IIT) Capt. T. Broun on new 



hroad, tlie third with rather short lobes; their soles ahiiost 

 bare, being only fringed with fine setae. 



Prosternnm incurved. Front coxee almost contiguous, the 

 intermediate moderately, the posterior widely separated. 

 Metastermmi short. Abdomen with six segments; the basal, 

 in the middle, nearly twice the length of the second, third 

 and fourth short, fifth nearly as long as the preceding two 

 combined, sixth very short and curvate, sublunate. 



In appearance, owing to the thick short rostrum, the 

 typical species approaches some Australian genera (Psalldura, 

 Talanrhbnis, and Sclerorhinus, for example), but in structure 

 these are really quite dissimilar. There is no resemblance 

 between it and any other New Zealand form. 



Tocris latirostris, sp. n. 



Subopaque, black, sparsely clothed with decumbent, slender, 

 grey squamae ; antennee and tarsi rufo-piceous. 



Rostrum rather flat, Avith a slight cariniform elevation at 

 each side extending from the antennal insertion towards the 

 inner or upper part of the eye, and with a feeble central 

 carina ; its surface and sides irregularly punctate and more 

 squamositate than the rest of the body ; its apex and the 

 mandibles form a nearly perpendicular face. Head short, 

 with an interocular fovea. Antennce sparingly setose, club 

 finely ])ubescent. Thorax broadly rounded laterally at its 

 Midest jjortion, the frontal half, the hinder part is almost 

 suddenly narrowed, has straight sides and rectangular angles ; 

 its surface somewhat uneven, there being a longitudinal 

 depression behind the middle and a broad oblique one near 

 each side in front ; its punctuation is not very coarse or close, 

 l)ut behind the middle becomes irregular and quite rugose. 

 Elytra very little rounded laterally, each with six series of 

 punctures, those near the sides very coarse ; the third, 

 fourth, and fifth interstices are a little elevated from the 

 ba'^e to the hind declivity, which, however, is not abrupt, 

 liut the sides are vertical. 



Underside punctate, similar in colour and vestiture to the 

 upper surface. Fifth ventral segment with a broad apical 

 impression. 



Length (rostr. inch) 6, breadth 2| lines. 



Ben Lomond, Lake Wakatipu. 



One example found bv ^\y. G. Howie and forwarded by 

 Mr. J. H. Lewis. 



