1464 COLEOPTEKA 



Rostrum of moderate length, with a central carina. Thorax 

 rather broader than long, widest near the front, very slightly uneven, 

 without distinct punctures. Scutellwm minute. Elytra a little 

 wider than the thorax at the base, rather feebly curvate laterally ; 

 striate-punctate, the interstices with numerous minute punctures, 

 the third and fifth slightly raised, the third distinctly, the fifth 

 slightly, nodose on top of the declivity, the suture somewhat elevated 

 behind. Tibia flexuous. Tarsi stout, second joint transverse, third 

 expanded, with broad lobes. 



Scape very gradually thickened, with fine setae, it just reaches 

 the back of the eye. Funiculus with grey hairs, second joint only 

 a little shorter than the first, hardly one-third. Club large, ovate. 

 Scrobes small, almost foveiform. Eyes a little oblique, evidently 

 broader above than below, almost quite lateral. Ocular lobes broad. 



A number of species have been placed in Catoptes. Some do 

 not agree exactly with the type (C. obliquisignatus) ; this is another 

 such form. 



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



Fortrose, Southland. Professor Hutton forwarded a specimen, 

 along with a varietal form of Platyomida perniciosa (No. 779). 

 These insects, he informed me, were doing a great deal of damage 

 to the turnip crops. 



InophlceUS (Gen., p. 439). 



2538. I. suturalis, n.s. Opaque, piceous, densely covered 

 with very small, depressed, dark- and pale-brown scales, the latter 

 most apparent along the middle of the elytra ; there are also some 

 more or less erect setae ; antennae and tarsi obscure-red. 



Rostrum with a central carina, each side sharply defined, the 

 apex finely and closely rugose. Thorax very slightly broader than 

 long, widest before the middle, slightly constricted in front ; the 

 surface very finely punctate, a little uneven and rugose. Scutellum 

 suboblong, small, flavescent. Elytra with rounded shoulders, their 

 widest part behind these, yet only very little wider there, the sides 

 gradually narrowed backwards ; disc nearly plane, with series of 

 rather distant punctures ; the sutural region is so prolonged pos- 

 teriorly as to extend almost as far as the simple apices ; third and 

 fifth interstices a little elevated, but terminating as distinct nodo- 

 sities on the top of the declivity. Legs clothed with scales and setae. 



The scape reaches the back of the eye, it is rather slender, and 

 is covered with depressed yellowish hairs, and erect, slender, fuscous 

 setae. Funiculus elongate, second joint about one-third shorter 

 than first, 3-7 decrease in length, all longer than they are broad ; 

 with slender outstanding setae ; club elongate, four-jointed, pubes- 

 cent. 



Easily recognised by the horizontally-prolonged elytral suture. 



Length (rost. incl.), 4f ; breadth, If lines. 



Port Hills, near Christchurch. Described from a broken speci- 

 men found by Mr. H. Suter on the 24th January, 1892. 



