934 COLEOPTERA 



Otago : Mr. S. W. Fulton. Tekapo, Canterbury : Messrs. Cheese- 

 man and Urquhart. 



Eiratus (p- 447)- 



1679. E. SUavis, w.s. Sub-oblong, sub-depressed, infuscate- 

 red, opaque, sparsely clothed with yellow hairs, those on the 

 elytra short and confined to the interstices, tarsi and antennae 

 red, club blackish. 



Bostrum as long as thorax, sub-parallel. Antenncs pilose ; scape 

 short, gradually thickened ; basal joint of funiculus large, second 

 slender, longer than broad, 3-5 decrease in length, sixth and seventh 

 transverse, seventh nearly twice the size of the sixth ; club 

 large, ovate, about as large as joints 3-7 conjointly. Prothorax 

 longer than broad, constricted in front, its punctation close and 

 coarse but not deep. Scutellum small. Elytra ohlong, broader than 

 thorax, striate-punctate, third, fifth, and seventh interstices more 

 elevated than the others, the sutural only attain the apices. 



Narrow^er than E. parvulus, its nearest ally, the thorax especially 

 narrower, and with differently-sculptured elytra. The ground colour 

 seems to be variable : I have a specimen of an obscure-pitchy hue. 



Length (rost. inch), i-| lines; breadth, f. 



Waitakerei Eange. 



Group-ERIRHINID^. 



Aneuma (p. 455)- 



1680. A. COmpta, n.s. Ovate, convex, fuscous, mostly 

 covered with pale-yellow hair-like scales, but with a broad blackish 

 fascia behind the posterior femora, legs and antennae and all but the 

 apex of the beak testaceous-yellow. 



Rostrum longer than thorax, sub-parallel, feebly bicarinate. 

 Antenncs inserted between the middle and apex ; basal joint of 

 funiculus much stouter but not longer than second, club oblong- 

 oval. Prothorax rather broader than long, contracted in front, 

 moderately punctate, its clothing quite yellow. Elytra obovate, 

 with six slight basal elevations, apparently closely striate-punctate. 

 Anterior femora minutely dentate, the others deeply notched near 

 the extremity and dentate below, tibiae a little bent. Underside 

 smoky, covered with straw-coloured, hair-like scales. 



Seems to resemble A. fulvipes, but the elytral interstices are not 

 convex. 



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



Waitakerei Eange, near Auckland. 



Group-CRYPTORHYNCHID^. 



Acalles (p- 488). 



168 1. A. terrricola, n-s. Oviform, broad, convex, densely 

 covered with greyish and obscure-testaceous depressed, and longer 

 erect, scales, the latter on the elevated parts and sides ; antenuEe 

 ferruginous, beak rufo-piceous, tarsi rufous. 



