OF KEW ZEALAND. 86l 



viated and a little elevated behind, clothed with fine and coarse 

 greyish hairs. Legs stout, front thighs notched, the posterior al- 

 most dentate below. 



The chief peculiarity of this insect consists in the form of the 

 snout, the apical half being curvedly bent almost at right angles to 

 the basal. 



Length (rost. excl.), i^ lines; breadth, \. 



Mr. S. W. Fulton sent me an example from Taieri. 



1533- E. durus, 'i-s- Sub-ovate, beak and antennae nearly 

 rufo-testaceous, thorax testaceous, its apex reddish, with a pitchy 

 median streak ; elytra testaceous and pitchy-brown, the latter 

 colour occupying most of the middle of the base, and forming nume- 

 rous more or less confluent spots, especially behind ; legs yellow. 



Rostrum longer than thorax, moderately stout, arcuated, parallel, 

 rather coarsely sculptured, apparently punctate-striate. Antennce 

 implanted midway between the middle and apex, stout ; club well 

 limited. Prothorax broader than long, rather obtusely rounded 

 laterally, constricted in front, moderately closely punctured, clothed 

 with yellowish hairs. Scutellum small. Elytra broader, and at least 

 two times longer, than thorax, sub-oblong, almost punctate-striate, 

 interstices seemingly unimpressed, clothed with slender depressed 

 and semi-erect coarser hairs, of a pale-yellow colour, the latter 

 arranged in rows. Legs stout, femora not dentate, tibiae flexuose. 



The rough-looking beak and elytra, the former of nearly the 

 same colour as the antennae, will lead to its recognition. 



(7 . Length (rost. excl.), i^ lines ; breadth, f. 



My speciinen w'as taken on Mount Maungatua by Mr. Sydney 

 W. Fulton. 



1534. E. fuscoventris, n.s. Sub-ovate, slightly glossy, beak 

 obscure-red ; thorax reddish-brown, paler at apex ; elytra with a 

 large basal spot ; the suture, a lateral stripe, and a large longi- 

 tudinal space behind the middle of each elytron, dark-brown ; 

 the rest of their surface, as well as the legs and antennae, testaceous- 

 yellow, the club a little darker. 



Bostrum longer than thorax, arched, slightly dilated apically, 

 punctate-striate. Antenncs inserted before the middle ; club large, 

 oblong-oval. Prothorax transversal, a good deal narrowed in 

 front, its sides well rounded, its punctation tolerably close and 

 coarse. Scutellum piceous. Elytra broader and about three times 

 longer than thorax, sub-oblong, their sculpture intermediate between 

 punctate-striate and striate-puuctate, the intervals plane and finely 

 punctated. Anterior femora notched and angulated below, the others 

 dentate. Underside fuscous, rather coarsely punctured ; and, like 

 the upper surface, clothed with fine greyish hairs. 



In general outline, it resembles E. limhatus ; it is, however, 

 broader, the thorax is more strongly rounded laterally, and the 

 antennal club is much longer. 



Length (rost. excl.), i line; breadth, |. 



I have two examples ; they were received from Mr. G M 



