486 COLEOPTERA 



861. I. stramineTlin, w.i'. -^^^//-//w longer than prothorax, arcua- 

 ted, widely narrowed at the middle, the space in front of the antennal 

 insertion (one-third of its length from the apex) nude and punctate, the 

 remainder densely covered with dark straw-coloured scales. Prothorax 

 very broad in the middle, obHquely and abruptly narrowed anteriorly to 

 the width of the head, and again narrowed posteriorly to the width of 

 the elytra, to which it is so closely applied that its basal lobe and sinua- 

 tions are hardly perceptible ; the apex projects as far as the eyes and is 

 elevated and crested, it is depressed transversely behind the apex and 

 again at the base, on the middle near each side it is strongly but irregu- 

 larly elevated, so that the dorsal space seems depressed, its whole 

 surface, in fact, is very uneven with irregular elevations and cavities, 

 and densely covered with dark straw-coloured scales and coarse setae, 

 the latter predominating on the more elevated parts. ScuteUum small, 

 depressed. Elytra elongate, nowhere as broad as the middle of the 

 thorax, a little narrowed behind, with almost vertical sides ; they are 

 greatly elevated in front of the middle, and from thence slope pos- 

 teriorly, so that the hind part, which is somewhat flattened above, is 

 considerably prolonged ; their whole surface is clothed in the same way 

 as the thorax, and in one example, which I judge is the male, the eleva- 

 ted dorsal space bears many very long coarse setae, whilst the apex is 

 covered with shorter setse ; their sculpture is indefinite, consisting of 

 coarse punctiform impressions and irregular elevations ; the sides, near 

 the shoulders, in one example, are covered with fine white scales. 



The legs are long, decreasing in length from front to rear, the front 

 and middle pair most distant ; tibice flexuose, with stout curved apical 

 spurs proceeding from the hinder and outer part of the apex and bent 

 forwards ; the legs are reddish in colour and densely covered with 

 variegated scales and sets, and the tarsi are clothed with whitish setae. 



When the insect is viewed from the side, it is seen that the highest 

 point is behind the base of the elytra, the next the middle of the pro- 

 thorax, and between these elevations it is greatly depressed. 



The scrobes are well-marked, and extend from the eyes to within a 

 third of the length of the beak, so as to receive the whole of the scape ; 

 the antemicB are elongate ; the second joint of the funiculus slender and 

 longer than the first, joints three to seven are small ; the club large, 

 oval, larger in the male than the female, and in the latter sex the 

 antennae are shorter and inserted nearer the middle of the rostrum, and 

 the anterior half of her snout is more slender and more finely sculptured 

 than in the other sex. 



^ Length, 3 lines ; breadth, li. 



The length has been taken from the tip of the beak, the breadth 

 across the thorax. 



I found one pair only, near Whangarei Heads. 



Oreda. 



White; Lacord. Hist, des Ins. Coliop., Tom. vii.,/. 113. 



Rostrum moderate, robust, depressed, parallel, rounded at the angles, 

 and slightly arched ; its scrobes beginning near the apex (about a third 

 of its length), a little oblique, and attaining the eyes. Antenna short, 



