922 COLEOPTERA 



chiefly decumbent, greyish hairs, rufous, legs and antennas fulvous, 

 tarsi and palpi yellow. 



Head rather short .and broad, the inter-ocular fovcEe large, the 

 channels proceeding from them rather shallow, the front of forehead 

 slightly raised ; eyes small yet distinct. AntenncB shorter than head 

 and thorax ; second joint not much longer than broad, stout ; joints 

 3-8 very much alike ; third slightly longer than broad ; eighth quite 

 transverse ; ninth not twice the size of eighth, transverse ; tenth of 

 similar form but nearly double the breadth of ninth ; eleventh rather 

 short but large and acuminate. Frotliorax scarcely wider than head, 

 about as long as bi-oad, its sides curved, the external foveas con- 

 spicuous, the middle one like a triangular impression, all three 

 united. Elytra broader and much longer than thorax, sutural 

 grooves broad, basal impressions wide but not continued posteriorly. 

 Hind-body as large as elytra. Legs moderate, tibiae arched exter- 

 nally, tarsi short and thick. 



It is difficult to indicate the species near which this should be 

 located. The short, broad head may be termed distinctive ; the 

 middle joints of the antennae are rather short, like those of E. vacuus ; 

 and there are indistinct, shallow punctures on the head, thorax, and 

 wing-covers. 



Length, f line ; breadth, ^. 



I found two examples many years ago at Tairua. 



1653. E. mirificus, '^-s. Sub-depressed, moderately shining, 

 castaneo-rufous, legs and antennae fulvescent ; pubescent. 



Head about as large as thorax, sub-quadrate ; with a longitudinal 

 depression near each side united on the vertex by a transversal one, 

 the forehead nearly plane and punctate ; the margins from the 

 antennae backwards obtusely and unevenly elevated ; the occipital 

 portion obliquely narrowed, truncated in front, and projecting over 

 depressed part ; eyes very small. Antenna as long as head and 

 thorax, basal joint red, stout, cylindric ; second much shorter ; 

 third a good deal longer but more slender than second ; 4-7 nearly 

 equal to one another, quadrate ; eighth much smaller than the 

 contiguous ones ; ninth and tenth transverse, the latter nearly twice 

 the size of the former; eleventh large. Protliorax cordiform, about 

 as long as broad, with three basal impressions united by a trans- 

 versal one, dorsal sulcus abbreviated, the punctate sculpture indis- 

 tinct ; it bears some fine yellow hairs like those on the head. Elytra 

 quadrate, narrowed in front, covered with short and longish greyish 

 hairs ; sutural striae and intra-humeral impressions moderate, not 

 distinctly punctured. Hmd-body longer and almost as broad as 

 elytra, the three visible basal segments equal, pubescent. Legs 

 moderately stout, tibiae arcuated outwardly, the anterior seemingly 

 grooved on their front face. 



The form and sculpture of the head distinguish this curious 

 creature. The front tibia appears to be hollowed out as if for the 

 reception of the tarsus, just like some of the Byrrhidce. 



Length, f line ; breadth, 1. 



I took this beetle from the underside of a log near Howick. 



