OF NEW ZEALAND. 963 



rated by narrow interstices. The antennae bear dark, in place of 

 yellow, hairs. 



Length (rost. excL), 7 lines; breadth, 3f. 



Mr. G. M. Thomson, F.L.S., of Dunedin, was kind enough to 

 send me a specimen which he picked up off the ground on Mount 

 Tyndall, at an elevation of 6,500ft. 



Group— ERIRHINID^. 



Simachus. 



Nov. gen. 



Body oviform. Rostrum cylindrical ; scrobes attaining the eyes 

 and beginning near the apex in the male sex. Funicuhis 6-articulate. 

 Thorax sub-truncate at base and apex, without ocular lobes. Eyes 

 moderate, rounded. Legs robust, femora unarmed, tibige a little 

 bent. Tarsi stout, third joint cleft almost to its base and pubescent 

 underneath ; claws short and stout and strongly appendiculate. 

 Front coxce prominent and contiguous. Metasternum rather short. 

 Abdomen with the two basal segments nearly equal, third and fourth 

 short. 



The type bears some resemblance to Erirhinus limbatus, but 

 differs therefrom by its six-jointed funicle. 



1739- S. montanus, n.s. Convex, oviform, slightly nitid, pale 

 reddish-brown, snout and antennae somewhat rufescent ; clothed with 

 evenly-distributed, slender, yellowish hairs. 



nostrum longer than thorax, arched, parallel, moderately slender, 

 with rows of punctures. Antenna elongate, scape almost straight, 

 thickened apically ; funiculus pubescent, basal joint large, incrassated 

 towards the extremity, second similarly formed but only half the 

 bulk of the first, third rather longer than fourth, sixth transverse ; 

 club large, ovate, articulate. Thorax a little broader than long, its 

 sides rounded, narrowed and a little constricted and depressed in 

 front, distinctly and moderately-closely punctured. Scutellum small. 

 Elytra truncate at base, widest before the middle, a good deal nar- 

 rowed posteriorly; striate -punctate (appearing punctate- striate), 

 interstices seemingly impunctate. Legs stout, thighs notched near 

 the end, inflated near the middle, but not toothed. Underside dusky- 

 brown, rather coarsely punctured, and bearing fine greyish hairs. 



In one example there are on the hind-body a large basal, two 

 median, and an apical spots, which are slightly darker than the rest 

 of the surface. 



Length (rost. inch), ij-if lines; breadth, nearly \. 



Mount Egmont. 



Erirhinus (p. 449)- 



1740. E. cheesemani, ^i-s. Oblong-oval, convex, shining; 



clothed with grey hairs, some of which are much coarser than others ; 



testaceous ; the thorax, a large basal lobate space, an interrupted 



oblique fascia formed by eight spots between the hind legs, and two 



