OF NEW ZEALAND. 1375 



2401. C. fulvus, ^i-s- Sicbovate, a little shining, fulvous, 

 rostrum reddish ; the clothing on the thorax consists of decumbent 

 golden- yellow hairs ; on the elytra the hairs are erect, but very 

 slender, and ratiier short ; there are, however, numerous pallid, 

 depressed, scale-like setae near the base, hind thighs, and the 

 posterior portion. 



Bostruvi finely punctate. Head with pale, depressed setae. 

 Thorax rather broader than long, base truncate, without ocular 

 lobes, constricted in front, its sides strongly rounded ; it is mode- 

 rately closely and distinctly punctured, and there is a smooth, 

 linear, median space which is not distinctly elevated. Scutdlum 

 small. Elytra suboblong, very slightly and gradually narrowed 

 forwards, the shoulders a good deal broader than the base of the 

 thorax ; they are striate-punctate. 



Underside chestnut-red, shining ; there is a piceous spot near the 

 base of the abdomen ; it is more or less punctate ; the clothing 

 greyish, coarse near the sides ; metasternum and the two basal 

 ventral segments longitudinally depressed. 



Length (rost. inch), IJ lines; breadth, ^ line. 



Boatman's. Cavell ; two examples. 



Euprocas. 



Nov. gen. 



Prosternum incurved in front ; concave along the middle, this 

 depression with elevated carinate lateral borders, these almost 

 touch the cox£e. Mesosternum short, with a raised process between 

 the middle coxae. Metasternum short. Abdomen of moderate 

 length, the intermediate segments with deep, straight sutures. 

 Front coxce large and prominent, rather widely separated. Legs 

 stout, anterior femora nearly simple, the others angulate or dentate 

 below, causing them to appear deeply notched near the extremity ; 

 tibics mucronate, flexuous ; tarsi hairy underneath, not slender, 

 their third joint about twice the width of the second, and strongly 

 bilobed; claws dentate at base. Thorax subtruncate at base, 

 without distinct ocular lobes. Scutellum depressed or obsolete. 

 Antennce inserted near the apex of the rostrum ; scape attaining the 

 eye, slightly thickened apically ; funiculus longer than the scape, 

 basal joint gradually thickened, the second rather longer than the 

 first and quite slender, joints 3-7 decrease in length, third and 

 fourth longer than broad, seventh subglobular ; club oblong-oval, 

 triarticulate. Bostrum moderately slender, a little dilated towards 

 the front, longer than the thorax. Scrobes deep and lateral, pro- 

 longed to the eyes, Eyes contiguous to the thorax, nearly round, 

 not prominent, distinctly facetted. Head globose below. 



The chief character I rely upon for the separation of this genus 

 from Erirhimis and its allies is the rather widely distant anterior 

 coxae. 



2402. E. SCituluS, '^-s. Siibovate, convex, shining; pale- 

 brown, suffused with a somewhat metallic green colour; legs and 



26 — PTS. v., VI. 



