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is coarsely rugose. Elytra oblong, more than double the length of thorax, 

 evidently wider than it is at the base, medially incurved there, with slightly 

 narrowed, obtusely prominent shoulders, the declivity is curvate so that 

 the extremity is somewhat inflexed ; the sutural pair of striae on each 

 elytron are moderately coarsely and closely punctured ; 3rd interstices 

 moderately elevated, somewhat prominent at the base, distinctly nodose on 

 top of the declivity ; the 5th simple at the base, rather less elevated, and 

 less distinctly nodiform behind, but prolonged, though not very obviously, 

 half-way down the declivity ; between these interstices the sculpture 

 consists of irregular foveae, some extend right across the interval, there 

 are only about 6 altogether ; the lateral sculpture is not as coarse as the 

 sutural ; the suture is obtusely elevated behind. 



Smaller than E. grisealis (3260), with nearly white clothing, the frontal 

 thoracic depression and the elytral sculpture different. 



Length (rostrum inclusive), 6|^ mm. ; breadth, 2§ mm. 



Oakden, near Mount Algidus. One fomid amongst a miscellaneous col- 

 lection made by Mr. Rodeiick Urquhart and Mr. Hall on the 9th October, 

 1913. 



3874. Platyomida dorsalis sp. nov. Platyomida White (svn. E)npaeotes 

 Pascoe), Man. N.Z. Coleopt., p. 441. 



Robust, piceous, antennae and tarsi piceo-rufous ; densely covered with 

 dull, small, depressed cupreo-fuscous squamae, and some longer flavescent 

 ones on the rostrum, the head, and el3d:.ral nodosities. 



Rostrum as long as thorax, with a well - developed median carina. 

 Thorax very slightly broader than long, very little wider before the middle 

 than elsewhere, nearly straight behind, rather more narrowed in front ; 

 without rugae or tubercles, the broad central channel deeper in front than 

 behind, the sides of the depression obtusely elevated. Scutellum small. 

 Elytra a third broader than thorax at the base, nearly thrice its length, 

 with simple apices, posterior declivity much narrowed and vertical, their 

 sides uneven ; the sutural region is flat, each elytron has 6 dorsal series of 

 distant, distinct yet moderately fhie punctures, in each of which there is 

 a small brassy scale ; 3rd interstices elevated at the base and projecting 

 slightly over the thorax, with a pair of oblong nodosities near the middle, 

 and terminating in large horizontal prominences on top of the decli\aty ; 

 5th plane at the base, moderately binodose behind the middle, their ter- 

 minal nodosities not as thick as those of the 3rd but projecting obliquely 

 outwards, each side underneath less distinctly trinodose ; the declivity has 

 a pair of moderate nodosities just below the summit and another pair near 

 the extremity ; these are the principal ones. 



Femora slender near the base ; tibiae feebly flexuous, minutely denti- 

 culate inwardly, with erect greyish setae ; posterior corbels with duplicate 

 cilia and distinct outer truncature. Scape subclavate. setigerous, barely 

 reaching the back of the eye. Second joint of the funiculus as long as the 

 1st, joints 3-7 gradually diminish ; club elongate-oval. Ocular lobes feebly 

 developed. 



Underside nigrescent, with fulvescent and reddish scales and paler setae. 

 Metasternum with a foveiform impi'ossion behind. Fifth ventral segment 

 longer than 3rd and 4th combined, irregularly and closely punctuied, much 

 narrowed towards and distinctly emarginate at the extremity. 



