142 Mr. F. P. Pascoe on new Oenera and 



crassiusculis ; dava distincta, Prothorax transversus, lobis ocula- 

 ribus nullis. Elytra obovata, humeris obsoletis. Pedes mediocres, 

 iDtermedii paulo breviores ; tihicti antiese subflexuosse ; ungues liberi. 



With some hesitation I have come to the conclusion that 

 the nearest allj of this genus is Prosayleus^ from which, how- 

 ever, it differs, inter alia, in its foveiforra scrobes, placed on the 

 dorsal surface near the apex of the rostrum. At first sight the 

 species here described reminds one of our MetalUtes marginatus. 



Nicceana modesta. 



N. oblongo-ovata, dense griseo-squamosa, maculis indistinetis albis 

 (aliquando vitta hiimerali) notata ; antcBuis pedibusque rufo-tes- 

 taceis, pilis griseis adspersis ; capite supra oculos modice convexo, 

 antice subplanato ; prothorace antice posticeque truucato, utrinque 

 rotuudato ; scutello triangulari, miuuto ; elytris subcordatis, 

 striato-]3uiictatis ; tibiis intus muticis ; tarsis articulo secundo di- 

 latato. Long. 1| lin. 



Hob. Otago, Waitaki. 



Lyperohius tuherculatus. 



L. ovalis, fuscus, griseo-squamulosus ; capite antice convexo ; rostro 

 modice longiusculo, in medio subcarinulato, basi fovea impressa ; 

 prothorace subtransverso, supra inaequali, lateribus subangulatis, 

 apice constricto ; elytris ovatis, seriatim punetatis, iuterstitiis 

 tertio, quinto septimoque paucituberculatis ; abdomine leviter 

 punctulato. Long. 7-8 lin. 



Hah. Christchurch. 



Notwithstanding a great dissimilarity in general appearance, 

 owing to the squamosity and tuberculation, I have no hesi- 

 tation in placing it with Lyperohius. I am indebted for my 

 specimens of this and other Curculionidse from Christchurch to 

 C. M. Wakefield, Esq., who informs me that it is found on a 

 plant called the " Spaniard," which, in the spring, abounds 

 with Curculionidse. 



EiRATUS. 



Rostrum arcuatum, validum, apicem versus gradatim latius ; scrohes 

 subterminales, obliquse. OcuU ovales, transversi. Antennce bre- 

 viusculae ; dava majiiscula. Protliorax utrinque rotimdatus. 

 Elytra subcyhndrica, postice callosa. Prosternum antice elongatum. 

 Coxm anticse separatae. Processus interfemoralia late truncatus. 

 Tibice rectaB, apice uncinatoe ; ungues simplices. Abdomen seg- 

 mentis duobus basalibus valde ampliatis. 



An Hyhhius-ioYm, as it appears to me, but differing in its 



