Species of New-Zealand Coleoptera. 61 



parvo ; elytris prothorace vix latioribus, striato-punctatis, inter- 

 stitiis late plauatis, squamulis erectis albidis adspersis ; femoribus 

 infra subdentatis ; tibiis unco valido armatis, intermediis basi extus 

 angulatis. Long. 2| lin. 



Hah. Tairua. 



This is a very much smaller and shorter insect than 0. no- 

 tata, Wh., and is remarkable for its short thick rostrum like 

 Psepholax. 



Hypotagea. 



Rostrum cylindricum, arcuatum ; scrobes praemediange, rectae. An- 

 tennce longiusculae ; funiculus 7-articulatu8 ; clava distincta. 

 Oculi rotundati, grosse granulati. Protliorax basi subsinuatus, 

 lobis ocularibus nullis. Scutellmn parvum. Elytra obovata, 

 pygidium tegentia. Femora clavata, antica mutica, caetera dente 

 parvo instructa. Unguicidi appendiculati. Abdomen segmentis 

 tribus intermediis subaequalibus. 



Allied to Anthonomus ; but the mutic anterior femora forbids 

 its being- referred to that genus. The species is a somewhat 

 glossy reddish ferruginous insect, with scattered whitish hair- 

 like scales. 



Hypotagea ruhida. 



H. subcylindrica, rufo-ferruginea, subnitida ; rostro prothorace multo 

 longiore, rugoso-punctato ; prothorace subtransverso, sat crebre 

 punctate ; elytris prothorace paulo latioribus, fortiter striato- 

 punctatis, interstitiis convexis ; tibiis anticis leviter crenatis, inter- 

 mediis intus bisinuatis. Long. 1| lin. 



Hah. Otago. 



Eugnomus elegans. 



E. niger, parce setulosus ; rostro versus apicem gradatim latiore ; 

 antennis nigris, scapo ferrugineo, clava elongata ; oculis promi- 

 nulis, supra contiguis ; prothorace vix transverse, postice utrinque 

 rotundato, crebre punctulato ; scutello rotundato ; elytris basi 

 prothorace multo latioribus, leviter striatis, interstitiis planatis, 

 squamis minutis vestitis, vitta lata azurea, postice nivea et gra- 

 datim attenuata, a scutello fere ad apicem, ornatis ; corpore infra 

 dense albo-squamoso, macula ochracca antica utrinque notato. 

 Long. 1| lin. 



Hah. Tairua. 



This and the following species agree pretty well with 

 Eugnomus, Schonh.,no member of which has, I believe, hitherto 

 been described. There is a common variety of this species in 

 which the blue stripe disappears, leaving only a short white 

 line on the third interstice near the apex. 



