OF NEW ZEALAND. 535 



Obs. — Species ad hoc genus forsan vix omnino pertinens. Ab E. 

 jansoni oX fernigineo differt corpore minore nitidiore et paulo grossius 

 sculpturato, rostro subangustiore, prothorace elytrisque ad basin rectius 

 truncatis, his ad apicem baud sin ulatim rotundatis, scapo minus cur- 

 vato, tarsisque subgraciHoribus, artf 3*'"- magis simplici. 



949- E. vicinus, n.s. This species closely resembles E. diiMus, 

 but has a longer and more anteriorly-narrowed thorax, a much narrower 

 and rather longer rostrum, and less flexuose antennal scape. 



The rostrum is finely and almost rugosely punctured, and of a pitchy- 

 red colour. The antenncE are red, their club is finely pubescent, very 

 much rounded, and obtuse at the apex. The thorax is rather closely 

 and coarsely punctured, with an indistinct depression near each side in 

 front of the base, and of a piceous colour. The elytra are somewhat 

 testaceous, with the. suture pitchy ; they are striated, the striae are 

 impressed with moderately large punctures, and the interstices with a 

 row of smaller ones ; their sculpture is somewhat interrupted behind so 

 as to leave a depression on each near the apex beyond the third inters- 

 tice ; they are wider than the thorax and gradually attenuated poste- 

 riorly. The legs are moderately slender, but the third tarsal joint is a 

 little dilated, so as to appear sub-bilobed. 



Length, i| line. 



Described from my unique example, which was detected at Parua, 

 near Whangarei Harbour. 



950. E. breviceps, n.s. Body dark reddish-chestnut, antennae 

 and legs reddish. Antetina' stout, the funiculus scarcely more than half 

 the length of the scape, and with the club elongate and rather longer 

 than the funiculus. Head and rostrum short, the latter a little depressed 

 near the apex, distinctly but not very closely punctured, and with an 

 impression in front of the eyes, these latter small and sub-depressed. The 



It is a thick somewhat convex insect, greatly resembling E. diihius 

 in general appearance, but at once distinguishable by the structure of 

 the antennse. 



Length, i^ line. 



I found a specimen of this species also at Parua. 



951. E. ampins, n.s. Body piceous, moderately shining, the legs 

 and antenn;« pitchy-red. Antennfe rather long, yet not at all elongate 

 or slender, with the joints of the funiculus distinctly defined, and the 

 club stout. The rostrum is rather long, yet not narrowed, a little uneven 

 and rather deeply but finely and distinctly punctured. The head is 

 rather large and slightly constricted behind. Prothorax large, much 

 longer than that of E. dubius, somewhat dilated behind the middle, 

 rounded behind, gradually narrowed anteriorly and widely constricted in 

 front, the constriction forming a broad transverse frontal depression ; its 

 disc is a little depressed, and it is moderately coarsely and almost 

 rugosely punctured. Elytra elongate, broadest at the base, from thence 

 sub-parallel but gradually attenuated ; they bear punctured stri.v, and 



