294 Capt. T. Broun on new 



Length (rostr. incl.) 3i-, breadth If lines. 



Mount Egmontj near Stratford. Mj specimen was found 

 by Mr. A. T. Urquhart. 



This may be easily separated from the New-Zealand species 

 that are placed in the tirst division of the group by its re- 

 markably outstanding eyeSj these are widely separated above 

 and distant from the thoracic margin. The scape reaches 

 some distance beyond the front of the thorax, it is somewliat 

 flexuous and only slightly incrassate towards the extremity. 

 The scrohes are quite open above ; they extend from near the 

 apex towards the eyes, but become shallow behind. There 

 are no ocular lobes. The posterior corbels are not cavernous. 



This is an interesting discovery, as the genus was supposed 

 to be confined to the Sandwich Islands. 



Inophloeus mediuSj sp. n. 



Piceous, densely covered with small round flat scales of a 

 greyish-brown colour ; there are also many decumbent setai, 

 which are usually paler, the posterior declivity of the hind 

 body is greyish ; the legs, antennge, and the tip of the rostrum 

 are obscure red. 



Bostrum about one third shorter than the thorax, its 

 central carina distinct, the apex bears numerous fine seta. 

 Scape with fine yellowish setse, very gradually thickened, it 

 attains the back of the eye. Funiculus with erect slender 

 setse, its first joint rather longer than the second, fourth dis- 

 tinctly shorter than the third, hardly any longer than the 

 fifth ; club elongate-oval, pubescent. Thorax nearly a third 

 broader than it is long, widest near the front, rugose near 

 the sides. Sctitellum distinct, suboblong. Elytra evidently 

 broader than the thorax at the base, hardly any wider near 

 the middle than they are elsewhere, only moderately narrowed 

 towards the base; they are quite vertical and much narrowed 

 behind ; disk but little convex, yet not flat, with regular 

 series of distinct, moderately distant punctures ; third and 

 fifth interstices more or less elevated and, on top of the decli- 

 vity, nodiform ; the sides, though well defined, can scarcely 

 be termed costate; each side of the suture is horizontally 

 prolonged, but the protuberances hardly extend beyond the 

 summit of the declivity. 



Underside clothed like the upper surface. Prosternum 

 incurved in front. Head with a median fovea. 



The ocular lobes are well developed. The corbels of the 

 posterior tibite are cavernous, with double cilije. 



Smaller than /. suturalis, which has the fourth joint of the 



