444 COLEOPTERA. 



oblong-oval, very little wider than thorax at the base, twice its length, 

 with very broadly rounded a])ices ; each elytron has two obvious, finely 

 punctured costae, the side, and the suture except at the base, are also costi- 

 forra ; the broad interstices are distinctly, almost seriate-granulate, on 

 some parts confluently, behind the middle, and sometimes near the base, 

 they are subcostiform. 



Scape gradually incrassate, attainijig the front of the eye. First and 

 2nd joints of funiculus equal, twice as long as broad, joints 3-7 transverse, 

 the last largest ; club short, ovate. Tibiae flexuous. 



Underside black ; abdomen irregularly and finely punctate and bearing 

 minute straw-coloured setae, 5th segment with a large central fovea, apex 

 obtusely elevated at each side of the middle. 



As large as L. huttoni (783), but, owing to the peculiar shape of the 

 thorax, and granulate elytra, very different from it and other allied species. 



Length (rostrum inclusive), 29 mm. ; breadth, 12 mm. 



Garvie Mountains, near Blue Lake. A single example found on 

 Aciphylla simjplex by Mr. James Speden, of Gore, in whose honour it has 

 been named. 



Group Erirhinidae. 



3928. Erirhinus celmisiae sp. nov. Erirhinus Schoenherr, Man. N.Z. 

 Coleopt., p. 449. 

 Convex, elongate-ovate, nitid, subglabrous, bearing only a few fine 

 inconspicuous setae ; rufo-fuscous, legs and antennae of a lighter hue, the 

 elytra sometimes fusco-testaceous. 



Rostrum moderately slender, arched, rather shorter than thorax, longi- 

 tudinally punctate, with an indistinct central carina. Head short, gradually 

 narrowed anteriorly. Eyes transversely oval, rather flat. Thorax of about 

 equal length and breadth, without ocular lobes, widest at the middle, 

 more narrowed in front than behind, base and apex truncate ; rather finely 

 and not closely punctured, less closely along the middle. Scutellum small. 

 Elytra oblong-oval, quite double the length of thorax, a little wdder than it 

 is at the base, apices obtusely rounded ; they are moderately finely striate- 

 punctate, with nearly plane, minutely punctate interstices. 



Legs stout, femora unarmed ; tibiae mucronate, distinctly setose ; tarsi 

 setose underneath, penultimate joint broadly bilobed, claws appendiculate 

 at the base. 



Scape inserted between the middle and apex, attaining the eye ; basal 

 joint of funiculus nearly twice the length of 2nd, 3rd and 4th slightly longer 

 than broad, joints 5-7 moniliform ; club ovate, broad, quadriarticulate, 

 fuscous. 



Underside nitid, fuscous, finely punctate and setose. Prosternum 

 triangularly but not deeply emarginate in front ; coxae prominent, con- 

 tiguous, placed near the base. Metasternum depressed and sulcate along 

 the middle. Basal segment broadly rounded between the coxae, broadly 

 depressed in the middle, rather longer than the next, the suture sinuate, 

 3rd and 4th together longer than 2nd, 5th with a shallow impression along 

 the middle. 



Fern. — Rostrum more slender, finely punctate, rather longer than thorax ; 

 scape implanted just before the middle. 



With the exception of the prosternal emargination and slight abdominal 

 disparities, this species accords with the diagnosis of Erirhinus, but in 

 facies it is unmistakably different from all the New Zealand species. 



