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at the base is a broad vague groove, which causes the middle to 

 appear vaguely broadly costate ; thorax longer than broad, the 

 surface and sides uneven, a deep depression at the base in the 

 middle, and a ridge on the front part, besides less distinct inequali- 

 ties ; elytra broader from the base backwards, the apex remarkably 

 abruptly truncate, with some slightly-elevated nodules, the mest 

 distinct of which are lateral, and two immediately in front of the 

 terminal truncation ; the pseudepipleurse are remarkable for their 

 excessive size, and bear distant large, though rather obsolete, serial 

 punctures. 



Greymouth. Mr. Helms has obtained two examples of this 

 remarkable weevil ; the first was found in a spider's web some years 

 ago, and the second under a piece of wood in a wet place. 



OBS. In appearance this insect more nearly resembles the 

 genus Pachyprypnus than Phrynixus, and should be placed next to 

 it. T. JB. 



Dermotrichus. 



Nov. gen. 

 (Sharp; Trans. Boy. Dub. Soc., 1886, p. 429.) 



Corpus irregulariter setosum. Eostrum gracile, arcuatum pro- 

 thorace paulo longius, scrobes laterales oculos attingentes. Oculi 

 parvi subrotundati a thorace sat distantes ; antenna scapo apice 

 clavato. 



This genus is closely allied to Phrynixus, Pascoe, but possesses 

 elongate though rather vague scrobes reaching to the small eyes. 

 The antennas, too, are inserted evidently in front of the middle of 

 the rostrum. The other characters, so far as I can see, are similar 

 to those of Phrynixus. The tarsi are small, with the third joint 

 short, not bilobed but deeply depressed above for the insertion of 

 the terminal joint. The thorax is quite destitute of ocular lobes ; 

 the metasternum very short, the second ventral segment excessively 

 large, the third and fourth extremely short. 



2133. D. mundulus, n.s. (Sharp; Trans. Eoij. Dub. Soc., 

 1886, p. 429.) Picens, hand nitidus, setulositate crispata irregu- 

 lariter vestitus. 



Long., 3Jmm. 



Rostrum slightly broader in front of the antennae, and there 

 almost smooth and shining, behind sulcate and minutely setulose, 

 with two minute tufts between the eyes ; antenna rather short, the 

 scape gently clavate at the apex ; second joint longer and thicker 

 than the third, the fuuiculus only indistinctly articulated ; the club 

 elongate, obtuse, its first joint extremely long, the others quite 

 short. Thorax slightly longer than broad, its greatest width in the 

 middle, gently and equally narrowed to the front and the base, its 

 surface not convex, but somewhat uneven and bearing ochraceous 

 (or fuscous) thick setae, which are here and there more condensed 

 and elevated. Elytra of peculiar form, being much narrowed to the 



