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with yellow setoe, on the disk there are about four series of 

 coarse punctures, only two or three punctures in each row ; 

 the setae there ai'e extremely small and scale-like ; the coarser 

 setae are somewhat concentrated on top of the posterior decli- 

 vity, without, however, forming separated crests ; immedi- 

 ately below the summit the surface is bare or nearly so, and 

 the sculpture is much finer and substriate ; near the sides of 

 the dorsum there are three or four rounded elevations. Lejn 

 stout, with depressed and erect seta3 ; along the hind or inner 

 faceof the middle and hind tihice the set» form a distinct fringe, 

 the external cilige are interrupted near the middle, the inner 

 extremity of the tibise is considerably produced. The tarsi 

 are short, and their claws are much bent, so that they are not 

 always easily seen. 



The antenna; bear fine setfe ; the second joint of the funi- 

 culus is more slender but about as long as the first ; 3 to 6 

 are transverse ; seventh large, gradually dilated, so as to 

 become as broad as the base of the club. 



Underside piceous ; abdomen impunctate, basal segment a 

 little depressed in the middle near the apex ; between the hind 

 coxse there are two depressions, the second segment has a 

 small setose elevation on the middle, the fifth is red and 

 medially impressed. 



$ . Tibice not prolonged inwardly at the extremity. 

 Second abdominal segment not raised in the middle. 



This difters materially from No. 1512. It is smaller, the 

 eyes are more convex, the antenna3 are rather shorter and 

 stouter, the shoulders are narrower and are without setose 

 elevations. 



The male is an interesting discovery, as its structure con- 

 firms the genus as distinct from Phrynixus and its allies. 

 ^ . Length (rostr. excl.) 1^, breadth | line. 

 Mount Pirongia. Seven examples, December 1892. 



Cuneopterus tenuicornis, sp. n. 



Bodi/ gradually and uninterruptedly widened from the 

 front of the thorax to the truncate perpendicular apex of the 

 hind body, the sides much inflexed ; opaque, piceous, tarsi 

 and antennse iiifuscate red ; it is covered with small, dull, 

 pale brown squama3. 



Rostrum as long as the thorax and about half the widtli ; 

 apex nude, with a slight ridge along the middle, so that 

 its sides appear depressed. Mandibles prominent. Thorax 

 longer than broad, apex straight, base rounded, sides not 

 uneven ; apparently impunctate, with a slight central ridge 



