OF NEW ZEALAND. 969 



P. sharpianum is its nearest ally, but in this species the snout is 

 more cylindric and distinctly punctate ; the second antennal joint is 

 less expanded apically, and the club is shorter and broader ; the 

 sides of the thorax are more strongly rounded, more narrowed in 

 front, and the disc is more convex ; the legs are longer and less 

 robust, the tibiae differ, and the tarsi are more expanded, &c. 



<? . Length, nearly if lines ; breadth, f . 



Found near Howick. 



1749. P. mOFOSUni, n.s. Fusiform, sub-depressed, sparsely 

 clothed with excessively minute grey hairs ; shining, pitchy-black ; 

 base of scape, and the funiculus, rufo-piceous. 



Rostrum arched, quite as long as thorax, parallel, finely and not 

 closely punctured, more closely behind. Eyes moderately prominent. 

 Antenna medially implanted; scape short, flexuous, not much 

 thickened ; second joint of funiculus longer than third, the others 

 transverse ; club elongate, oval. Prothorax but little longer than 

 broad, slightly constricted and considerably narrowed in front, 

 rounded laterally ; not depressed, moderately finely, distinctly, and 

 rather closely punctured. Scutellum smooth. Elytra rather 

 broader than thorax, sub-parallel, feebly bi-arcuate at base, mode- 

 rately striate-punctate, interstices finely punctured and wrinkled. 

 Legs long, femora inflated, tibiae bent, the inner apex acutely pro- 

 duced, hooks moderately developed, third tarsal joint lobed but not 

 much widened. 



There is only one near ally, P. longirostre. This species is, 

 however, rather less convex, the thorax is more curved behind the 

 middle, rostrum still longer, &c. 



$ . Length, aj lines ; breadth, f. 



I found one near Howick last summer (1884), and, curiously 

 enough, I got another on Mount Egmont two months afterwards. 



Rhinanisus (p. 805). 



1750. R. sagax, n.s. Elongate, sub-depressed, bearing silky 

 yellow hairs, those on the thorax coarser than the others ; a little 

 nitid, ferruginous. 



Kostrum shorter than thorax, narrower behind than in front, 

 finely and distantly punctated on its anterior portion, more coarsely 

 on the posterior. Antenna stout, springing from before the middle ; 

 scape a good deal thickened apically ; second joint of funiculus a little 

 longer than third, the others slightly transverse ; club ovate, well 

 defined. Eyes moderate. Head smooth behind the eyes. Prothorax 

 longer than broad, rounded laterally, much narrowed and constricted 

 in front ; very indistinctly impressed longitudinally, rather finely 

 and distantly punctured, its raised apical portion nearly smooth. 

 Scutellum impunctate. Elytra elongate, parallel, broader than 

 thorax, base truncate ; nearly plane above, striate-punctate, striae 

 feeble, interstices very finely and remotely punctured. Legs rather 

 long, thighs but little swollen, tibiae sub-linear, the inner process 

 distinct, hooks small, third tarsal joint lobate but not large. 



Larger than R. parvicornis ; the antennal club much larger ; 

 15 PT. iv. 



