HAPLONYCHIDAE. 225 



Length (rostrvini inclusive), Ifnuii.; breadth, 1-Jnini. 

 Mount Hutt, near Methven. l^'ound on the ground amongst de- 

 caying leaves,' 23rd April, 1912, by Mr. T. Hall. 



Gi-oup Eriuiiinidae 



3618. Erirhinus sylvaticus sp. nov. Erirhinus Schoenherr, Man. N.Z' 



Coleopt., J). 449. 



Elongate, subovatf, nmderately convex and nitid; eastaneous, thorax 

 paler along the middle and sides, rostrvim piceous; legs fuso-testaceous, 

 the tips of the feiiiora and tibiae a little darker, antennae obscurely 

 fulvescent, club fuscous; sparingly clothed with inconspicuous, slender, 

 somewhat curled yellowish setae. 



Kostrum cjuite as long as the thorax, moderately stout and arched, its 

 anterior half slightly expanded, substriate-punctate. Head immersed 

 up to the eyes, globose below. Thorax very slightly longer than broad, 

 a little constricted in front, its sides nearly straight, the apex truncate, 

 base nearly so; it is moderately coarsely and closely punctured. Elytra 

 nearly double the length of the thorax, each elytron oblique at the base, 

 so that the shoulders, though obtuse, appear slightly j^i'ominent, their 

 sides are feebly rounded, but behind gradually narrowed; they are 

 regularly and moderately coarsely striate-punctate, more distinctly 

 striate near the suture and behind, with rather narrow interstices. 



Legs robust, femora simple, anterior tibiae minutely mucronate, the 

 posterior somewhat bent inwardly; joenidtimate tarsal joints bilobed 

 but only slightly dilated. 



Scape moderately slender, very gently incrassate towards the ex- 

 tremity, inserted half-way between the middle and apex and attaining 

 the front of the eye; basal joint of funiculus stout, narrowed towards 

 its base, as long as the following three united, 2nd rather longer than 

 broad, joints 3-6 subquadrate, 7th more moniliform and shorter; club 

 large and broad, oblong-oval, triaiticulate, densely pubescent. 



In form and general appearance like 2917, E. spadiceus, but con- 

 siderably smaller, with the tibiae not at all strongly mucronate. The 

 scrobes are just perceptible above, in front. The eyes are flat and 

 obliquely oval. There are no ocular lobes. The scutellum is obsolete or 

 altogether absent. The club is abruptly marked. 



Length (rostrum exclusive), 2 mm. ; breadth, nearly 1 mm. 



McClennan's Bush, near Methven. A single specimen found by 

 Mr. T. Hall on tlie 23rd April, 1912. 



3619. Dorytomus fulvescens sp. nov. Dorytomus Stephens, Man. N.Z. 



Coleopt., p. 453. 



Elongate, only slightly convex, moderately shining, uniformly ful- 

 vescent, sparingly clothed with rather short, slender yellowish setae. 



Rostrum arched, slender, parallel, more than twice the length of the 

 thorax; finely and distantly punctured in front, substriate-punctate 

 behind. Thorax a third broader than long, rounded and widest at the 

 niiddle, more gradually narrowed in front than behind, base and apex 

 truncate; distinctly and ntoderately close^^ punctate. Sciitellum sub- 

 oblong. Elytra very slightly oblique at the base towards the obtuse 

 shoulders, rather broader than the middle of the thorax, almost four 

 times its length, with singly rounded apices; regularly and distinctly 

 striate-punctate, the interstices bent at or near the cxtremitv and 

 minutely but obsoletely punctured. 



