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the posterior declivity most prominent but rounded, just beyond | 
these (laterally) are two others placed near the middle. Legs 
finely hispid, outer edge of tibiae with numerous short denticles. 
When denuded of the grayish sappy or scale-like matter, it 
will be seen that the head and thorax are irregularly granulated ; 
the elytra bear regular rows of granules, there being four such 
on the discoidal elevation, and seven on each side, of these latter 
the six inner form pairs, these nodules or granular elevations are 
glossy, and in some lights give a punctate appearance to the 
elytra; the interstices are brown, but the insect otherwise is 
almost wholly ferruginous, with short yellow sete on the more 
elevated parts. 
Length, nearly 3 lines ; breadth, 1%. 
I found one example on the Waitakerei Range. 
NOTE.—No. 325, Tarphiomimus acuminatus, belongs to this 
genus. 
1355. Dryptops undosus, n. sp.— Uneven, sub-oblong ; pi- 
ceous, variegated with grayish to fuscous, setee, antennee and tarsi 
dark red. 
Head granulated, antennal orbits large. Prothorax transversal 
considerably contracted behind, its sides nearly flat and divided 
into five lobes, the anterior largest, posterior angles rectangular ; 
dorsum considerably raised, with three laterally compressed 
elevations on each side, the frontal largest and porrected ; it 
bears numerous granules. Elytra oblong, margins serrate, apices 
protuberant ; disc elevated, broadest behind, with vertical sides, 
granulated, with alarge basal, median and ante-apical depressions, 
the sides of the disc are irregularly raised, and bend inwards in 
such a manner as to partly isolate the hollows, all but the basal 
are interrupted by the raised suture, so that there appear to be 
five depressions instead of three; the margins terminate behind 
in two obvious protuberances having a large semi-circular inter- 
vening gap. Legs clothed with fine yellowish sete, the tibize 
with many denticles on their outer edge. 
The insect is remarkable on account of the whole disc of the 
elytra being abruptly elevated, the raised edges being nearly on 
a line with the side margins, and the posterior protuberances 
extending nearly as far as the apices, whilst the enclosed space 
seems, at first sight, one large depression. 
Length, 2%4-234 ; breadth, 114-134 lines. 
I have seen two specimens only ; one has been returned to 
Sydney W. Fulton, Esq., who found both at Outram, Otago. 
Recyntus, n. gen—Body rather short and broad, convex, 
tuberculate, setose. Head sub-trigonal; eyes convex, coarsely 
facetted ; antennal insertion at the sides in front of the eyes, 
prolonged as a smooth groove along the front and side of each 
eye. Last joint of maxillary palpi thick, obtuse. Antenne 11- 
articulate, basal joint stout, cylindric, 2nd also stout yet much 
smaller than Ist, 3rd elongate, joints 4-8 decrease in length, 8th 
transverse ; club distinctly three-jointed, the two basal trans- 
