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which is obliterated near the middle ; the punctuation shallow. 

 Scutellum small. Elytra rather narrow, not twice the width of the 

 thorax anywhere ; the shoulders narrowed, but not suddenly, to the 

 breadth of the thorax at the base, which is somewhat incurved ; 

 they have series of moderately-distant punctures ; the interstices 

 bear the setae ; the third and fifth are slightly raised, and terminate 

 at the top of the declivity in moderate prominences ; the third extends 

 further back, and it is also a little raised at the base ; the apices are 

 simple. Antenna with fine grey setae, club elongate and finely 

 pubescent ; third joint of the funiculus a little longer than the 

 fourth ; the basal two nearly equal. Tibia flexuose. 



The two basal segments of abdomen broadly impressed along the 

 middle ; in C. latipennis they slope towards each other. 



The eyes and rostrum are similar to those of C. obliquisignatus. 

 The scape attains the thoracic margin. The ocular lobes are quite as 

 well developed. The thorax is longer and oviform. The elytra are 

 elongate and narrower, and rather flatter above. The posterior 

 tibia, at the extremity, with a quite perceptible but very narrow 

 space between the outer and inner cilise ; the corbel, therefore, must 

 be considered cavernous. The corbel, in C. latipennis, has a fringe 

 inside the sharp edge, but there is no truncate space there, so that 

 it is not cavernous. 



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



Moeraki. Collected by Mr. Sandager. 



OBS. Mr. Sandager also sent a female which he considers to 

 be this species. I cannot agree with him on this point ; but I give 

 a brief description showing the principal differences : 



The rostrum is obviously shorter and broader, and it is pinched 

 in or depressed near the eyes. The club is more ovate and acu- 

 minate. The eyes are a little closer to the thorax. The ocular 

 lobes are rather less developed. The thorax is about one-fourth 

 broader than it is long, with many small obtuse elevations, which 

 are most conspicuous near the base. The margins of the elytra 

 alongside the scutellum are raised or thickened. The elytra are 

 broad and subcordate, with prolonged acuminate apices. The legs, 

 and more especially the tarsi, are more slender. The punctuation 

 of the thorax, and of the elytral interstices, is very fine, close, and 

 shallow. Size, 3| x If lines. 



Nos. 1231, 1232, and 2127 are congeneric, and of similar out- 

 line. These I referred to Inoplilmus on account of the cavernous 

 posterior corbels, &c., but I thought it advisable to defer making a 

 new genus for them until I had more specimens. I still think that 

 these really belong to a distinct genus intermediate between 

 Catoptes and Inophlc&us, partaking the characters of both. 



Brachyolus (Gen., p. 432). 



2386. B. viridescens, n.s. Opaque, piceous, antennae red, 

 legs infuscate-red ; covered with small flat scales, some of which, 



