142 COLEOPTERA 



Auckland. A single specimen (probably a female), sent by 

 Mr. Lawson. 



259. E. sculp turatUS, '/.s. Allied to £. opacus ; the head, thorax 

 and abdomen red, elytra paler, of nearly the same hue as the legs. 



Head short, but as broad as the prothorax, deeply impressed at each 

 side and in front, the vertex projecting in the middle towards the minute 

 frontal tubercles, which, owing to the forehead being rather contracted, 

 are not at all remote, and hardly more elevated than the sides of 

 the head. Thorax a little longer than broad, a good deal narrowed in 

 front, convex, considerably narrower than the elytra ; it has a very dis- 

 tinct and quite straight dorsal groove not attaining the apex, a large 

 fovea at each side extending forwards, and a transverse line in front of 

 the base uniting all three. Elytra longer and considerably broader 

 than thorax, very slightly convex, with a distinct sutural stria and an 

 elongate impression beyond it, widest near the base ; they bear fine 

 yellowish pubescence. Hind-body nearly as broad as but much shorter 

 than the elytra, pubescent, the basal segments not at all deflexed. Legs 

 rather slender. Antenna as long as head and thorax, stout, the two 

 basal joints equally stout, the first longer than second ; joints three to 

 eight nearly equal ; ninth and tenth transverse, the latter slightly larger 

 than ninth ; eleventh ovate, rather short. 



Length, f line. 



I found this species also at Tairua. 



260. E. frontalis, n.s. Eloncfatc, sub-depressed, dark castaneous- 

 red, pubescent, legs and antennae reddish, rather pale. Antennce not so 

 long as head and thorax, rather slender, with the two basal joints about 

 equal ; third joint as long as second, but a little narrower ; the penulti- 

 mate not much larger than its predecessors, the last joint large, ovate. 



Head very large, as large as thorax, very broad behind and narrowed 

 anteriorly ; antennal tubercles small, the sides of the head behind the 

 antennal orbits considerably elevated, with an excessively deep fovea at 

 each side behind, almost in line with the eyes ; these are situated on 

 the sides, and consequently scarcely visible from above ; an indistinct 

 transverse impression separates the vertex from the forehead, its whole 

 surface is, therefore, somewhat uneven. Thorax as long as broad, 

 cordate, widest in front of the middle, abruptly rounded anteriorly, 

 gradually narrowed behind ; it is sub-depressed, with a dorsal impression 

 from base to apex, a transverse one behind, and an elongate fovea near 

 to, but not on, each side. Elytra sub-quadrate, very little longer than 

 thorax ; each with a sutural, and distinct, but abbreviated, discoidal 

 furrow. Hind-body of about the same size as the elytra. Legs moderately 

 long. 



Length, f line. 



Described from one example in my own collection, obtained at 

 Tairua. The insect may be recognised by its broad head, with deep 

 fovese and inconspicuous eyes. 



