ERIKHINIDAE. 567 



$. Length (rostrum inclusive), 4§ mm. ; breadth, 1-| mm. 



Hunter Mountains ; 5,000-6,000 ft. A single female, taken b}^ Mr. A. 

 Philpott on the 27th December, 1914. A second example sent for in- 

 spection measures 3^ X 1|^ mm. ; it is probably the male. 



Hypotagea Pascoe. Man. N.Z. Coleopt., p. 456. 



4112. Hypotagea tibialis sp. nov. 



Elongate-oval, moderately convex and nitid ; rufous, rostrum, antennae, 

 and legs of a rather lighter red ; elytra thinly covered with white, erect, 

 slender setae mingled with coarser ones, those on the head and sides of 

 thorax decu.mbent, moderately thick and elongate, on the thoracic disc 

 there are only a few inconspicuous, very slender and elongate ones. 



Rostrum slightly longer than thorax, parallel, moderately slender and 

 arched ; distinctly subseriate-punctate, more irregularly near the apex, 

 almost smooth along the middle. Thorax a third broader than long, 

 slightly rounded, a little narrowed towards the truncate apex, distinctly 

 and moderately closely punctured. Scutellum small. Elytra elongate- 

 cordate, quite double the length of thorax, slightly broader than it is 

 at the base, gradually narrowed posteriorly ; evidently punctate-striate, 

 interstices convex, finely punctate. 



Scape elongate and slender, straight, inserted between the middle and 

 apex and attaining the front of the eye ; funiculus longer, with slender 

 grey hairs, second joint moderately elongate yet shorter than the stouter 

 first, joints 3-5 longer than broad, sixth and seventh shorter and bead-like ; 

 club fuscous. 



Anterior legs longest, the femora unarmed, the others with a median 

 tooth ; tibiae mucronate, the anterior curved but not crenate, the inter- 

 mediate with a small obtuse angulation on the inside above the middle, so 

 as to appear bisinuate, the posterior dentate and finely ciliate inwardly. 



Underside dark glossy red, distinctly and irregularly punctured, bearing 

 many decumbent white setae. Prosternum with a simple emargination, 

 its coxae contiguous. Metasternum moderately elongate, uneven, depressed 

 along the middle. Basal ventral segment longer than fifth, in the middle 

 twice the length of second, strongly rounded between the coxae, fiat ; the 

 next three equal, the terminal with a large fovea behind. 



Pascoe's H. rubida (804), according to the description, has apparently 

 simple posterior tibiae, the front pair crenate, and the rostrum rugosely 

 punctate. 



cJ. Length (rostrum exclusive), 3 ram. ; breadth, l^mm. 



Glenhope ; 23rd November, 1914. One example, from Mr. T. Hall, 

 A second damaged specimen, with a longer rostrum but similarly formed 

 antennae and tibiae, was also found by him at Moa Basin, Canterburv. on 

 the 20th October, 1913. 



Grou]) Belidae. 

 Pachyura Hope. Gen. Ins. (Wytsm.), Belidae, 1909, p. 7. 



4113. Pachyura brookesi sp. nov. 



Subdepressed, elongate, narrowed anteriorly, shining ; rostrum metallic 

 coppery-red, purplish at the extremity ; thorax violaceo-rufous, head 

 more rufescent ; elytra viridescent, the sides and some of the transverse 

 grooves tinged with red. Pubescence elongate and rather coarse, fulvesceut. 



