1364 COLEOPTEEA 



especially behind, are grey, but the greater number are of a yellowish 

 colour tinged with green. 



Rostrum rathor shorter than thorax, transversely convex, but 

 depressed near tho eyes, with slender grey hairs in front. Scape 

 with grey scales and setae. Funiculus with grey and fuscous hairs, 

 the first two joints elongate and nearly equal, third and fourth each 

 nearly as long as second, 5-7 longer than broad ; club elongate, 

 oval. Thorax one-fifth broader than long, somewhat wider before 

 the middle than it is elsewhere, narrowed in front, the sides nearly 

 straight behind but slightly narrowed ; its surface uneven, there 

 being a shallow dorsal channel and two large, though not deep, im- 

 pressions near each side behind the middle; it has a few short, 

 erect, pale and fuscous setae. Scutellum absent. Elytra short and 

 broad, the shoulders hardly any wider than the base of the thorax, 

 sides rounded ; when examined sideways they appear to be gradually 

 raised towards the middle, but the sutural region is nearly flat ; each 

 has four or five dorsal series of not very distinct punctures, not more 

 than six in each row, these cease near the middle ; the third inter- 

 stices are elevated near the base, where they bear grey scales and 

 coarse setae, the shoulders similarly clothed ; these interstices do 

 not appear to be much raised just beyond the middle, but, on 

 the top of the declivity, form large setose nodosities, the fifth end 

 in obtuse swellings rather than nodules a little higher up ; there is 

 a small elevation on the suture halfway down the declivity ; they 

 bear short, coarse, erect setae. Legs with greyish scales and setae, 

 those on the tibiae and tarsi hair-like. 



Eyes oblique, oviform, just free. Scrobes deep in front, directed 

 towards, but not reaching, the lower part of the eyes. The scape 

 obviously shorter than the funiculus. Ocular lobes moderate. Pos- 

 terior corbels not cavernous. 



Length (rost. incl.), 2J lines ; breadth, 1 line. 



Stratford, Taranaki. One individual. 



2387. B. posticalis, n.s. Opaque, densely covered with round, 

 flat, pale-brown and grey scales, these latter forming small spots 

 on the elytra ; on the thorax there are many erect fuscous setae, on 

 the elytra the setae are yellowish and grey ; the squamosity on the 

 rostrum is testaceous ; tarsi yellowish-brown ; funiculus shining, 

 dark-red ; scape and club dull. 



Hostrum short, depressed in front of the eyes ; the scrobes deep 

 in front, very shallow behind, where they are directed downwards. 

 Eyes just free from thorax, almost pointed below, oblique (extend- 

 ing forwards as much as downwards). Scape gradually thickened, 

 attaining the middle of the eye ; reddish at base, infuscate beyond, 

 with some erect fuscous setae. Funiculus with slender setae or 

 hairs, second joint quite as long as the first, 5-7 moniliform ; club 

 large, subacuminate. Thorax about as long as broad, widest near 

 the front, where there is a depression at each side ; there is another 

 depression on the middle in front, and a smaller one at the base, 

 almost continuous with the frontal one ; the surface generally is 



