446 COLEOPTERA. 



elongate iiiterantennal fovea. Head broader tliaii rostrum, not double 

 the length of tlie moderately prominent, subrotundate eyes. Thorax 

 scarcely any broader than long, slightly narrowed anteriorly, evidently 

 constricted at apex, moderately coarsely and closely punctured, the 

 squamae coarser near the sides than on the middle. Scutellum oblong. 

 Elytra nearly double the width of thorax at the base, thrice its length, 

 rounded and defiexed behind ; the suture and alternate interstices moderately 

 broad, slightly and obtusely elevated, more or less finely and irregularly 

 punctured, seemingly with a series alongside each ; the equally broad in- 

 tervals much more thickly covered with rather coarsei', yet elongate, scales 

 right to the extremity. 



Scape slightly flexuous, gradually thickened, barely reaching the middle 

 of the eye. Basal joint of funiculus nearly double the length and breadth 

 of the next, 3rd and 4th hardly longer than broad, joints 6 and 7 a little 

 broader than 5th ; club elongate-oval, large, densely pubescent, inter- 

 mediate joint shortest. 



Posterior femora angulate and spiniform, the middle pair obtusely 

 angulate, anterior subclavate. Middle and hind tibiae shglitly expanded 

 and nigrescent at the extremity. 



Easily recognizable by an examination of tlie elytra. We have no otliers 

 like it. 



Length (rostrum inclusive), 4| mm. ; breadth, 1^ mm. 



Mount Dick. Wakatipu. One taken ofi a flowering shrub, at an eleva- 

 tion of 2,500 ft., by Mr. T. Hall on the 10th March, 1914. 



3931. Eugnomus tristis sp. nov. 



Opaque, nigrescent, thorax slightly rufescent, legs and scape rufo- 

 castaneous, funiculus and club infuscate ; rather thinly covered with 

 depressed, elongate, greyish setae and a few erect infuscate ones, but leaving 

 nearly bare an irregular dark fascia near the hind thighs. 



Rostrum slightly longer than thorax, parallel, indistinctly punctured. 

 Eyes pron\inent, subrotundate, more distant from thorax than from each 

 other. Thorax slightly broader than long, very little constricted in front, 

 distinctly and closely punctured. Scutelluni oblong. Elytra thrice the 

 length of thorax, considerably and abruptly broader than it is at the base, 

 curvedly narrowed behind, with singly rounded apices ; they are finely 

 punctate-striate, with minutely granulate interstices. 



Anterior femora clavate and minutely dentate underneath, the others 

 angulate and spiniform ; tibiae straight. 



Scape slender, straight, very gradually thickened ; basal joint of funi- 

 culus stouter but not much longer than the elongate 2nd. 3rd and 4th 

 loneer than hr<>ad, joints 5 7 ttnuiiiiform ; ♦•hil) large, oblong-oval, finely 

 pubescent. 



Underside piceous, with numerous elongate, depressed, greyi.sh scales 

 and setae. Fifth segment of abdomen as long as preceding 2 together, 

 obtusely triangular, only obsoletely impressed behind. 



Most nearly allied to E. aspersus (2404), but smaller, darker, and less 

 speckled, with more slender antennae, more prominent eyes, the head much 

 less deeply impressed, the thorax less regularly narrowed anteriorly, and 

 the under.side difierent. 



Length (rostrun\ inclusive), 4| mm. ; breadth, l| mm. 



Mount Alfred, north of Lake Wakatipu. Four shaken off flowering 

 shrubs on the 4th Februarv. 1914, bv Mr. T. Hall. 



