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transversal furrows, so that they seem to be divided into quadrangu- 

 lar areas. 



Underside of the same colour as the upper surface, sparsely 

 setose ; mesosternum closely and rugosely punctate ; abdomen al- 

 most smooth along the middle. 



Length (rost. incl.), 1| lines ; breadth, f line. 



Port Chalmers. Found by Mr. T. Chalmer on the sea- shore. 



Nonnotus. 



Nov. gen. 

 (Sharp ; Trans. Boy. Dub. Soc., Nov., 1886.) 



Eostrum breve, crassiusculum, subcylindricum, scrobes brevis- 

 simae. Oculi magni haud convexi superne minus distantes. 



This is closely allied to Protophormus , from which it differs in 

 the form of the head and rostrum, this latter being destitute of 

 pterygia, W 7 hile the head is much narrowed, and the eyes placed 

 more on its upper face. The truncature of the posterior tibiae is 

 much the same as in Protophormus, though the truncate surface is 

 scarcely so minute. It should be remarked that, though the rostrum 

 is not expanded at the apex, yet the scrobes are quite visible from 

 the front ; they are very deep at the insertion of the antennae, but 

 very short and very indefinite behind. The structure of the antennae, 

 and indeed all the other characters, seem nearly the same as in 

 Protophormus. 



2086. N. griseolus, n.s. (Sharp ; Trans. Boy. Dub. Soc., 

 Nov., 1886, p. 419.) Angustulus, squamulis pallide griseis vesti- 

 tus, antennis tarsisque rufis, tibiis rufo-obscuris ; prothorace sub- 

 transverso lateribus rotundatis. 



Long., 5mm. 



Antenna rather long, second joint longer than the third, eighth 

 hardly so long as broad, club large, elongate-oval ; rostrum punctate, 

 the squamosity not so dense as on the elytra ; eyes large, but not at 

 all convex ; thorax evidently broader than long, even, without im- 

 pressions or rugosities, the sides a good deal rounded, more nar- 

 rowed in front than behind, the surface rather closely punctate, but 

 the punctuation almost concealed by the pallid squamosity ; scutel- 

 lum rather small ; elytra rather densely and uniformly covered with 

 very pallid scales, and bearing minute pallid hairs, very finely 

 striate. 



Otago. Professor Hutton ; a single example. 



2087. N. edectUS, n.s. Convex, narrow, densely covered with 

 somewhat testaceous or brassy scales, and fine pale yellowish setae ; 

 body and legs almost wholly pale reddish-chestnut, tip of bsak and 

 antennae red. 



Hostrum as long as thorax, cylindric, slightly dilated near 

 antennal insertion, indistinctly carinate, punctate, nearly nude in 

 front. Scape attaining front of thorax, gradually thickened; basal 



