OF NEW ZEALAND. 1461 



tibia flexuose, the anterior mucronate at the inner extremity, with 

 a slender spiniform process there, the outer portion somewhat pro- 

 duced, so as to cover a large part of the basal tarsal joint ; tarsi 

 rather long, their first joint slender near the base, second subcor- 

 date, third moderately expanded and lobate, fourth very slender and 

 elongate. Scape gradually incrassate, covered with fine, depressed, 

 grey setae, it attains the middle of the eye. Funiculus with erect, 

 hair-like setae, second joint shorter than the first, elongate-oval, 3-7 

 decrease in length. Club elongate, very acuminate. 



Underside, with small grey scales, and decumbent hair-like setae. 

 Prcsternum incurved, the side, where the curvature begins, forms an 

 obtuse angle. The front coxa almost touch. The metasternum is 

 shorter than the first ventral segment, which is truncate between 

 the hind coxae, second segment with oblique frontal suture, rather 

 longer in the middle than the metasternum. 



The species may be easily identified by the club and tarsi. 



The thorax shows no trace of lateral margins ; in front, rather 

 low down, there is an extremely slight outward curvature, with 

 longish flattened scales, this can hardly be called an ocular lobe. 

 The eyes are not quite round in front. The scrobes are small. 



I do not think it necessary to separate this species from Nicceana 

 at present. 



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



Ashburton. Mr. W. W. Smith kindly transmitted the only 

 specimen he could find. 



Lyperobates. 



Nov. gen. 



Rostrum moderately short and broad, subparallel. Scrobes begin 

 near the apex, where they are deep and open above, they become 

 broad, and are directed towards the lower part of the eyes. Man- 

 dibles large. Eyes moderately distant from the thorax, more con- 

 vex behind than in front, longitudinally ovate. Scape gradually 

 thickened, not extending beyond the back of the eye. Funiculus 

 7-articulate, the two basal joints elongate ; club elongate-oval, 

 articulate. Mentum somewhat rounded and depressed, the pe- 

 duncle short. Thorax widest near the front. Scutellum small. 

 Elytra broader than the thorax, widest behind the shoulders, 

 or at the top of the hind declivity, according to sex, shoul- 

 ders oblique. Legs stout ; femora clavate, widely notched and 

 grooved below r near the extremity ; tibiae flexuous, their inner apex 

 acuminate ; tarsi with bilobed third joint, their soles, except the 

 elongate portion of the first joint, with longish hairs, quite different 

 from the short dense clothing seen on the third joint of Platyomida. 

 Prosternum truncate in front. Process of mesosternum rather nar- 

 row. Middle coxa more approximate than in Platyomida ; the 

 anterior contiguous ; the posterior distant, the suture between them 

 curvate. Abdomen gradually but considerably narrowed apically, 

 second segment shorter than the first, the suture oblique towards 

 each side, third and fourth short with deep, straight sutures. 



