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antennis ferrugineis; scapo squamoso; funiculo articulis tribus 
basalibus sensim brevioribus, ceteris obconicis ; prothorace parum 
longiore quam latiore, lateribus rotundatis, pone medium sub- 
parallelis; scutello inviso; elytris seriatim punctatis, interstitiis 
' vix convexis, tibiis subbisinuatis, apice subacuminatis. Long. 8} lin. 
Hab. : Chrischurch. 
Lyprrostivs. 
Molyti affinis. Rostrum validum, rotundum ; mandibule lamelliformes ; 
scrobes oblique, oculos vix attingentes; clava distincta. Prothorax 
lobis ocularibus paulo prominulis. Elytra ovalia. Femora in- 
crassata ; tibie apice haud laminate. Abdomen segmento secundo 
quam tertio paulo longiore. 
With nearly all the characters of the European Molytes, this genus is 
principally distinguished by the tibia being without that peeuliar external 
prolongation of the lamina which normally forms the floor of the hollow 
(corbel) above which the tarsus is inserted, and also by the club of the 
antenns deing distinctly marked off from the funicle. The fine species 
constituting the only exponent of the genus at present has been recently 
discovered by Capt. Hutton, at Tarndale, near the head of the Wairau River, 
Nelson. ‘It lives on the spear-grass (Aciphylla colensoi), and sucks its 
turpentiny juices. The plant only grows on the mountains from 2,000 to 
5,500 feet elevation." The insect is entirely black; but some of the spe- 
cimens are sprinkled with a few fine straw-coloured hairs. 
Lyperobius huttoni. 
L. ovalis, niger, nitidus; capite antice convexo ; rostro tenuiter 
punetato, basi fovea profunda impresso; oculis valde angustis ; 
antennis piceis; scapo apice sensim incrassato; funiculo articulis 
duobus basalibus :qualibus, reliquis submoniliformibus; clava 
breviter ovata, tomentosa; prothorace inequaliter convexo, leviter 
vage punetato; elytris striato-punctatis, punctis approximatis, 
interstitiis planatis, tertio quintoque multo latioribus; corpore 
infra nitido, subtiliter punctato; pedibus tenuiter vage setulosis. 
Long. 9-11 lin. 
Hab.: Tarndale. 
i PÆDARETUS. 
Caput parvum ; rostrum modice elongatum, apicem versus crassius ; 
scrobes præmedianæ, oblique, ante medium oculorum desinentes. 
Oculi ovales, grosse granulati. Scapus oculum vix attingens ; funi- 
culus T-artieulatus, articulo primo magno, ceteris, transversis. 
Prothorax amplus, utrinque rotundatus, basi leviter bisinuatus. 
Scutellum invisum. Elytra breviter cylindrica, basi prothoracis 
