On new Genera and Species of Cohoplerd. 1<>."> 



2.'). CephalopJuia -;|). 



V . 120. Fa Ian. 

 Iiiiinatmc. C. O ri mm ii '^row]). 



24. Madoqtia Phillipsi^ 'IMio.^. 

 J. 12i;, 1:^0. Ilarar. 



2.">. }[adiifina Guenlhert, Tlio.s. 

 y . \?>~). rierlogobi. 



XV. — Di'scr'ipt'ions of new Geni'ra and Species of Xew 

 Zealand Co/eopkra. By Capt. T. Bkol.v, F. liS. 



[Conr-luded from p. -ir)."] 



Group Otiorhynchidae. 

 Cecyrnpa alternata, sp. n. 



Convex, broadly ovate, opaque, densely covered with small 

 depressed grey and pale slate-eoloured squamie and minute 

 grey sctie ; on the thorax these darker sealcs form an elon- 

 gated central cross and near each side an irregular eurvatc 

 mark; most of the elytral disk is also dark; the alternate 

 interstices are, however, marked by numerous oblong grey 

 spots. Tlic general ground-colour is pale eastaneous, but 

 the legs and antenna} are usually ferruginous. 



Rostrum stout, with a central linear iin{)rcssion and a dark 

 basal spot. Scrobes short and well limited. Scape covered 

 with white sqiiara;e and slender elongate setje; funica/ns 

 shining, with fine grey setae, second joint obviously shorter 

 than tlie first, but of similar form, 3-G moniiiform, seventh 

 distinctly larger than the preceding one; cla/j short, ovate, 

 articulate. TU(jra.e transverse, its sides regularly rounded, 

 but at the base, near each side, there is a constriction which 

 causes an evident gap between that point aiul the elytra ; 

 the base and apex are truncate. Elijlra distinctly wider 

 than the basal margin of thorax, a little dilated behind the 

 shoulders, gradually narrowed posteriorly, scutcUar region 

 slightly elevated ; they have series of moclerately tine punc- 

 tures, which towards the apices assume tlie form of strire. 

 ]^i'(]!i >tout, of moderate length, covered with grey scales and 



