OF NEW ZEALAND. 1379 



Group BELID-ffi . 



Pachyura (Gen., p. 468). 



2408. P. stictica, n.s. Elongate, not cylindrical, irregularly 

 covered with yellowish hair-like scales ; body infuscate-red, antennae 

 paler, head and rostrum piceous. 



Eostrum longer than thorax, dilated in front, rather closely and 

 coarsely punctured behind the point of antennal insertion, finely and 

 distantly beyond. Antenna implanted near the base of the rostrum, 

 reaching backwards to the middle thighs ; third joint longer than the 

 first or fourth ; 3-6 slender and elongate ; 7-10 gradually expanded, 

 the eleventh longer than the preceding one. Head broadest in line 

 w r ith the large, prominent, rotundate eyes, closely and coarsely 

 punctured. Thorax broader than long, considerably curved and 

 narrowed in front, its base strongly Insinuate ; its middle portion 

 nearly nude, closely punctured, sometimes with an ill-defined, 

 smooth, longitudinal line ; at the base, halfway between the centre 

 and side, there is a smooth space, the lateral sculpture is concealed 

 by the covering. Scutellum raised, densely sculptured. Elytra 

 nearly three times the breadth of the thorax at the base, 

 shoulders rounded, sides nearly parallel, apices sharply rounded ; 

 their sculpture irregular, close, and rather peculiar, appearing to con- 

 sist of a combination of punctures and granules ; the clothing is 

 unevenly distributed, on some parts thick, on others nearly alto- 

 gether wanting ; the surface somewhat uneven, there being an obtuse 

 longitudinal elevation along the middle of each, and several densely- 

 squamose depressions, the most evident being a broad band right 

 across, just behind the posterior femora. Legs long, rather slender. 



Length (rost. incl.), 4J-5J; breadth, 1-1|- lines. 



Westland (Boatman's). I have two females, which were found 

 by Mr. A. T. Cavell. 



Group-CRYPTORHYNCHIDJE. 



Tychanopais. 



Nov. gen. 



Allied to Tychanus, but differing therefrom in several structural 

 details. 



The rostrum is nearly twice as broad, much shorter, being hardly 

 as long as the thorax, it is less arched, and it is slightly expanded 

 at the extremity. The scrobe begins near the apex, and extends to 

 the lower part of the eye. The antenna are inserted near the apex 

 of the rostrum, and are rather short and thick ; the scape reaches 

 the eye, and is incrassated apically; the two basal joints of the 

 funiculus are of nearly equal length, joints 3-7 are gradually 

 thickened, and are more or less transverse ; club short, oval. The 

 eyes are longitudinally oval. The scutellum is absent or minute. 

 The elytra are not callose behind. The femora &YQ strongly an gulate 

 or dentate below ; the front tibia are dilated inwardly beyond the 

 middle. The tarsi are shorter, and their third joint is less evidently 

 lobate, 



