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Considering the difficulty in identifying the numerous 

 species of this group, I think advantage may be taken of the 

 structure of the scape, together with other details, to locate 

 the species described below in a distinct genus, to be placed 

 between the two genera cited above. 



Camptoscapus sanguineus^ sp, n. 



Suhdepressedj with some minute, hardly perceptible, greyish 

 hairs ; moderately shining, dark red, the head and suffused 

 spaces on the elytra piceous. 



Rostrum about one half the length of the thorax, moderately 

 broad, subparallel, finely punctured in front, more closely and 

 coarsely behind. Head punctate, not twice the width of the 

 rostrum ; behind the eyes the punctuation suddenly ceases, so 

 that the short broad neck is smooth and shining. Eyes large, 

 almost lateral, not prominent. Scape rather elongate, 

 flexuous, gradually and only slightly incrassated. Funiculus 

 sparsely pubescent, second joint about as long as it is broad, 

 third and fourth equal. Cluh paler, pubescent, ovate, indis- 

 .tinctly jointed. Thorax evidently longer than broad, widest 

 behind the middle, rounded there, gradually curvedly nar- 

 rowed anteriorly, constricted near the front ; the apical portion 

 slightly raised and smooth, the disk flat, moderately finely 

 punctured, much more closely near the sides. Scutellum 

 small. Elytra almost as broad as the thorax, only very 

 slightly and gradually narrowed posteriorly ; tlieir strias 

 regular^ rather deep, closely punctured ; interstices plane, 

 with fine serial punctures. Legs pubescent ; tibise but little 

 dilated, not triangular, the front pair with yellow pubescence 

 along the inner face and near the extremity ; claws very 

 small. 



Fentarthrum planiusculum and F. conicolle must be placed in 

 this genus. All three species are represented by single speci- 

 mens. F. conicolle is a female, the others are males. 



(J . Length 1^, breadth quite j line. 



Mount Pirongia (WaikatoJ. December 1892. 



All my measurements of Cossonidse include tlie rostrum, 



Obs. Novitas nigrans, a minute and interesting Cossonid 

 which was described from a female that I found about twenty 

 years ago, was figured on plate 138 of ' Aid to tiie Identifica- 

 tion of Insects.' In November 1892 I was fortunate enough 

 to find a male, whose characters may be recorded here. 



Rostrum as long as thorax, slightly and gradually narrowed 

 towards the apex, opaque, densely and finely sculptured, 



