24 COI.KOI'I'KKA. 



'M^'>2. Eupines lewisi -^p. ni>\. (icn.. M;iii. N.Z. ColcMpt.. \>. 1 21 : miiiI 

 HiilY.. ({(Ml. I*si lii/)hitl(ir. 



('oMvcx. lihilu'DUs, sliiniii}.!. saiiuuincmis. Icus nilO-tcstiU'cous. p.ilpi ami 

 tar-i HavcsriMit. 



Ilroil lu'arlv as larjic as thorax. siiUMitli, without wfll-uiarkcd sculptun'. 

 Ki/"s modi'ratolv proiniiit'iit and distinctly faci'tod. Th'unx rather loiijicr 

 than liroad. widest before the niiddh'. the liase tinely niari:ined. Kh/lrn 

 iniuh hu'iier tlian thorax, the suture well delined. and seemingly slightly 

 «'Ievated. witli line striae. II iiiil-hodi/ deHex«'d. with I visilih- se<fnients. 

 the hasal :i mar<rined hiterally. the 1st larjiest. Lnjs elon;.Mte. Posterior 

 lihiar a little hent and tlii{'l«'ned towards the extremity. 



.hili'titiiir nifescent. stout, jiubeseent : hasal joint thick ; I'nd also 

 stout, hut smaller; 'Md and Itli small, the lattei- moniliform, tlie hunier 

 slitjlitlv hniiier than hroad and narrowed towards its liase : 5th sulxjuad- 

 rate and verv lar<:e. ap^iarently concave underneath : (ith very small, a 

 little rounded anteriorly ; 7th and 8th stronoiy transverse, almost as hroad 

 as the 9th. the 7th rather lon;,'er than the following oue ; Dth and lOth 

 ihuker than the (»thers. minutely asperate. l)oth suholdon*^ and ratlu'r Ioniser 

 than the 5th ; lOth rather longer than its predecessor. 



There is no similar species. The iO-iointed auteiiuae .iiid their structure, 

 iuid the enlarged 5th. '.Hh. and l<Hh joints particularly, are characteristic. 

 ? iuc-og. 



^ . Length. | line ; breadth, nearly •* line. 



Broken River, Canterbury. X single specimen, froni Mr. .1. 11. Lewis, 

 whose name it l)ears. 



(4l-oup HlSTKKlDAK. 



:i(»5:5. Epierus rufescens Keitter. (ien.. Man. N.Z. ('oleo])t.. ]>. 103. 



Oblong-oval, moderately convex, rufo-fuscous. 



fiend verv linely punctured. Thorax twice as broad as long, consider- 

 ablv narrowed anteriorly, closely aud finely punctured, the marginal line 

 extremely fine. Eliftra finely punctated, with 6 striae, the sutural straight, 

 the others somewhat arcuatecl. the humeral almost angulated. Ptiijidiinn 

 and propi/ijidium scarcely visibly punctured. Tibiae rather narrow, not 

 <lenticulate(L 



Length. 1-8 mm. 



Grevniouth. Mi . W. Ib'lins. 



(iroup N I riDiLiHAi:. 

 :i()54. Soronia ocuiator Reitter. (Ien.. .Man. N.Z. Coleopt.. j). 171. 



Similar to S. japnnica and the European S. i/ri.sra, but narrower and 

 more parallel, testaceous and ferruginous. Tlu' thmnx is mon* rounded 

 near the michlle. where it is rather broader than the wing-cases ; it is closely 

 and finelv punctured. Elytra variegatixl with black, each with a rounded 

 median spot, vellowish or ferruginous, jilaced nearer the suture than the 

 •<ide. 



Length. 5 (i mm. 



(Jrevmouth. Mr. I{. Helm-;. 



