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793. E. fuSCOnotatUS, n.s. Rostrum elongate, slender, of equal 

 thickness throughout, indistinctly striated and punctulated, testaceous. 

 Anten/ue slender, testaceous, inserted near the middle of the rostrum ; 

 basal joint of the funiculus large, the others small ; club short, ovate, 

 fuscous. Prothorax transversal, rounded laterally and narrowed in 

 front ; the disc is scarcely convex, there is an indistinct transverse 

 depression near the apex ; the surface is punctate with transversely 

 elevated intervals ; .it is testaceous, with a fuscous dorsal spot and 

 clothed with fine pale-yellow hairs disposed transversely. Scutellum 

 small. The elytra are wider and three times longer than the thorax, 

 sub-ovate ; they bear punctured strire, only the three sutural interstices 

 reach the apex, the others are more or less confluent and elevated 

 posteriorly ; they are scantily clothed with pallid pubescence, on each 

 there is an elongate fuscous mark near the suture at the middle, and two 

 or three others, which, however, are not very conspicuous, and do not 

 correspond very accurately with those on the other elytron ; the general 

 ground-colour is testaceous. 



The legs are pale testaceous ; the femora excised near the apex and 

 sub-dentate below ; tibiae flexuose. 



Length, if lines (rost. incl.). 



I found this species near Whangarei Harbour. It is as much allied 

 to Dorytomus as Erirhinus. 



794. E. discoideus, /^..f. ^«/(f««^gelongate, rather slender; scape 

 fuscous, funiculus piceous. Rostrum rather long, moderately stout, 

 slightly arched, indistinctly punctate, colour fuscous. Head with a few 

 yellowish hairs on the vertex. Thorax longer than broad, with slightly 

 rounded sides ; there is a rather broad, yet not very obvious, transverse 

 depression in front of the middle \ the surface is punctured, dark testa- 

 ceous, with a fuscous streak near each side ; it is sparingly pilose, the 

 hairs on the sides more concentrated, and of a lighter colour, than those 

 on the disc. Elytra moderately convex, wider, and two times longer, 

 than the prothorax, almost imperceptibly dilated just before being 

 rounded to the apex ; the striae are punctate, but rather shallow ; there 

 are, a dark humeral triangular patch, and a cufved fascia near the 

 apex, fuscous, the disc being testaceous ; the pubescence is rather fine 

 and variegated, being most conspicuous on the interstices in front of the 

 apical fascia, where it forms white streaks. Legs stout, testaceous ; 

 femora moderately inflated, not much e.xcised near the extremity ; tibite 

 flexuose. 



Length, if line (rost. incl.). 



I found two specimens at Parua, Whangarei Harbor. 



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795. E. flavitarsis, n-s. Antenna; stout, yellowish ; first joint of 

 funiculus largest. Rostrum stout, of nearly equal thickness throughout, 

 somewhat arcuated, finely punctured, shining and reddish. Thorax 

 about as long as broad, base and apex truncate, widest at the middle, 

 sides rounded, moderately convex ; its colour is obscure red, it is closely 

 but not coarsely punctured, and is clothed with short yellow hairs, 



