



Araoscapus estriatus, sp. n. 



Suborntf, opaque, fusco-piccons ; legs fusco-rufous ; ros- 

 trum, antennaj, and tarsi rufescent j irregularly clothed with 

 Hue, depressed, yellow scales and squamiform setae. 



Rostrum arched, quite the length of thorax, the apical 

 half very slightly exjjanded and indistinctly punctate, the 

 basal portion broadly grooved and squamose along the 

 middle, and with a tine carina at each side of the groove. 

 Thorax about as long as broad, widest near the middle, 

 rounded there, slightly more narrowed in front than at the 

 base, which, as well as the apex, is truncate ; it is a little 

 uneven above, medially depressed at the base, its punctuation 

 hidden ; the scales are somewhat concentrated in places, so 

 aa to form a slightly raised elongate patch along the miildle 

 near the front, but with an almost bare space on each side 

 of it and two patches on the apex. Elytra ovate, broadest 



Ann. iL- Muj, X Uit>t. 8cr. 8. Vol. iv. T) 



