450 COLEOPTERA 



rather long, narrow, spongy underneath, third joint sensibly wider than 

 first or second, fourth moderate, likewise the claws. 



Second abdominal segment at least as long as the third and fourth 

 taken together, separated from the first by a nearly straight suture. 

 Intereoxal process rather wide, rounded or angulated in front ; metaster- 

 nitni more or less elongate. 



Body oblong or oval, and, in the majority of the species, densely 

 pubescent. 



790. E. acalyptoides, Fascoe; Athi. Mag. Nat. Hist., Jany., 

 1876. E. ovatus, fulvus, parce sericeo-pilosus, prothorace fusco ; rostro 

 gracili, prothoraci longitudine ffiquali, modice arcuato, basi striato ; 

 an tennis fere in medio rostri insertis, clava majuscula fusca ; prothorace 

 transverse, utrinque valde rotundato, sat vage punctato ; sciitello rotun- 

 dato ; elytris prothorace multo latioribus, striato-punctatis, apice rotun- 

 datis ; pedibus fulvis; corpore infra infuscato. 



Long., if lin. 



Otago (Prof. Hutton). 



I can see nothing to differentiate this pretty little species genetically 

 from Erirhinus. It is very similar in appearance to our Acalyptus 

 carpini. 



1()i. E. limbatUS, Pascoe ; Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., Feby., 1877. 

 E. infuscatits, subnitidus, parce pilosus, marginibus elytrorum testaceis; 

 rostro testaceo, prothorace duplo longiore ; antennis in medio rostri 

 insertis ; funiculo articulo basali valde ampliato ; prothorace transverse, 

 fortiter punctato ; scutello parvo, distincto ; elytris breviter subovatis, 

 fortiter striato-punctatis, interstitiis planatis ; 'pedibus testaceis ; corpore 

 infra infuscato. 



Long., I lin. 



Tairua (Capt. Broun). 



A very distinct species, the elytra unusually broad, especially when 

 compared with the small transverse prothorax. 



792. E. glottis, Pascoe ; Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., Feby., 1877. E. 

 pallide flavescens, parce pilosus, vage fusco-plagiatus ; capite rostroque 

 infuscatis, illo rotundato, convexo-punctato, hoc gracili, prothorace 

 duplo longiore, leviter punctulato, apicem versus crassiore ; antennis in 

 medio rostri insertis, infuscatis; funiculo iongiusculo, articulo basali 

 elongato, secundo triplo longiore ; prothorace subtransverso, utrinque 

 valde rotundato, sat vage punctulato ; scutello infuscato ; elytris pro- 

 thorace multo latioribus, striato-punctatis, interstitiis leviter convexis, 

 apice rotundatis ; corpore infra infuscato. 



Long., if lin. 



Otago (Prof Hutton). 



At first sight this species resembles E. acalyptoides ; but it has a 

 longer and more slender rostrum, much broader at the apex, and only a 

 faint trace of striae at the base ; the prothorax is less transverse, and 

 there is a marked difference in colouration. 



