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tertio quintoque interrupte elevatis, quarto quintoque versus 

 apicem callosis ; corpore infra sparse punctate Long. If lin. 



Hob. Tairoa. 



Inophlceus. 



liostrum modice elongatum, robustum, apicem versus gradatim in- 

 crassatum, supra tricarinatum, plaga triangulari munitum ; scrobes 

 terminales, arcuatae, ad latera rostri cito desinentes. Scopus pone 

 oculuni superans ; funiculus articulo basali elongato, casteris 

 obconicis vel pyriformibus ; clava distincta. Oculi infra angu- 

 larcs, subfortiter granulati. Profhorax basi angustior, lobis 

 ocularibus munitus. Elytra dorso planata vel subdepressa, 

 apicem versus declivia. Femora in medio crassiora ; tibial 

 anticce fiexuosse, intus haud dentatoe, reliquse recta?, posticce 

 corbellis subapertis ; tarsi normales. Abdomen segmentis duobus 

 basalibus ampliatis. 



The Chilian genus GylindrorMnus is not capable of being 

 strictly defined as it stands at present ; but taking Lacordaire'a 

 characters, the more determinate seems to be the close con- 

 nexion of the club to the funicle ; in the genus before us the 

 club is well limited. If, however, we had been dealing with 

 Chilian instead of New-Zealand insects I should have had 

 little hesitation in placing, provisionally at least, the species 

 described below with Cylindrorhinus, except that the latter 

 is without any vestige of scales. 



Inophloeus Traversii. PI. V. fig. 4. 



/. fuscus, obscure griseo-squamosus, rostro prothorace paulo breviore, 

 carina intermedia sat acute elevata ; antennis piceis ; funiculi 

 articulo secundo quam. primo paulo breviore ; clava elongato- 

 elliptica, griseo-tomentosa ; prothorace parum longiore quam 

 latiore, supra inaequali, subtilissime punctato, lobis ocularibus 

 prominulis ; scutello minuto, vix conspicuo ; elytris postice gra- 

 datim latioribus, supra valde planatis, inaequaliter striato-punc- 

 tatis, punctis nonnullis areolatis, humeris obliquis, singulis 

 elytris utrinque angulatis, postice dentato-productis, apicibus 

 acutis, parte declivi in medio paulo producta ; pedibus sparse 

 squamosis ; tibiis sat elongatis. Long. 5-6 lin. 



Hab. Chatham Islands. 



This species is remarkable for the perfectly flat disk of the 

 elytra, the sides bent suddenly down forming a sharp angle 

 with the disk. It is from Pitt's Island, one of the Chatham 

 group, where it was fouud by Mr. Travers. 



Inophloeus inuus. 



I. nigrescens, subtiliter squamosus, squamulisque piliformibus albis 

 adspersus ; rostro prothorace vix breviore, carina intermedia basi 



