60 Mr. F. P. Pascoe on new Genera and 



EmpcBOtes crispatus. 



E. fuscus, griseo-squamosus ; rostro supra in medio carinato ; funi- 

 culo elongate, articulis sensim brevioribus, clava oblongo-ovata ; 

 protborace rugoso-granulato, in medio profunda sulcato ; scutello 

 transverse; elytris subcordatis, modice convexis, postice sat abrupte 

 declivibus, substriato-punctatis, interstitiis tertio quintoque paulo 

 elevatis, iUo postice caUoso-cristato, apicibus divaricatis ; pedibus 

 squamosis. Long. 4| lin. 

 Hob. Tairua. 

 Differs in breadth, probably according to the 'sex. Capt. 



Broun remarks that it has a pinkish tint when alive. 



Empceotes censorius. 

 E fuscus, griseo-squamosus; rostro supra fortiter bisulcato ; antennis 

 ferrugineis ; funiculo articulis duobus basalibus longitudine sequa- 

 libus ; protborace fortiter granulate, in medio excavate ; scutello 

 apice rotundato; elytris subovatis, supra valde inaequalibus, postice 

 sexcallosis, abrupte declivibus, striato-punctatis, interstitus tertio 

 quintoque elevatis ; pedibus squamosis. Long. 4 lin. 



Hah. Otago. 



When deprived of the scales, the elytra are seen to be 

 divided into irregular areas by short ridges rising between the 

 rows of punctures. 



Aldonus celator. 

 A angustior, subparaUelus, fusco-piceus, squamis griseis dispersis ; 

 'rostro tenuato, -protborace manifeste breviore, antennis apicem 

 versus insertis ; funiculo articulis duobus basalibus longitudine 

 ferejequalibus ; protborace apice angusto, utrinque antice rotun- 

 dato, pone medium paraUele, crebre punctate ; scutello parvo ; 

 elytris protborace vix latioribus, indeterminate striato-punctatis, 

 granuHs nitidis squamis intermixtis, pone medium fascia mdistincta 

 notatis. Long. 4 lin. 

 Hah. Tairua. 



A much narrower insect than A. hyloUoides, covered, espe- 

 cially on the legs, with long, erect, spatulate scales, not seti- 

 form as in that species. Aldonus is closely alhed to 8trongy- 

 lopterus, and, like PsephoUx, the pectoral canal terminates 

 behind the anterior coxse, and is not bounded by the meso- 

 sternum. 



Oreda hrevis. 

 breviter subcylindrica, fusca griseo-varia ; rostro brevi crasso ; 

 'antennis crassiusculis ; funiculo articulis duobus basalibus fere 

 jequalibus, quinque sequentibus valde transversis ; clava oblongo- 

 ovata; protborace lato, apice angusto, basi bisinuato ; scutello 



