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Eyes moderately distant from the thoracic margin. Thorax not so 

 long as broad ; the sides a good deal rounded, and narrowed behind ; 

 the surface is apparently uneven, but the sculpture is quite obscured 

 by the clothing ; there appears, however, to be a slight depression 

 of the surface on each side behind the front margin, and another in 

 front of the middle. Elytra clothed, like the thorax and rostrum, 

 with a dense indumentum, through which the setae protrude, the 

 third interstice projects distinctly forwards over the base of the 

 thorax ; and the scutellar region is apparently depressed ; and the 

 third and fifth interstices project very slightly in front of the apical 

 declivity. 



Otago. Professor Hutton ; one example. 



2119. B. punctipennis, H.S. (Sharp; Trans. Roy. Dub. $&., 



1886, p. 425.) Fusco-brunneus, minute squamulosus ; prothorace 

 rugoso sed haud inaequali, anterius rotundato, posterius angustato ; 

 elytris seriebus punctorum magnorum conspicuis, interstitio tertio 

 ad basin et quinto apicem versus, rnagis elevatis. 



Long., 6mm. 



This differs from B. punctatus by the scrobes being broader and 

 more indefinite behind, and has also a much longer second ventral 

 segment. The upper surface of the rostrum is tricarinate, the eyes 

 contiguous with the thoracic margin ; the second and third joints 

 of the antennae are elongate. The thorax is much narrower than 

 the elytra ; the anterior half of the sides gently rounded ; the 

 posterior a good deal narrowed to the base ; the surface is coarsely 

 rugose, but the rugae are not sharply defined, and there are no larger 

 depressions or elevations. There is no scutellum visible. The 

 elytra are oblong ; gently narrowed at the shoulders, which are 

 wider than the base of the thorax ; they bear regular series of large 

 punctures ; the third interstice is a little elevated at the base, and 

 the fifth strongly elevated behind ; the seventh is also a little 

 elevated, so as to render the outline rather sharply defined; the 

 third interstice has a slight tubercle on the apical declivity, and the 

 suture has a more obscure tubercle still farther down. 



Christchurch. Wakefield. 



2120. B. longlCOllis, n.s. (Sharp ; Trans. Roy. Dub. Soc., 

 1886, p. 426.) Niger, sat elongatus, tenuiter griseo-squamosus, 

 antennis tarsisque piceis ; prothorace elongato, lateribus basin versus 

 quasi marginatis ; elytris aequalibus seriebus punctorum ad basin 

 majorum ad apicem obsoletis. 



Long., 6mm. 



Antennae with third joint shorter than the second. Rostrum 

 short and stout ; only feebly carinate. Eyes small ; separated by 

 a considerable space from the thoracic margin ; very widely sepa- 

 rated from one another. Thorax quite as long as broad ; the sides 

 rounded in front, and a good deal narrowed behind ; the surface not 

 rugose, but finely sculptured, and in front almost smooth ; at each 

 side behind with the margin distinctly plicate, so as to make the 



