OF NEW ZEALAND. 909 



The form of the hind-body most nearly resembles that of S. 

 penicillatus but is much less convex, the shoulders are laterally 

 dilated and oblique instead of being dentiform, and the posterior 

 elevations are a good deal less conspicuous. The chief peculiarity 

 consists in the* unusually broad head ; it is nearly twice the width of 

 the beak, but the eyes are not nearly so prominent as in Ancistropterus, 

 so that the species may be considered a connecting-link between the 

 two genera. 



Length (rost. incl.), 3f lines ; breadth, i|. 



One of Mr. T. F. Cheeseman's captures at Otira Gorge. 



Group-CRYPTORHYNCHID^. 



Psepholax (P. 478). 



1624. P. mediocris, n.s. Convex, oblong -oval, sub -opaque, 

 clothed with depressed greyish scales ; fuscous, somewhat rufescent ; 

 legs, beak, and antennae dark-red. 



Bostrum moderate, somewhat contracted behind, shining, mode- 

 rately punctated. Prothorax transverse, much narrowed and con- 

 stricted anteriorly, punctate. Elytra punctate -striate, interstices 

 broad, their sculpture concealed by the squamosity. Legs stout, 

 anterior and posterior tibiae simple ; the intermediate expanded 

 towards the middle, where there is a large tooth-like protuberance, 

 the space between it and the outer apical angle appearing as if 

 deeply notched ; the extremity oblique. 



Most like P. my st acinus, differing from it in the structure of the 

 middle tibiae, which most nearly corresponds with those of Nos. 846, 

 847, 848, 84,9 and 851 ; in Nos. 852, 853, 854, and 1544 the median 

 tooth does not project beyond the line of the outer apical angle. 



Length (rost. incl.), 2-| lines; breadth, i-J. 



Mount Maungatua, Otago. Taken on Veronica buxifolia by Mr. 

 S. W. Fulton. 



Oreda (P. 486). 



1625. O. Orthorhina, n.s. Narrow, sub-parallel, opaque, pice- 

 ous, legs and antennae pitchy-red, densely covered with greyish- 

 yellow scales and erect fuscous setae. 



Rostrum as long as thorax, narrow, parallel or nearly so, rugose- 

 punctate, bearing a few yellow hairs. Prothorax closely punctate, 

 contracted in front, base bisinuate. Scutellum indistinct. Elytra 

 striate-punctate, interstices moderate, punctated. Legs squamose, 

 middle and hind tibiae dentate near the knees and apices. Underside 

 somewhat shining, not coarsely punctured ; two basal segments of 

 abdomen largest, the first arcuated behind. Raised margins of 

 pectoral canal not dentiform in front as in 0. notata and 0. murina. 



This species, on account of the elongate, parallel-sided beak, 



especially of the female, can only be mistaken for No. 865, but in 



0. setigera the snout is densely squamose, except near the end ; it is 



also shorter, broader, and more oviform, and has the thorax more 



. abruptly contracted in front. 



Length (rost. excl.), 2f lines; breadth, i-|. 



Found near Dunedin by Mr. T. Chalmer, 



