Coleoptera from New Zealand. 299 
Erymneus probus, sp. n. 
Oblong-oval or nearly so, dull black; clothed with small 
rust-red scales, those near the elytral suture quite minute, 
the raised parts with squamiform sete; near the suture, in 
line with the hind thighs, there are two obvious oblique 
yellowish crests; antenne and tarsi rufo-piceous. 
Rostrum covered with sordid tawny squame, these some- 
times form four small crests near the antennal insertion 
(before the middle) ; the costs are indistinct. The scape 
reaches the middle of the eye, it bears fine, depressed, brassy 
seta. The funtculus with the second joint quite as long as 
the first; seventh large, slightly broader than sixth, nearly 
twice its length; club short, ovate, indistinctly annulate. 
Thorax with coarse shallow punctiform sculpture, about as 
long as it is broad; the central ridge extends to the large 
basal depression, the oblique ridge near each side becomes 
obsolete behind the middle. /ytra oblong, base deeply 
emarginate, so that the shoulders extend forwards, the 
sutural region depressed in front ; there are two rows of large 
punctures along each side of the suture, outside these the 
surface is uneven, on each side between the middle and hind 
thighs there is a squamose prominence; on the top of the 
nearly vertical apical portion the third interstices are quite 
prominent, at each side, but lower down, there is a still larger 
elevation; a few minute black tubercles are distributed over 
the surface. Legs with coarse curled sete. 
Prosternum emarginate in front. Abdomen rather flat, 
coarsely punctate, with narrow ferruginous scales ; first and 
second segments connate, thrice the length of the meta- 
sternum. 
Most nearly allied to No. 2131, and most likely only a 
varietal form thereof. 
Length (rostr. incl.) 34, breadth 1} lines. 
Mount Pirongia, December 1892. 
ARZOSCAPUS, gen. nov. 
Body rather narrow, without coarse squame and _tuber- 
cular elevations. Rostrum rather slender, arched, longer than 
thorax. Scrobes foveiform at the point of antennal insertion 
(before the middle), behind this a broad groove extends to 
the eye, and in front another groove is directed obliquely 
upwards, but does not reach the apex. Scape rather slender, 
its extremity clavate; it is nearly glabrous and somewhat 
bent near the base, it attains the front of theeye. Funiculus 
7-articulate, finely pubescent, its two basal joints about 
