OF NEW ZEALAND. 439 



Inophlceus. 



Pascoe ; Ami. Mag. Nat. Hist., Sept., 1875. 



Rostrum modice elongatum, robustum, apicem versus gradatim in- 

 crassatum, supra tricarinatum, plaga triangular! munitum ; scrobes termi- 

 nales, arcuatse, ad latera rostri cito desinentes. Scapus pone oculum 

 superans ; funiculus articulo basali elongate, cseteris obconicis vel pyri- 

 formibus ; dava distincta. Oculi infra angulares, subfortiter granulati. 

 Prothorax basi angustior, lobis ocularibus munitus. Elytra dorso planata 

 vel sub-depressa, apicem versus declivia. Femora in medio crassiora ; 

 tibia anticse flexuosse. intus baud dentatse, reliquiae rectse, posticse cor- 

 bellis sub-apertis ; tarsi normales. Abdomen segmentis duobus basalibus 

 ampliatis. 



I. traversii, Pascoe; Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., Sept., 1875. L fus 

 CHS, obscure griseo-squamosus, rostro prothorace paulo breviore, carina 

 intermedia sat acute elevata : antennis piceis : funiculi articulo secundo 

 quam primo paulo breviore; clava elongato-elliptica, griseo-tomentosa ; 

 prothorace parum longiore quam latiore, supra insequali, subtilissime 

 punctate, lobis ocularibus prominulis ; scutello minuto, vix conspicup ; 

 elytris postice gradatim latioribus, supra valde planatis, inaequaliter 

 striato-punctatis, punctis nonnullis areolatis, humeris obliquis, singulis 

 elytris utrinque angulatis, postice dentato-productis, apicibus acutis, 

 parte declivi in medio paulo producta ; pedibus sparse squamosis ; tibiis 

 sat elongatis. 



Long., 5-6 lin. 



This species is remarkable for the perfectly flat disc of the elytra, the 

 sides bent suddenly down forming a sharp angle with the disc. It is 

 from Pitt's Island, one of the Chatham group, where it was found by 

 Mr. Travers. 



771. I. illUUS, Pascoe; Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., Sept., 1875. I- ni- 

 grescens, subtiliter squamosus, squamulisque piliformibus albis adspersus; 

 rostro prothorace vix breviore, carina intermedia basi magis elevata ; 

 antennis piceis ; funiculi articulo secundo quam primo breviore ; clava 

 elongato-elliptica, tomentosa ; prothorace paulo latiore quam longiore, 

 punctis flexuosis leviter impresso ; scutello parvo distincto \ elytris sat 

 anguste obovatis, supra paulo convexis, seriatim fortiter punctatis, inter- 

 stitiis alternis paulo elevatis, tertio a sutura postice dentato-producto, 

 parte declivi in medio modice convexa, apicibus paulo elongatis ; tibiis 

 sat elongatis. 



Long., 7 lin. 



Queenstown. 



The punctures on the prothorax are so modified as to give the im- 

 pression of a granulated surface rather than of punctation. Nearly all 

 the characters of this species are diagnostic. 



772. I. rhesus, Pascoe; Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., Sept., 1875. * 

 ovatus, fuscus, leviter griseo-squamosus, supra setulis adspersus ; rostro 



