OP NEW ZEALAND. 1185 



Platyomida. 



2100. P. simulatrix, n>s. (Sharp; Trans. Boy. Dub. Soc., 

 1886, p. 421.) Minor, griseo-squamosa, haud variegata; prothorace 

 cylindrico, rugoso ; elytris interstitio tertio longitudinaliter ante^de- 

 clivitatem magis elevate. 



Long., 6mm. 



This is extremely similar to Protophormus binodulus, but the 

 surface is more uneven, though the apical nodules are less de- 

 veloped ; the scape of the antenna is rather short, the apical por- 

 tion much incrassate, the short broad rostrum has on the middle 

 two very short feeble grooves, separated by a slight carina ; the 

 thorax is remarkably cylindric, and its surface coarsely rugose; the 

 elytra bear regular series of rather coarse punctures, and the third 

 interstice has an elongate, slight elevation at the commencement of 

 the apical declivity ; only a very slight elevation of the fifth inter- 

 stice can be detected, and this is elongate, not in the least nodular. 



Greymouth. Helms; a single example. Though so similar to 

 Protophormus [T'igones. T. B.] binodulus, the species will be readily 

 separated therefrom by the deep elongate scrobe attaining very 

 nearly the front margin of the eye. It is very closely allied to 

 P. (Empcsotes) censoria, Pascoe, but scarcely attains the size of the 

 smallest examples of that species, and is readily distinguished by 

 the absence of the nodules seen in P. censoria. 



OBS. Dr.. Sharp describes another species (P. coronata), which, 

 being the same as No. 1415 (P. amotd), is omitted here. T. B. 



2101. P. depressa, n.s. Fuscous, densely covered with grey 

 scales, and small setae, antennae and tarsi ferruginous. 



Rostrum bisulcate ; scrobes not quite reaching the lower margin 

 of the eyes. Scape setose, reaching the back part of the eye ; the 

 two basal joints of the funiculus equally elongate. Thorax broader 

 than long, rugose. Elytra rather flat but uneven, with series of 

 moderately large punctures, these become still larger towards the 

 sides ; the posterior portion is almost quite perpendicular, and the 

 prominences on its summit are on the same plane as the disc ; the 

 third interstices are elevated at the base, and there is a transverse 

 elevation near each hind thigh. 



Compared with P. censoria this is more slender, elongate, and 

 natter. The sculpture of the thorax consists, for the most part, of 

 rounded elevations. The elytra do not slope from behind the middle 

 towards the top of the declivity, so that they appear more Inophlceus- 

 like. There is an outward curvature of the front margin of the 

 thorax, at the side, which, I think, may be called the ocular lobe. 

 The posterior corbels are distinctly cavernous. The eyes are quite 

 orthodox. 



Length (rost. incl.), 3; breadth, 1 lines. 



Moeraki. One, from Mr. Sandager. 



