1250 COLEOPTERA 



behind the base ; striate-punctate, interstices not distinctly sculp- 

 tured, the third raised behind and curved towards the external ones. 

 Legs moderately long and slender ; third joint of the tarsi larger 

 than second, and distinctly bilobed. 



Fern. Eostrum narrower, longer, and more finely punctated. 



Underside plane, bearing a few minute greyish hairs, evenly and 

 rather distantly punctu.red, of a darker red than the upper surface, 

 the abdomen being pitchy : metasternum finely grooved ; basal 

 ventral segment larger than second and broadly impressed, third and 

 fourth equal, not much abbreviated yet obviously shorter than the 

 second. 



Longer and relatively narrower than E. parvicornis and its im- 

 mediate allies, more depressed, of a paler red, with longer legs, the 

 rostrum not opaque ; its pubescence slender but not short. 



Length, 1^ lines ; breadth, quite ^ line. 



I am indebted to Mr. T. F. Cheeseman for a pair of this species, 

 which I have nuich pleasure in dedicating to him. It was found on 

 Mount Arthur at an elevation of about 5,000ft. 



Agastegnus. 



2202. A. nitidirOStris, n-s. Subdepresscd, narrowed an- 

 teriorly, clothed with distinct, fine, elongate yellow hairs ; shining, 

 aeneo-piceous, tarsi and antennae fulvescent, club piceous. 



This species is very much like .4. longipes (No. 930), it is, how- 

 ever, a larger insect ; the rostrum is more shining, clear-red, its 

 sides and basal portion are finely but distinctly punctured, but the 

 middle is almost smooth ; the head is dark, wdth a few distant punc- 

 tures and straw-coloured hairs. Thorax with rather strongly rounded 

 sides, a good deal narrowed and constricted anteriorly, the front 

 margin appearing much thickened ; disc somewhat flattened, dis- 

 tinctly but not closely punctured, the intervals nearly smooth, with- 

 out the minute dense sculpture observable in No. 930. Elytra 

 elongate, slightly broader than thorax, narrowed behind ; trans- 

 versely depressed near and behind the middle, moderately punctate- 

 striate, striae not deep ; the interstices obsoletely sculptured, the 

 second and third, and the suture, somewhat raised behind, so that 

 the first and second striae and the oblique apical sulci seem rather 

 deep and broad. Legs long, tibiae a little bent. Cluh well defined, 

 ovate, as long as joints 2-5 of the funiculus. 



3 . Length, IJ lines; breadth, f line. 



Taranaki, near Mount Egmont. One specimen. 



Microtribus. 



2203. M. pictonensis, 'i.s. {Sharp; Trans. Boy. D lib. Soc, 

 1886, p. 432.) Parwm elongatus, fusco-piceus, subcylindricus, 

 rostrum breve, crassiusculum, punctatum, antennis brevibus, cras- 

 siusculis ; prothoracc crebrius fortiter punctato ; elytris parum pro- 

 funde striatis, striis fortiter punctatis. 



Long., rost. inch, 3mm. 



