OF NEW ZEALAND. 437 



Length, 3 lines. 



I found one example only, at Tairua. 



767. E. g^ranulatUS, n.s. Sub-oblong, piceous, sparsely squa- 

 mose, antennae and tarsi ferruginous. Rostrum pitchy-red, almost nude, 

 with four costa?. ThQ prothorax is about as long as it is broad, with a 

 sinuous base and rounded sides ; there is an indistinct smooth dorsal 

 ridge, its surface is coarsely punctured in front, and granulated behind, 

 and bears some griseous setse which are chiefly confined to the sides. 

 The elytra are oviform, of the same width at the base as the prothorax, 

 they are rounded laterally, and somewhat prolonged apically ; there is a 

 basal depression which appears as a continuation of a slighter depres- 

 sion of the prothorax ; their surface as far as the middle is coarsely 

 granulated, there is a smooth transverse space near the middle, behind 

 which there are several tufts of setse, which give the posterior half a 

 somewhat tuberculated aspect, whilst the frontal portion is almost nude. 

 The legs are obscure-rufous and squamose. 



Length, 2i lines (rost. inch). 



I found one at Parua, Whangarei Harbour. 



Cecyropa. 



Pascoe ; Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., September, 1875. 



Rostrum breve, validum ; scrobes subterminales, postice dilatatje, 

 longe ante oculos desinentes ; seapus elongatus, gradatim incrassatus, 

 pone oculum superans ; funiculus breviusculus, 7-articulatus, articulo 

 basali crassiore, secundo breviore, cDsteris transversis ; clava distincta. 

 Ocidi ovati, grosse granulati, prothoraci contigui. Prothorax ampliatus, 

 paulo convexus, utrinque rotundatus, basi truncatus ; lobis ocularibus 

 fere obsoletis, fimbriatis, scutcllum invisum. Elytra cordiformia, pro- 

 thorace latiora, humeris obliquis. Femora crassa ; tibice versus apicem 

 valde ampliatpe, posticee corbellis cavernosis ; tarsi articulis duobus 

 basalibus triangularibus, secundo minore, tertio late bilobo : ultimo 

 mediocre; unguiculis liberis ; coxce anticse haud contigui. Abdomen 

 segmentis duobus basalibus amplis, sutura prima arcuata. 



It is not without hesitation that I place this genus with the Rhy- 

 parosomidce, the cavernous corbels of the posterior tibiae being excep- 

 tional. It has, however, some analogy at least to Dysostines on account 

 of its large prothorax and the non-contiguity of the anterior coxse. At 

 any rate there is no other place for it in " Section A " of the Phanc- 

 rognathes symmerides of Lacordaire, to which the genus belongs. Of my 

 two specimens one has a few patches of dark-coloured scales on the 

 middle of the elytra; in the other the dark i)redominates, the white 

 forming dispersed spots on the upper surface. 



768. C. tychioides, Pascoe; Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., Sept., 1875. 

 C. sat late ovalis, lusca, sciuamulis griseo-albidis adpressis, supra plus 

 minusve fuscis interjectis, omnino dense tecta ; rostra antennisquc 

 squamulosis, his ferrugineis setulis adspersis ; prothorace ante medium 



