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thorax at the base, the posterior declivity much narrowed ; 
apices slightly divergent; dorsum rather flat, with serial 
punctures, the two sutural rows on each elytron are very 
small; the third and fifth interstices are very indistinctly 
elevated but terminate behind in horizontal projections, those 
on the third much larger than the others, the suture is a 
little raised at the summit of the hind declivity, and halfway 
down there isa crest. Legs and tarsi stout. 
B. posticalis is a smaller and more brightly coloured insect 
with scattered, but conspicuous, white sete; joints 3-7 of 
the funiculus are bead-like, and the whole sculpture is 
different. Sharp’s B. punctipennis has the elytra wider than 
the thorax at the base, and his B. longicollis (No. 2120) is 
without nodosities. 
Length (rostr. incl.) 22, breadth 14 lines. 
Karori and Pakuratahi. 
One example from Mr. G. V. Hudson. 
Aphela pictipes, sp. n. 
Subovaie, convex, slightly nitid, sparsely setose; pale 
testaceous, the tip of the rostrum, tarsi, and extremity of the 
tibie dark fuscous. 
Rostrum a little contracted towards the antennal insertion, 
longitudinally rugose, with irregular smooth spaces. Antenne 
sparingly setose; first joint of funiculus thick, second rather 
longer but more slender at base, joints 3 to 6 very short, 
seventh broadest ; club compact, finely pubescent. Thorax 
broader than it is long, apex truncate, base moderately 
rounded so as to be closely adapted to the elytra, it is widest 
before the middle, the sides, nevertheless, are but little 
curved; its surface coarsely and rugosely punctured. Hlytra 
slightly wider than thorax at the base, shoulders somewhat 
narrowed; their grooves crenate rather than coarsely punc- 
tate; interstices with short, erect, pallid sete, sometimes 
appearing as if crossed with linear impressions. 
Legs stout; anterior tibie expanded at the extremity. 
Tarsi broad, basal two joints very short and widely emar- 
ginate so as to be almost lunate, third deeply bilobed, fourth 
as long as the preceding two conjointly, stout; claws short 
and stout. 
Length (rostr. incl.) 14, breadth 2 line. 
Sumner. 
Three examples from Mr. J. J. Walker. 
The discovery of this species would seem to invalidate my 
genus Stygeopetes. ‘he eyes are rather less convex than 
