406 COLEOPTERA. 



3872. Epitimetes cupreus sp. nov. Epitimetes Pascoe. Man. N.Z. ('()l(^o))t., 



pp. i35, I18i. 



Robust, oblong, ■ opaque, picoous, antennae and tarsi fusr.o-rufou.s ; 

 densely covered with small, depressed, dark-coppery scales, and numerous 

 decumbent setae of a lighter cupreous hue. 



Rostrum half the length of thorax, somewhat dilated and finely setose 

 in front, broadly longitudinally bi-impressed behind, where its carina is 

 much more conspicuous than it is in front. Thorax a sixth broadei' than 

 long, widest near the front and there almost as broad as the dilated portion 

 of the elytra just behind the shoulders, its sides slightly narrowed towards 

 the rounded hind angles, more contracted at the apex ; its disc quite 

 free from rugae, with a broad uninterrupted channel from base to apex. 

 Scutellum minute. Elytra double the length of thorax, medially emarginate 

 at the base, the obtuse shoulders rather broadei- than it is, just behind 

 each of these there is a slight, flat, lateral dilatation, posterior decliv-ity 

 moderately narrowed but not vertical ; they are moderately finely and 

 regularly seriate -punctate ; 3rd interstices slightly elevated along the 

 middle, more distinctly at the base, and terminating as distinct nodosities 

 on top of the declivity ; 5th plane in front, nodiform behind, and with a 

 shorter, more rotiuidate nodos'ty lower down ; the suture convex but not 

 quite nodiform just below the top of the declivity. 



Legs with coppery scales and greyish setae ; femora robust, the anterior 

 pai-ticularly ; tibiae bent inwardly and acuminate at the extremity, the 

 hind pair with a very prominent tooth on the inside near the base, and 

 below this thickly ciliate with elongate, rather slender fulvescent setae. 



Basal 2 joints of funiculus slender and equally elongate, joints 3-7 

 obconical ; club densely pubescent, about as long as joints 3-7 of funiculus 

 together. 



Underside fuscous. Metasternum plane, very short. Basal ventral 

 segment truncate between the widely distant coxae, medially sinuate 

 behind, broadly depressed, the 2nd rather shorter, 3rd and 4th moderately 

 abbreviated and, together, rather shorter than the 5th, Avhich is longi- 

 tudinally impressed. 



The first part of the description, apart from other details, shows that 

 this is materially different from Pascoe's E. lutosus (763) ; w^hilst Sharp's 

 E. wahefieldi (2099), described, I suspect, from the female, can be separated 

 at once by its rugose thorax, and the strongly raised sides of the elytra 

 near the shoulders. 



(J. Length (rostrum inclusive), 10 mm. ; breadth, 3J nuu. 



Mount Hutt, Canterbury. A single male discovered by Mr. T. Hall 

 in December, 1911. The species of this genus are excessively rare and 

 seem to be confined to Canterbury. 



3873. Epitimetes foveiger sp. nov. 



Oblong, convex, the derm piceous and slightly nitid, funiculus and 

 tarsi chestnut-red ; thickly covered with small grey scales and numerous 

 grey setae, many of the latter erect. 



Rostrum half the length of thorax, with a distinct carina along the 

 middle, the interocular area flat. Thorax slightly broader than long, 

 moderately contracted in front ; uneven, with a large impression near each 

 side in front, another at the base, and the still larger and deeper median 

 one before the middle has obtusely elevated lateial borders, the basal half 



