OF NEW ZEALAND. 863 



itostrum not much longer than thorax, a httle arched, stout, 

 almost quite parallel, shiuiug, puuctate-striate. Antennce inserted 

 mid^Yay betAveen the middle and apex, stout, club ovate. Prothorax 

 nearly as long as broad, transversely impressed and constricted 

 (slightl}') in front, the sides moderately rounded, its punctation 

 tolerably close and coarse. ScuteUum small. Elytra broader than 

 and quite twice the length of thorax, sub-oblong, striate-punctate, 

 interstices nearly flat, and finely and remotely punctated. Femora 

 robust, the anterior notched and somewhat angulated, the others 

 dentate; tibiae shghtly bent. Underside similar in colour to the 

 upper, rather coarsely but not closely punctured, sparsely clothed 

 with fine yellowish hah's. Metasternum longitudinally impressed. 

 Third abdominal segment hardly as long as the next two taken 

 together. The pectoral cavity with acute edges and bounded by the 

 coxae, which do not quite touch one another. 



Obs. — No. 797 is congeneric. 



Length (rost. excl.), i line; breadth, quite f. 



Otago : Messrs. Fulton and Chahner. 



Hypotagea (p. 456). 



1538. H. dissona, '^^■s. Sub-ovate, rather elongate, fusco- 

 testaceous ; the thorax with three (the central longest) blackish 

 marks ; the elytra with three elongate basal spots having a tendency 

 to unite, an interrupted flexuous fascia in line with the hind thighs, 

 a broader sub-apical one, and a continuous lateral stripe, piceous ; 

 beak infuscale, scape rufo-testaceous, funiculus pitchy-brown. 



Bostrum rather slender, arched, parallel, elongate, twice the 

 length of thorax, punctate-striate. Antennce inserted near the apex, 

 moderately slender ; first joint of funiculus as large as the following 

 two ; third cylindric, quite as long as but more slender than fourth : 

 club large, oblong-oval, opaque, pubescent. Eyes with coarse facets, 

 slightly convex. Prothorax about as long as broad, narrowed and 

 impressed anteriorly, rounded laterally, rather closely and coarsely 

 punctured, and, like the head, bearing a few grey scale-like hairs. 

 ScuteUum small. Elytra broader and quite two times longer than 

 thorax, gradually narrowed posteriorly; strongly striate-punctate, 

 interstices minutely and remotely punctated, plane. Legs moderately 

 long and stout ; anterior femora simple, the posterior obtusely 

 angulated below ; tihice' flexuose, the intermediate abruptly bent 

 inwardly at the extremity, the posterior less so. Underside piceous, 

 punctate, clothed with gi-ey hairs; metasternum canaliculate; the 

 two basal segments of the abdomen broadly impressed, the third and 

 fom-th not much abbreviated, each appreciably shorter than the 

 second. Claics appendiculate. 



Length (rost. inch), i^ lines ; breadth, nearly ^. 



Mount Maungatua, Taieri : Mr. Fulton. One example. 



Eugnomus (p- 458). 



1539- E. luctuoSUS, "-5. Piceo-niger ; tarsi, knees, apex of 

 snout, and the antennae (save the pitchy club) reddish ; clothed with 



