OF NEW ZEALAND. 477 



middle, elytra rounded at the end ; legs longish ; femora very slightly 

 thickened near the end ; tibia straight 



844. O. COniger, White \ Voy.Er. Terrains. Pale ferruginous ; 

 beak and head punctured ; thorax finely striated transversely : elytra 

 rather coarsely punctured in lines, with a strong conical pointed protu- 

 berance nearer the margin than the suture, smooth and free from hairs ; 

 legs paler than upper parts. 



Length, 2 lines. 



New Zealand. 



NOTE. This insect occurs at all the localities at which I have col- 

 lected ; it is usually found on the native Fuchsia. 



Group TYCHIIDJE. 



The neck of the under-menfum rather prominent. Mandibles a 

 little incrassated and pincer-like. Head sub-globular ; rostrum long, 

 slender, cylindrical or nearly so ; scrobes incipient, more or less distant 

 from the apex, and attaining the eyes. Antennal funiculus with six or 

 seven joints; the scape not encroaching on the eye. Eyes lateral, 

 strongly separated above. Prothorax without ocular lobes ; hollowed 

 (or not) at its antero-inferior margin. A scutellum. Elytra covering, 

 or leaving exposed, the pygidium. Tibia unarmed and slightly mucro- 

 nated at the extremity ; tarsal claws appendiculate. Projecting inter- 

 coxal process rather broad, parallel, truncated in front. The metdthorax 

 at most of median length; its episterna moderately wide. Mesothoracic 

 epimera not elevated. 



Body winged, oblong or oval, pubescent. 



Sibinia. 



Germar. 



Rostrum elongate, slender, sometimes cylindrical ; its scrobes begin- 

 ning at about a third of the length of the beak from the front, oblique, 

 nearly touching the eyes. Antenna a little robust, the scape incrassated 

 at the extremity ; funiculus six-jointed, first and second long, obconical, 

 the first longer than second, the others transversal, very short; club 

 rather stout, oval or oblong-oval, obtuse and articulated. Eyes mode- 

 rate, rounded or short-oval, a little convex or depressed. Prothorax 

 moderately convex, widely rounded laterally, slightly bisinuate, or trun- 

 cate at its base. Scutellum small, variable. Elytra moderately convex, 

 oblong-oval, rounded behind, and leaving the pygidium exposed. Legs 

 rather robust ; the femora incrassated, unarmed, or dentate below ; 

 tibia straight, a little thickened at apex ; tarsi moderate, first and second 

 joints triangular, the former the longer, third not very much larger, 

 fourth rather long, its claws small. The second abdominal segment a 

 little longer than either of the two following ones. Body oblong-oval, 

 pubescent. 



These characters have been epitomized from Lacordaire's work. 



