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vented from going into the houses. In a few hours after the fire 
was over the mains would be entirely emptied of Avon water. 
(2) “On a new Rosaceous plant,” by Mr. R. Brown; com- 
municated by Professor F. W. Hutton. 
Acena huttom.—Radical leaves 5 to 8 inches long, the upper 
surface smooth, the petioles and midrib woolly, veinlets with a 
few hairs on the under side; peduncles leafy to near the apex; 
calyx-tube four angled, the angles produced into wings, each face 
deeply wrinkled ; achenes two, pale and long; stigma fimbriated ; 
stamens 2 to 8. 
Habitat.—Canterbury Plains, near the River Ashburton. 
(3) “On the occurrence of Botrychium lunaria in New Zealand,” 
by Mr. J.D. Enys. For an account of this see N.Z. Fowrnal of 
Science, p. 335. 
(4) ** Description of New Zealand Micro-lepidoptera,”* by G. 
E. Meyrick. 
NEW SPECIES OF CURCULIONID&. 
BY CAPT. T. BROUN, M.ES. 
(Read before the Auckland Institute, Sept. 6th, 1881.) 
BRACHYDERID. 
1412: Catoptes attenuatus, n.sp.—Piceous, covered with yellow- 
ish grey scales and decumbent pallid sete; tibie, tarsi and 
antennee rufescent. 
Rostyum normal, sub-carinate. Antenne pilose, 2nd joint of 
funiculus of the same length as the Ist. Pvothovax about as long 
as broad, obtusely rounded towards the front, nearly straight 
behind the middle, moderately convex, its punctation concealed 
by the squamosity. Elytva very elongate and rather narrow, 
cordiform, sub-striate-punctate, most obviously striated behind, 
the 3rd and 5th interstices obsoletely elevated behind, the suture 
raised apically. Legs scaly and hispid. 
An obscurely coloured insect, usually covered with scale-like 
matter ; narrower than C. obliquis, with much longer and 
narrower elytra gradually attenuated from the obliquely rounded 
shoulders, and without the peculiar oblique appearance of the 
posterior declivity. 
Length, rost. included, 3% ; breadth, 136 line. 
I have two examples from “ The Brothers,” where they were 
found by Mr. P. Stewart-Sandager. 
RHYPAROSOMID. 
Pachyprypnus, n.gen.—Rostvum moderately elongate, arched, sub- 
parallel, slightly narrowed towards the middle ; scvoves shallow, ex- 
tending to the upper part of the eye,the point of antennal insertion 
7, Our abstract of this paper is unavoidably held over. 
