g64 . PQLEOPTERA 



more or less conspicuous apical spotB on the elytra smoky-brown ; 

 scape fulvescent, funiculus and club infuscate. 



Rostrum longer than head and thorax, arched, slender, parallel, 

 grooved and punctate. Scape shorter than funiculus, shining, 

 thickened at apex. Funiculus pubescent, basal joint stout, largest, 

 second elongate, cylindrical, joints 3-7 decrease in length, third and 

 fourth longer than broad, the others not transverse ; club large, 

 oblong-oval, tri-articulate. Prothorax a little broader than long, 

 slightly rounded laterally, moderately coarsely punctured, the middle 

 of the disc more distantly. Sciitellum oblong. Elytra oblong, 

 broader and very much longer than the thorax, their sides slightly 

 curved, distinctly striate-punctate (almost crenate-striate), interstices 

 finely pmactured. Legs stout, front thighs incrassate, intermediate 

 obtusely angulated, posterior toothed belov^, tibice flexuous, tarsi 

 stout. Underside blackish, more or less punctate, bearing fine grey- 

 ish hairs. The metasternum, the two basal, and the apical abdominal 

 segments broadly concave. 



? . Femora not dentate, snout more slender and elongate, 

 antennae inserted just before the middle instead of near the apex, 

 hind-body shorter. 



Obs. — A very similar form occurs in Otago, in which the thorax 

 is rather shorter, and more strongly rounded at the sides, the dark 

 basal elytral spot is nearly absent, and the whole antenna is some- 

 times testaceous. I consider it a varietal form of Nos. 1244 and 

 1245, just intermediate in fact, so that these two may ultimately be 

 looked upon as one variable and widely-distributed species. The 

 underside of No. 1244 is like that of E. cheesemani, but the apical 

 ventral segment is unimpressed. 



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



Mount Egmont. 



1741- E. difformipes, n.s. Sub-oblong, moderately convex, 

 variegate. 



Eostrum longer than head and thorax, slender, arched, parallel, 

 rufo-fuscous, striate-punctate, its base with elongate yellow scales. 

 Antennce long and slender, scape fulvescent, funiculus fuscous and 

 bearing grey hairs, first joint long and stout, 2-6 decrease in length, 

 all longer than broad, second slender and about equal to the first in 

 length ; club elongate, oblong-oval, tri-articulate. Prothorax trans- 

 verse, abruptly narrowed in front, its sides rounded ; rather closely 

 punctured, interstices finely sculptured ; clothed with longish yellow 

 hairs, obscure-testaceous, with elongate smoky marks. Elytra 

 oblong, much broader at base than at thorax, from thence gradually 

 narrowed ; striate-punctate, interstices not distinctly punctured ; 

 they are clothed with slender and coarse yellowish hairs, most of 

 the disc is of the same colour as the thorax, but the sides and apices 

 are dark-brown, very slightly tinged with green. Legs of a pale 

 variegate-fuscous hue, long and stout ; two front pairs of thighs 

 simple, posterior angulated, but not distinctly toothed below; anterior 

 tibia nearly straight, intermediate ilexuose, hind pair a good deal 



