126 Trausartiona:. 



deal broader than thorax at the base, much narrowed apically, closely 

 striate-punctate ; interstices broad, each with a series of small distant 

 granules having a dark slender seta in each. 



Underside nitid, rufo-castaneous, with depressed elongated grey scales 

 and setae. 



Female. — Basal ventral segment simple, the 5th elongated and conical. 

 Generally more brightly coloured. 



Male. — Basal segment broadly dej^ressed ; 5th depressed medially near 

 the apex, which is strongly rounded ; 6th rather coarsely fringed with grey 

 setae at the extremity. 



From the common E. fervidus (812) this differs in having coarser thoracic 

 sculpture, more-convex eyes, and a longer club. E. aspersus, though more 

 approximated, has less prominent eyes, the hind-body is shorter, broader, 

 and more cordiform and bears numerous erect blackish setae, and the 

 clothing of the declivity is hair-like. 



$. Length (rostrum inclusive), 6 mm. ; breadth. If mm. 



Mount Dennan. Found by Messrs. O'Connor and Simmonds. 



3300. Oreocharis albosparsa sp. nov. Oreocharis Broun, Man. N.Z. 

 Coleopt., p. 861. 



Elongate, moderately convex, subopaque ; nigrescent, tarsi castaneous ; 

 clothed with elongate inconspicuous greyish or cinereous setae, and 

 numerous elongate white squamae. 



Rostrum of about the same length as the thorax, very shghtly dilated 

 anteriorly, punctate, and with indistinct longitudinal carinae. Head a 

 third shorter than thorax, slightly narrowed towards the prominent eyes, 

 closely and distinctly punctate. Thorax of about equal length and breadth, 

 its sides only shghtly rounded, with a quite definite frontal constriction ; 

 its sculpture like that of the head. Scutellum oblong, sometimes greyish. 

 Elytra almost four times the length and nearly twice the breadth of the 

 thorax, gradually narrowed posteriorly ; with closely punctured, rather 

 shallow striae, which are rendered indistinct by the mixed vestiture ; 

 interstices punctate and rugose ; on the 2nd, in rear of the hind thighs, 

 there is a sliglit nodosity. 



Underside blackish, sparingly clothed with slender grey hairs and 

 fleecy scales ; metasternum slightly impressed medially behind, with trans- 

 versal sculpture ; abdomen closely punctate, 5th segment rather shorter 

 than the basal, subtruncate at apex, 6th short and transverse. 



Femora, intermediate and posterior, strongly angulate and dentiform ; 

 posterior tibiae arched above behind, and, below the middle, dilated along 

 their frontal or inner face. The scape attains the back of the eye. 

 Funiculus with black setae, basal joint largest, 2nd rather longer than the 

 following one, 4-6 equal. Club minutely and densely piibescent, quite 

 as long as the funiculus, triarticulate, the terminal joint about as long 

 as the basal two combined. Palpi porrect, their apical joint less than half 

 the bulk of the penultimate. 



The conspicuous white scales which besprinkle the surface will lead to 

 the identification of this species. 



Length (rostrum inclusive), 5 mm. ; breadth, \\ mm. 



Mount Dennan, Tararua Range. Discovered by Messrs. A. O'Connor 

 and H. Simmonds. 



Ohs. — A varietal form was taken by myself on Mount Egmont, at an 

 elevation of 4,500 ft., over twenty years ago. Li it the dilatation of the 



