386 Capt. T. Broun on new 



pitchy red, twice as wide as that of the female. Antennce 

 inserted before the middle of the rostrum. Scape long, 

 curvate. Funiculus five-jointed ; second joint slender, as 

 long as first ; joints 3 to 5 rather longer than broad, oviform. 

 Club oblong- oval. Breast finely and closely sculptured. 

 Metasternum short. Abdomen elongate, the two basal seg- 

 ments rather flat, smooth, without intervening suture in the 

 middle. Elytra with obsolete sculpture behind the middle, 

 but with distinct strige and punctures in front. 



? . Antennge implanted at or immediately behind the 

 middle of the very slender, quite parallel, glossy red rostrum. 



Length |, breadth ^ line. 



Hunua Range, Clevedon. On the ground amongst leaves. 



Macroscy talus frontalis^ sp. n. 



Depressed^ moderately broad ; pubescence scanty and hardly 

 perceptible ; elytra rufo-castaneous, with ill-defined pitchy 

 marks behind, the rest of the body and the legs red, club 

 nearly black. 



Rostrum shorter than the thorax, gradually narrowed 

 towards the base, its apical portion not as broad as the back 

 of the head ; it is shining red and more finely punctured than 

 the head. Eyes round, rather flat. Head piceous, gradually 

 narrowed anteriorly, the broad smooth back part abruptly 

 marked off just behind the eyes. Antemice inserted just before 

 the middle of the rostrum ; scape elongate, gradually incras- 

 sate; funiculus not longer than the scape; second joint dis- 

 tinctly longer than the third ; club opaque, densely pubescent, 

 as long as the funiculus. Thorax but little longer than broad, 

 widest behind tlie middle, rounded there, gradually but con- 

 siderably narrowed towards the front, so that the apex is 

 scarcely more than half the width of the base ; the frontal 

 constriction is very slight ; it is moderately finely, distinctly, 

 and not very closely punctured ; there is an indistinct smooth 

 central line, and the apical margin is smooth. Scutel/um 

 triangular, distinct. Elytra as broad as the widest part of 

 the thorax, base truncate, parallel-sided, apices simple ; they 

 are slightly transversely impressed before the middle, with 

 distinctly punctured striae, interstices with fine serial punc- 

 tures. Legs moderately long ; femora medially dilated below ; 

 tibiae slightly flexuous, the outer apex prolonged, the inner 

 acutely prominent, the anterior with moderately slender 

 hooks ; tarsi narrow, their third joint excavate above but 

 narrow, so that the minute true fourth joint is obsolete, 

 terminal joint slender, claws small. 



