108 Capt. T. Broun on neio 



Rostrum sliort, pterygiate, nude at apex^ indistinctly 

 earinate. Thorax subquadrate, base and apex truncate, its 

 sides very slightly, curved ; its surface not uneven, the 

 punctuation concealed. Scutellum distinct, quite pallid. 

 Elytra broader than thorax, shoulders oblique, sides very 

 gently rounded but much narrowed behind, apices simple ; 

 they are finely striate, but not obviously punctate. 



Legs stout, nearly concolorous, thickly clothed with scales 

 and fine setae ; the posterior tibiae with two approximated 

 cilise at the extremity outside the tarsi, but without any 

 truncate space there. Antennie sparingly hispid: scape 

 gradually incrassate ; funiculus as long as the scape, basal 

 joint rather longer and stouter than the second, joints 3 to 

 6 differ but little from one another, seventh slightly broader 

 than sixth ; club large, oviform, and acuminate. 



This is much like T. cuspldata, but has a rather shorter 

 rostrum, evidently shorter antennee, so that the scape does 

 not extend beyond the back of the eye ; the thorax is more 

 cylindrical, and, moreover, is without the bare basal tubercle 

 and superficial inequalities seen in no. 1220 {T. cuspidata). 



(^ . Length (rostr. inch) 2j, breadth | line. 



Invercargill, 



jNfy specimen is from Mr. J. H. Lewis. 



Catoptes vexator, sp. n. 



Suhovate, opaque, piceous ; densely clothed with variegated 

 squamae, grejnsh yellow predominate, whitish ones usually 

 form a slender elongate central patch and broad lateral 

 spaces on the thorax : on the elytra there are many small 

 irregular spots, dark fuscous ones also occur, whilst shoi't, 

 erect, greyish and dark setse are distributed over the surface ; 

 antennae and tarsi infuscate red. 



Itostrum half length of thorax, indistinctly earinate, 

 sparingly hispid at apex. Thorax slightly transverse, its 

 sides moderately rounded, without asperities of any kind. 

 Elytra wider than thorax at the base, shoulders slightly 

 narrowed, their sides but little curved and very gradually 

 narrowed towards the hind thighs, but behind these the 

 contraction is strongly marked; their rather narrow punc- 

 tures almost form striae, the third interstices are slightly 

 elevated throughout, but are scarcely nodose at the summit 

 of the hind declivity. 



Antennce with fine pale setae ; scape gradually thickened, 

 it reaches the back of the eye; funiculus longer than the 

 scape, second joint rather shorter than first, joints 3 to 7 



