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together with the arrangement of the covering of the thorax, will enable 

 the insect to be identified. 



Length (rost. incl.), ii; breadth, line. 



I found my only specimen at Parua, Whangarei Harbour. 



1258. P. rufescens, n.s. Body reddish; beak and thorax red; 

 elytra chestnut-red, infuscate behind ; legs red ; club of antenna some- 

 what fuscous. 



Rostrum elongate but not very slender, with four broad, punctate, but 

 not well-defined grooves behind the antennae, and punctured behind. 

 Head with yellow scales. Protharax about as long as broad, depressed 

 and considerably narrowed anteriorly and covering half of the eyes ; its 

 surface closely and rather coarsely punctured, and clothed with elongate, 

 pale-yellow scales. Scutellum distinct. Elytra oblong-ovate, depressed 

 behind the base, punctate-striate, the interstices so punctulated as to 

 appear rugulose ; they are thickly covered with elongate, pale-yellow 

 scales. Legs stout, clothed with whitish scales ; femora mutic ; claws 

 thick, but not visibly dentate. The antenna are inserted before the 

 middle, and are elongate ; basal joint of the funiculus stout ; club oval, 

 rather narrow. 



The elytra, owing to bare spaces and differences in coloration, appear 

 somewhat spotted. 



Length (rost. excl.), i-J-; breadth, \ line. 



My two specimens were found at Parua. 



1259. P- varia, n.s. Colour variable, usually pale castaneous ; the 

 middle of the thorax, and irregular spots on the elytra, pitchy-brown ; 

 legs, beak, and antennae more or less fulvous. 



Rostrum elongate, at least as long as thorax, with four fine punctured 

 furrows, punctulate in front, squamose at its base. Antenna inserted 

 before the middle, elongate ; scape slender, gradually but slightly incras- 

 sated ; basal joint of funiculus stout and elongate ; club oval. Head 

 buried up to the eyes, which are depressed. Prothorax transversal, 

 rather suddenly narrowed in front, sides rounded, base bisinuated ; it is 

 transversely wrinkled, with punctures in the intervals ; its dark discoidal 

 space is bare, the rest is clothed with yellowish hairs. Scutellum distinct. 

 Elytra oblong-obovate, not greatly exceeding the thorax in width ; rather 

 feebly striated, but with distinct punctures, and clothed with pale-yellow 

 hair-like scales ; the third and outer striae become confluent posteriorly, 

 and at that point the surface is a little elevated ; but this character may 

 be observed, more or less, in all the species. Legs stout ; front thighs 

 simple, the others sub-dentate. 



The elytra seem maculate. The species is distinct from the pre- 

 ceding, but allied to the following ones. 



Length (rost. incl.), 2 lines; breadth, f. 



This species occurs in the vicinity of Whangarei Harbour. 



1260. P. asperirOStre, n.s. Rostrum moderately long, fuscous, 

 distinctly punctate and quadri-sulcate, the two median grooves prolonged 

 to its apex ; it is clothed behind, like the head, with fine yellow hair-like 

 scales ; it appears rather rough. Prothorax transversal, bisinuate at base. 



