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long, the sides are nearly straight, yet a little narrowed in front, the 

 shoulders obtuse, apex truncate ; their sculpture is not very obvious, 

 but consists of rows of punctures, and two small obtuse tubercles near 

 the base, one on each side of the suture. Legs rather long, thighs 

 incrassated ; tarsi long and stout, the basal joint longer than the follow- 

 ing two. 



Length, i\ line. 



This species (of which I found three specimens at Tairua quite 

 recently) is closely allied to -E. comiliis ; these two species may be 

 placed with E. spinicollis for the present. The present species may be 

 at once recognised by its smaller and more elongate form, and by the 

 white pubescence predominating on the discoidal portions of the pro- 

 thorax and elytra. 



Exilis. 



Pascoe ; Sharp, Ent. Mon. Mag., July, 1873. 



Prothorax carina, transversa ab elytris remota. Rostrum brevissi- 

 mum, capite haud longius. Antennce tenuissimse, clava angustci ex 

 articulis duobus ultimis cum articuli noni apice constructa. 



Rostrum broad, very short, only about as long as the head, a little 

 dilated on each side in front of the insertion of the antennae. Eyes 

 greatly emarginate. Vertex simple. A?iten?2ce slender, always elongate, 

 though of variable length in the same species, inserted at the side of the 

 rostrum close to the eyes, so that the scrobes are mere foveae, their first 

 joint broad and dilated, obliquely truncate at the base, so as to adapt it 

 to move over the projecting portion of the side of the rostrum, second 

 joint short, the following joints slender, each distinctly thickened or 

 knotted at its extremity, the tenth and eleventh joints together with the 

 apical portion of the ninth forming a very distinct slender club. Prothorax 

 short and transverse, its elevated line moderately distant from the base 

 and continued forwards about half-way to the front along the sides. 

 Scutellum very small, anterior coxse contiguous, middle and posterior 

 ones not contiguous. 7Jzn7 with the basal joint elongate, nearly twice 

 as long as the second joint, third joint small, claws each with a small 

 but quite distinct tooth. 



Note. — I have been unable to see Mr. Pascoe's description; the 

 above are the characters assigned by Dr. Sharp to his genus Lawsonia, 

 but as it has been found to be identical with Exilis, Mr. Pascoe's name, 

 having precedence, must stand. 



978. E. lawsoni, Sharp; Ent. Man. Mag., July, 1873. Oblonga, 

 fusca, squamulis griseis minus evidenter variegatis vestita, antennarum 

 clava nigricante, pedibus viridi-testaceis, sub-pellucidis, tarsis fuscis • 

 antennarum articuli noni parte gracili elongata, quam clava longiore. 



Long Corp., \\-2 lin. ; antennarum, 2 §-9 lin. 



Antennce very variable in length, very slender, but with the extremity 

 of each joint from the third to the eighth stouter and nodose, the 

 extremity of the ninth joint forming with the tenth and eleventh joints 



