OF NEW ZEALAND. 57 I 



Note. — I have seen three descriptions of this insect, and as they 

 may lead to misconceptions, I have thought it advisable to substitute 

 one by myself. 



Head rugosely punctured, with a depression between the antenn.-e, 

 in some specimens the vertex is smooth ; it is usually clothed with 

 yellowish hairs, but in some examples there is a dense patch of bright 

 yellow hairs in the emarginate portion of the eye, and another behind. 

 Thorax sub-cylindrical, its sides nearly straight, yet a little rounded, 

 apex truncate, base bisinuated \ the surface is transversely wrinkled, 

 with indications of a smooth dorsal line in some examples, though 

 oftener without ; it is clothed more or less densely with pale yellow 

 hairs. SciitdliDn covered with bright yellow pubescence. Elytra elon- 

 gate, wider than the thorax, shoulders prominent, sides nearly parallel 

 with the suture, yet a little incurved near the middle, and moderately 

 narrowed towards the apex ; their surface is indistinctly convex, rather 

 coarsely, rugosely-punctate, the punctation becoming shallow and con- 

 fused towards the apex ; they are clothed with pale yellow hair-like 

 bristles ; the colour varies from dark to pale reddish-castaneous. The 

 legs are pale red, the apices of the femora and tibite generally infuscate, 

 and they are covered with pallid (often yellow) pubescence. The ter- 

 minal joints of the palpi are securiform. 



Length, 7-10 lines. 



The species occurs throughout New Zealand, I believe ; but it can- 

 not be said to be common. 



1000. 2^. simplicollis, Bates. ^/(Wi,w/r, castaneous-red, pilose. 

 Head red, with an inter-antennal longitudinal furrow, its frontal portion 

 sparingly, the emargination of the eyes, and a triangular space behind 

 each eye densely, covered with yellow pubescence. Prothorax rather 

 longer than broad, a little convex, widest in front, gradually rounded 

 laterally, slightly constricted near the base, and feebly bisinuated at the 

 apex ; its surface, owing to slight tubercular elevations, appears some- 

 what uneven, and it has a few punctures near the anterior angles, with 

 clothing similar to that of the head, but not dense. The elytra are 

 coarsely and rugosely punctured, and clothed with short depressed grey 

 hairs, much coarser than those on the thorax. Legs and antenna* red- 

 dish and pubescent, the intermediate tibitie slightly bent. 



Length, 5 lines. 



A mutilated specimen, labelled as above, was sent to me from 

 Christchurch by Mr. C. M. Wakefield. It may be readily distinguished 

 from ^E. hirta by its less cylindrical, more anteriorly dilated, and 

 unwrinkled thorax. 



Leptachrous. 



Bates : A tin. Mag. Nat. Hist., July, 1874. 



Genus Phlycta'nodi affine, a cjuo differt capitc ante oculos magis 

 elongato, cjuadrato, palpis gracilibus filiformibus, &c. Corpus elonga- 

 tum, gracile. Caput exsertum, antice imulo elongatum, lateribus paral- 



