OF NEW ZEALAND. 1209 



2136. D. vestitUS, n.s. Form somewhat similar to D. dume- 

 tostts ; hind-body not expanded posteriorly, its shape, indeed, quite 

 oblong-oval ; apex of rostrum less widened, tibiae less bent, tarsi 

 shorter. 



Rostrum reddish, very finely punctured in front, with fine yellow 

 scales in the grooves. Antenna obscure-rufous, with slender yellow 

 setae. Thorax medially depressed at base, its rather coarse punc- 

 tures filled with large flat scales ; dorsal carina fine, abbreviated, 

 post -median tubercles minute ; the tufts like those of the typical 

 species ; disc scarcely convex. Elytra with a scutellar depression, 

 and a long oblique one on each elytron extending from the middle 

 thighs to near the suture and top of apical declivity ; they are quite 

 indefinitely punctured, and without distinct tubercles, but there is an 

 elevation on each side of the scutellar region ; the coarse setae form 

 numerous small tufts along the sides and behind, the discoidal por- 

 tion is much more densely covered with fine longish scales than is 

 the case in D. dumetosus. 



The squamosity is yellow, even on the legs ; the scales on the 

 thorax are roundish and very much larger than those in the other 

 species. 



2 . Length (rost. excl.), If lines; breadth, line. 



Waitakerei Range. One individual only. 



OBS. No. 767 belongs to this genus. It has four grooves, not 

 costae, on the rostrum. 



Astyplus. 



Nov. gen. 



Body coniform. Rostrum elongate, arched, slightly narrowed 

 towards the eyes, not pterygiate. Scrobes elongate, commencing at 

 the middle of rostrum, extending more than half- way between that 

 point and the eyes, at the antenna! insertion (the middle) they are 

 profound, and the upper and lower margins approach but do not 

 touch each other, leaving a groove or false scrobe which nearly 

 reaches the apex ; they become shallow behind, with a squamose 

 interval before the eyes, and terminate where an elongate crest or 

 tubercle is interposed on the side, almost in the scrobe itself. 

 Although the beak is not in the least pterygiate, the scrobes, being 

 more on the upper surface than the sides, are visible from above. 

 Eyes somewhat depressed, almost rotundate, finely facetted, free. 

 Scape slender but clavate at the extremity, just reaching the thoracic 

 margin ; funicle seven-jointed, basal two joints equally elongate ; club 

 ovate, seemingly without articulations. Thorax elongate-conical, 

 without ocular lobes, truncate at base. Scutellum invisible. Elytra 

 suboblong, sides and apex perpendicular, disc plane, shoulders 

 broadly porrect. Legs stout, tibiae moderately produced inwardly 

 at the extremity ; tarsi densely hispid, short, second joint trans- 

 verse, third excavated above and feebly lobed, fourth nearly equalling 

 the other three in length, claws simple. Prostemum deeply emar- 

 ginate ; front coxae prominent, almost contiguous. Mesosternum 



