220 Mr. F. P. Pascoe on new Genera and 



magis elevata ; antennis piceis ; funiculi articulo secundo quam 

 prime- breviore ; clava elongato-elliptica, tomentosa ; prothorace 

 paulo latiore quam longiore, punctis flexuosis leviter impresso ; 

 scutello parvo, distincto ; elytris sat anguste obovatis, supra paulo 

 convexis, seriatim fortiter punctatis, interstitiis alternis paiilo 

 elevatis, tertio a sutura postice dentato-producto, parte declivi 

 in medio modice convexa, apicibus paulo elongatis ; tibiis sat 

 elongatis. Long. 7 lin. 



Hah. Queenstown. 



The punctures on the prothorax are so modified as to give 

 the impression of a granulated surface rather than of punctua- 

 tion. Nearly all the characters of this species are diagnostic. 



Inophlceus villaris. 



I. fuscus, griseo-squamosus ; rostro prothorace multo breviore, 

 apice sat subito deflecto ; antennis brevioribus, funiculo articulis 

 duobus basalibus aequalibus ; prothorace fere in medio latiore, 

 supra inaequali, vage foveatim impresso ; scutello inviso ; elytris 

 pone humeros latioribus, supra subplanatis, striato-punctatis, 

 postice minus augulatis, apicibus acuminatis, vix productis ; 

 corpore infra pedibusque squamis elongatis aspersis ; tibiis minus 

 elongatis. Long. 3| lin. 



Ha b. Christchurch. 



Has a somewhat different outline from that of /. Traversii, 

 but is perhaps more nearly allied to it than the preceding. 



Inophlo3us rhesus. 



I. ovatus, fuscus, leviter griseo-squamosus, supra setulis adspersus ; 

 rostro prothorace breviore ; antennis ferrugineis ; funiculo arti- 

 culis secundo, tertio, quarto subasqualibus, modice elongatis ; 

 clava minus elongata ; prothorace rugoso, ante medium latiore ; 

 scutello parvo ; elytris subcordatis, dorso ad suturam postice 

 dentato-productis, versus apicem verticaliter declivibus, seriatim 

 foveatis, singulis costis tribus munitis; tibiis minus elongatis. 

 Long. 3 \ lin. 



Hab. Lake Guyon. 



Allied to the preceding ; but, inter alia, there is a small but 

 very distinct scutellum. 



Inophloeus vitiosus. 



I. subangustus, niger, nitidus, squamis concoloribus adspersus ; 

 rostro prothorace fere duplo breviore, apice squamositate grisea 

 tecto, costis lateralibus obsoletis ; antennis piceis ; funiculi arti- 

 culo secundo quam primo longiore ; prothorace a;quato, latitudine 

 longiore, ante medium latiore ; scutello minuto ; elytris elongato- 



