702 rOI.EOPTERA. 



4311. Etheophanus obscurus sp. no v. 



Subovate, moderately convex ; elytra quite dull, fuscous, a little paler 

 and more rufescent across the top of the posterior declivity and along the 

 sides ; remaining i)arts fusco-rufous, antennae rather |)ah'r ; thinly clothed 

 with slender yellowish and coarser erect setae. 



Kostrum rather longer than thorax, slightly narrowed behind, 

 indefinitely sulcate. Thorax subconical, about as long as broad, base 

 subtruncate, minutely and densely sculptured, and with a few indistinct 

 punctures. Elytra slightly incurved and broader than thorax at the base, 

 almost double its length, the declivity subvertical ; they are broadly 

 striate along the middle and behind, seriate-punctate near the base. Tibiae, 

 except the posterior, obtusely angulate externally near the base. Basal 

 joint of funiculus rather stouter and longer than the next, club oblong- 

 oval. 



This obscurely coloured species is separable by the elytral sculpture. 



Length (rostrum excluded), 2| mm. ; breadth. If mm. 



Harris Saddle, south-west Otago. Unique. Found by the late Mr. T. 

 Hall on the 12th February, 1914. 



Group Apionidae. 

 Apion Herbst. Man. N.Z. Coleopt., p. 466. 

 4312. Apion terricola sp. nov. 



Minute, elongate, very convex, the elytra especially ; glabrous, shining, 

 nigrescent, rostrum, antennae, and legs piceo-rufous, its punctiform sculpture 

 obsolete. 



Rostrum rather longer than thorax, arched, stout, cylindrical, slightly 

 narrower in front. Head of equal length and breadth, gradually narrowed 

 to almost the same width as the rostrum. Eyes as far apart as they are 

 from the thorax, prominent, subrotundate. Thorax truncate at base and 

 apex, a little longer than broad, rounded, widest, and most convex at or 

 before the middle, its basal half much constricted and depressed. Scutel- 

 lum absent. Elytra oval, apparently truncate and of the same width as 

 thorax at the base, about double its length and almost twice as broad 

 and convex near the middle. 



Scape inserted evidently before the middle, attaining the eye, moderately 

 stout, subclavate at the extremity. Funiculus hairy, basal joint slightly 

 longer than second and twice as thick ; third at apex as broad as fourth, 

 both together slightly longer than second ; fifth to seventh transverse, 

 seventh broadest ; club abruptly enlarged, subovate, apparently triarticulate. 



Legs elongate, simple. Tarsi elongate, second joint of the anterior a 

 little shorter than the basal, the third with long narrow lobes, fourth 

 narrow, longer than the first. Underside dull, with a few slender grey 

 hairs. Prosternum truncate in front, the coxae ])roniinent, the inter- 

 mediate also contiguous, the posterior distinctly se])arated. Basal two 

 ventral segments apparently connate, large, third and fourth very short. 



This remarkable little weevil disagrees with 828 in nearly all specific 

 details of form and sculpture. 



Length (rostrum included), 2 mm. ; breadth, h mm. 



Pakarau, North Auckland. A single s])ecinu'n detected by Mr. A. E. 

 Brookes amongst leaf-mould; 19th May, 1918. 



