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P latyomida, White.
Antennæ long, slender, basal joint nearly reaching the
front of thorax; funiculus seven-jointed, first two joints
longest, all the joints thiclieued at the end and furnished
with longish hairs; club elongated, tbree-jointed, last joint
pointed ; thorax not much wider than the head, nearly as
wide as long ; scutelluna small, rounded at the end ; elytra
widest just beyond the middle, each elytron pointed at
the end ; legs longish, femora somewhat clubbed near the
end ; tibiæ of fore and middle legs slightly bent at the end ;
tarsi with the second joint small.
This new genus approaches some of the species of Pla-
tyomus.
P latyomida b in o d is .
Grayish, with pink and purplish reflections ; thorax
gi'ooved in the middle, somewhat warty above ; elytra with
many longitudinal rows of deepish points, each with a
large, somewhat compressed tubercle near the suture, beyond
the middle.
Length, lines.
Hab. New Zealand, Capt. Parry.
Ot io eh y n ch ü s g r is eu s.
Grayish ; beak in the middle above with a short, smooth
keel ; thorax somewhat rounded, rather deeply punctured,
deep brown, with grayish scales ; elytra covered with
small, gray scales, the shoulder somewhat bluntly keeled,
the back with longitudinal rows of punctures placed somewhat
in pairs, and with small hairs proceeding from the interstices
; tibiæ with longish, white hairs.
Length, 3^ lines.
Hab. New Zealand,—Colenso Esq.
R hadinosomds acuminatus.
Rbadinosomus acuminatus, Schonh. Cure. VI. 473.
Curculio acuminatus, Fahr. Syst. Ent. 152, 132. Oliv.
PI. 11,/. 139.
Leptosomus acuminatus, Schonh. Cure. II. 169. Waierh.
Trans. Ent. Soc. II. 192. PI. 17, f . 2.
Hab. New Zealand.
H oplo cneme, White.
Antennæ moderate, scape reaching to beyond the eye,
somewhat bent, very little thickened at the end ; funiculus
six-jointed, first joint thickest, the next five somewhat cupshaped,
the club nearly as long as the funiculus, four-
jointed, two first joints cup-shaped, last joint bluntish ;
beak shortish, thick, depressed, antennal gi'oove short,
transverso-oblique, beginning near the end of beak ; eyes
largish and prominent ; thorax somewhat strangulated in
front, sides rather straight ; scutellum distinct, sides parallel,
end rounded ; elytra straightish at the base, elongated,
sides nearly parallel ; intermediate and bind pairs of legs
with a strong, compressed tooth near the end of the femora
; tibiæ slightly curved.
Not far removed from Orchestes.
H oplocneme cinnamomea.
Rich chestnut brown ; head gradually wider behind,
beak ferruginous, between the eyes some fulvous, chestnut
scales ; thorax thickly clothed with fulvous chestnut
scales, with a few blacldsh hairs intermixed ; scutellum
pale yellow ; elytra covered with fulvous chestnut scales,
the sides ferruginous, the back with many shallow, longitudinal
lines, with impressed points ; many elongated,
palish hairs, running somewhat in lines and mixed with
the scales on the upper part of the elytra ; legs ferruginous,
smooth.
Length, 2 j lines.
Hab. New Zealand,—Colenso Esq.
H oplocneme h o o k e e i.
Bluish black, with ferruginous legs ; head behind the
eyes wider than the thorax in front, beak smoothish ;
head thickly punctured above ; scape of antennæ pale ferruginous
; thorax thickly punctured above, below on each
side with a widish line of white, close-pressed hairs ; elytra
without scales or hairs, with many longitudinal lines
with impressed dots, the interstices with short, transverse
lines.
Length, 2 lines.
Hab. New Zealand.
O k o pt e ed s , White.
Antennæ longish, scape just reaching to the eye, straightish
; funiculus seven-jointed, the last joints nearly equal in
thickness and close together, club ovate, joints indistinct ;
beak long, considerably curved, cylindrical, a groove on
the sides for the scape of antennæ; thorax gradually wider
behind, the sides nearly straight, in front and behind abrupt
; elytra at the base straight, with a conical protuberance
in the middle, elytra rounded at the end ; legs longish
; femora very slightly thickened near the end ; tibiæ
straight.
O e o p t e eu s c o n ig e e . PI. S,Jiy. 15.
Pale ferruginous ; beak and head punctured ; thorax
finely striated transversely ; elytra rather coarsely punctured
in lines, with a strong, conical, pointed protuberance
nearer the margin than the suture, smooth and free from
hairs ; legs paler than upper parts.
Length, 2 lines
Hab. N. Zealand.
ScoLOPTEKUS, White.
Antennæ situated in a slight depression on the side of
beak near the tip, moderate, slender, scape reaching beyond
the eyes, as long as the rest of the antennæ ; funiculus
seven-jointed, first joint equal to the following two
taken together, very distinct from them and thickened at
the end, the others gradually larger as they approach the
club, which is very long and very distinctly three-jointed,
the first two joints cup-shaped ; beak slightly bent, somewhat
depressed ; eyes flattened ; thorax gradually wider
behind, the sides perfectly straight, in front and behind
truncated, longer than wide ; elytra spined; femora of
hind legs with a strong, compressed spine on the underside
near the end ; tibi® considerably bent at lire base.
SOOLOPTEEUS TETEACANTHUS.
Head and thorax deep black ; elytra greenish bronze,
the spines purplish black, the femora purplish black, the
remainder of the legs purplish ferruginous ; head and thorax
quite smooth ; elytra very deeply punctured in lines,
the shoulders produced into a thick angular spine directed
outwards and very slightly upwards ; each elytron about
the middle with a strong spine near the suture directed
somewhat backwards and tufted with hair at the end ; the
intermediate femora with a compressed spine below near
the end.
Length, 3 | lines.
Hab. New Zealand (Port Nicholson).
SCOLOPTEEÜS PENICILLATUS. P I. S , f i g . 10.
Head and thorax black, the latter with a fine purplish
h u e ; elytra of a glossy olive brown ; legs all black; head
and thorax very smooth ; elytra punctured in lines, but
not deeply, the shoulder with a bluntish, not very prominent
angle ; about the middle of the elytra a high, regular
conical protuberance, blunt at the top and with a pointed
tuft of black hairs ; middle femora with a distinct tooth
near the end.
Length, 2j lines.
Hab. New Zealand (Port Nicholson).
SCOLOPTEEUS BIDENS. P I . ’i , f i g . 12.
Curculio bidens, Fahr. Syst. Ent. 1 3 6 , 5 1 . Oliv. Col.
t. 1 0 , / . 113.
Hab. New Zealand.
A n c is t e o p t e e u s , White.
Head and thorax much narrower than the elytra at the
base ; eyes very large ; beak long, very slightly curved,
somewhat thickened at the end ; mandibles prominent,
thick and somewhat bent at the end; antennae very long,
springing from a depression on the upper side of the
back near the end, the scape reaching a little beyond
the eyes, nearly as long as the rest of antennae, second
joint as long as third and fourth together, and
iit the end double their thickness, club long, somewhat
pointed at the end, formed apparently of three joints,
the two last closely united ; elytra together triangular, the
shoulders hooked, the hook standing out, each elytron
about the middle with a strong, somewhat erect spine,
bristly at the end ; legs long, femora slightly clavate, with
a small tooth below near the end.
A n c i s t e o p t e e u s q u a d e is p in o s u s . P I . S ,J i y . 14.
Head and thorax black, rather coarsely punctured ; an-
tenme obscure, scape ferruginous ; thorax down the middle
with a band of yellowish hairs ; elytra brownish red,
with longitudinal lines formed of deepish dots, the spines
black, a narrow, straight line of white hairs runs from
behind the middle spines to the tip of each elytron ; under
side of body black ; legs light ferruginous.
Length, 2 | lines.
Hab. Port Nicholson, New' Zealand, Capt. Parry.
PSEPI-IOLAX.
Psepholax, While, Dieffenbach's New Zeal. II. 275.
Beak short, perpendicularly bent down, wide, somewhat
dilated at the end ; antennæ spring A'om the end of a deep
groove, twelve-jointed, first joint as long as the next seven
joints taken together, the tip nearly, if not quite, reaching
the eye, very smooth and gradually thickened to the end, the
second joint minute, the five preceding the club somewhat
moniliform, club large, oval, pointed at the end (oi
four joints ?), covered with minute hairs ; eyes roundish,
of an ovate elliptical form ; thorax behind nearly as wide
as the elytra at the base ; elytra widest a little behind the
base ; legs rather stout, femora thickened, those of the
first pair w'ith the margin sinuated, bulging into a broad,
blunt tooth ; tibiæ of second pair with a strong tooth near
the end.
P se pholax sulcatus. PI. i,Jig. 1.
Psepholax sulcatus. White, I. c.
Deep pitchy, brownish black ; thorax above with three
distinct, brownish ashy lines, the lateral ones broadest and
somewhat irregular, these lines are formed by distinct, coloured
scales ; elytra ribbed, each w'ith at least six raised
ribs, two of which meet at the end, some of them have
erect scales along the in'egular edge, between each is a
line of impressed points, the sides of the elytra at the
broadest part are very hairy ; legs punctate and like the
under surface of the body, with brownish ashy hairs, longest
on the posterior part of the tibiæ aud tarsi.
Length, about 4 lines.
Hab. New Zealand, Dr. Sinclair.
P seph o la x b a r b if eo n s .
Beak with two longitudinal rows of ferruginous hairs on
the margin directed forwards ; thorax thickly punctured ;
elytra narrower than in P. sulcatus, with eight longitudinal
striæ, the intervening spaces flat at the base, two of these
at the tip raised and crested with light brown scales; whole
insect deep brown, mixed w'ith lighter coloured scales.
Length, 4 lines.
Hab. New Zealand, Mr. Earl.
P seph o la x coeonatus. PI. 3,Jiy. 4.
Black ; thorax punctured, with three interrupted lines
of grayish scales ; elytra very slightly grooved, the base
with many slight, transverse rugosities, on the posterior
half a circle of erect spines, behind w'hich are two or three
rows of shorter spines, near the base a transverse band of
grayish scales, under side of body covered with short,
grayish hairs.
Length, 4 lines.
Hab. New Zealand (Waikouaiti), in the centre of a tree,
Mr. Earl.