OF NEW ZEALAND. 485 



parallel to beyond the middle and narrowed behind, with the apex 

 truncate. 



Head globose, immersed up to the eyes ; these are moderate, sub- 

 ovate, situated on the front of the head and separated by the beak : 



rostrum elongate, stout, arcuated, and slightly narrowed at the middle ; 

 its scrobes deep, beginning in front of the middle, and continued along 

 the lower edges to the base. 



Antenna rather slender, the scape gradually thickened apically and 

 reaching back to the front of the eye; funiculus seven-jointed, club 

 three-jointed, ovate. 



Legs moderately long and stout, the femora slightly notched below 

 at the apex, with a shallow groove proceeding from the notch ; the tibia 

 nearly straight, and armed at the apex with a rather straight process ; 

 tarsi longish, the basal joint hardly as long as the second and third con- 

 jointly, narrow, the second joint oblong, third bi-lobed, fourth elongate, 

 claws simple. 



Pectoral canal very deep, limited by the greatly elevated hind border 

 of the mesosternum ; the metasternum short ; abdomen with five visible 

 segments, the basal large, its broad projecting portion separating the 

 hind coxae, the last segments inclined, leaving an obvious gap between 

 them and the epipleurae. Front and intermediate coxa sub-globose, the 

 anterior prominent, and forming part of the wall of the pectoral canal. 

 Epipleura narrow. 



860. I. nubila, n.s. Rostrum piceous, finely sculptured, with a 

 shallow groove on each side above from the point of insertion of the 

 antennae to the base, the latter portion squamose. Antenna shining, 

 red, finely pubescent ; the first joint of the funiculus as long as the 

 second, obconical ; second more slender than first ; joints three to 

 seven about equal, each about as long as broad. 



Thorax nearly as long as broad, considerably dilated laterally in 

 front of the middle, from thence obliquely narrowed anteriorly, the 

 sides behind narrowed to the width of the base of the elytra ; its frontal 

 portion is a little elevated, not so much so as the disc, at each side of 

 the middle it bears an elongate, irregular elevation, and the rest of its 

 surface and sides are rough and uneven. 



Elytra long, narrow, the sides nearly straight but uneven, a good 

 deal narrowed posteriorly, the apex rather broad and truncate ; they 

 are extremely convex transversely, particularly on the middle, depressed 

 towards the base, declivous behind, their sides vertical and uneven ; 

 there is a longitudinal tubercular elevation at each side near the middle, 

 two oblique ones behind these, and the remainder of the surface is 

 rough. 



The body is piceous and dull, with a few coarse scale-like setae, most 

 conspicuous on the apex. Legs long and stout, their knees reddish, and 

 more or less covered with coarse setae ; tarsi red. The insect is partially 

 covered with an exudation extremely difficult to remove, and concealing 

 much of the sculpture, base of thorax, &c. 



Length, 2 lines ; breadth, f (maxim.). 



I found one specimen of this curious weevil in the Cemetery gully, 

 at Auckland. 



