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robust ; scape strongly clavate at the extremity, reaching back to the eye; 

 the two first joints of the funiculus subturbinate and a little elongate, 

 joints three to seven very short, transversal, thickening gradually ; club 

 rather stout, articulate, obtuse at the end. Eyes finely granulated, 

 large, depressed, short-oval, acuminated inferiorly, somewhat concealed 

 in repose. Prothorax rather longer than broad, slightly rounded late- 

 rally, strongly narrowed in front, with its apex very prominent at the 

 middle, without lateral lobes, rather strongly bisinuated at its base. 

 Scutellum curvilinearly triangular. Elytra oblong, narrowed posteriorly 

 for a fourth of their length, not wider than the prothorax and insinuated 

 at their base, with obtuse shoulders. Legs rather short, compressed j 

 femora gradually distended, strongly at the end underneath ; tibia 

 straight, armed with spur at the end ; tarsi moderate, the three basal 

 joints sponge-like below, first and second narrow, the former very slender 

 at its base and elongate, fourth moderate and slender ; claws slender. 

 Second abdominal segment almost larger than the third and fourth con- 

 jointly, separated from the first by an arcuated suture. Intercoxal 

 process wide ; metasternum short, mesosternum arcuated resting on the 

 front coxae. Body oblong, partially squamose. 



862. O. notata, White; Voy. Er. Terr., Ins. Deep, rich blackish- 

 brown, the beak very finely punctured, a slight groove in a small smooth 

 space on the upper side of beak between the antennas ; thorax thickly 

 punctured, with black scales in many of the punctures, and two small 

 spots of yellow scales, one on each side in front, each of the posterior 

 angles with a transverse line of yellow scales ; elytra with distinct, longi- 

 tudinal grooves, which are punctured and shining black, with small 

 scattered patches of yellowish scales. 



Length, 5 lines. 

 Port Nicholson (Capt. Parry). 



NOTE. The species occurs at Auckland, Tairua, and Whangarei ; 

 there is a variety about 3 lines in length. 



863. O. brevis, Pascoe; Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., July, 1876. O. 

 breviter subcylindrica, fusca griseo-varia ; rostro brevi crasso ; antennis 

 crassiusculis ; funiculo articulis duobus basalibus fere sequalibus, quinque 

 sequentibus valde transversis ; clava oblongo-ovata ; prothorace lato, 

 apice angusto, basi bisinuato ; scutello parvo ; elytris prothorace vix 

 latioribus, striato-punctatis, interstitiis late planatis, squamulis erectis 

 albidis adspersis ; femoribus infra subdentatis ; tibiis unco valido armatis, 

 intermediis basi extus angulatis. 



Long., 2\ lin. 

 Tairua (Capt. Broun). 



This is a very much smaller and shorter insect than O. notata, 

 White, and is remarkable for its short thick rostrum like Psepholax. 



864. O. murina, n.s. Sub-ovate, convex, squamose. Nostrum 

 rather short, not very thick, punctate, sparingly squamose and rather 

 hispid in front. Antenna ferruginous, rather short and stout, scape 



