Genera and Species of New Zealand Goleoptera. 117 



Group Rhyparosoniidae. 

 Pachyprypnus modicus, sp. n. 



Pyriform, opaque, fuscous black, covered with greyish- 

 yellow sa])py matter and patches of squamifjrin setae ; 

 auteuufe obscure red, tarsi red. 



Rostrum strongly arched, feebly grooved or cariuate in 

 front, somewhat ridged and thickly squamositate behind, 

 but without well-marked crests; it is gradually but con- 

 sidei'ably thickened towards the eyes. Anteunce clothed with 

 fine brassy setie ; scape clavate, attaining just beyond the 

 middle of the eye; funiculus gradually iucrassate, stout, 

 second joint as long as but more sleuder than first, seventh 

 subquadrate; club red, compact, nearly round. Eyes distant 

 from thorax and from each other, most prominent behind. 

 Thorax subcylindrical, as long as broad, basal region de- 

 pressed; with three moderate, longitudinal, setose elevations 

 extending from the apex to beyond the middle. Elytra 

 emarginated and closely adapted to the thorax at the base, 

 where they are of the same width ; the scutellar area is 

 depressed; they are broadest near the almost vertical poste- 

 rior declivity ; their sculpture indefinite, consisting seemingly 

 of series of coarse distant punctures ;' they bear several small 

 setose elevations, these, however, are not conspicuous. 



Legs stout, coarsely setose ; the two hinder pairs of tibiae 

 gradually expanded, not flexuous, all mucronate. 



Considerably smaller than either nos. 762 or 1413, and of 

 ])eculiarly rounded outline posteriorly. The hollowed por- 

 tion of the penultimate joint of the hind tarsi is very small, 

 just sutficient for the insertion o£ the claw-joint ; this latter 

 IS large, curved, and thickened towards the extremity. 



Length (rostr. excl.) If, breadth | line. 



llangiahua, Hokianga. 



I am indebted to Mr. J. W. Graham, a farmer of that 

 district, for the only specimen I have seen. 



Clypeorhynchus inophlceoides, sp. n. 



Elongate, uneven ; opaque, f usco-piceous, irregularly clothed 

 with dull tawny hair-like scales ; antennae and tarsi rufescent. 



Rostrum and head equal to the thorax in length, the former 

 indefinitely tricariuate and coarsely punctured, its apical 

 portion nude and distantly punctate. Eyes oblique, oviform. 

 Headyi'\t\i an elongate central fovea. Thorax slightly longer 

 than broad, subcylindrical, widest before the middle, with 

 tubercular sculpture and a deep median furrow. Elytra a 



