406 COLEOPTERA. 
3872. Epitimetes cupreus sp. nov. Epitimetes Pascoe, Man. N.Z. Coleopt., 
pp. 435, 1184. 
Robust, oblong, opaque, piceous, antennae and tarsi fusco-rufous ; 
densely covered with small, depressed, dark-coppery scales, and numerous 
decumbent setae of a lighter cupreous hue. 
Rostrum half the length of thorax, somewhat dilated and finely setose 
in front, broadly longitudinally bi-impressed behind, where its carina is 
much more conspicuous than it is in front. Thorax a sixth broader than 
long, widest near the front and there almost as broad as the dilated portion 
of the elytra just behind the shoulders, its sides slightly narrowed towards 
the rounded hind angles, more contracted at the apex; its dise quite 
free from rugae, with a broad uninterrupted channel from base to apex. 
Scutellum minute. Elytra double the length of thorax, medially emarginate 
at the base, the obtuse shoulders rather broader than it is, just behind 
each of these there is a slight, flat, lateral dilatation, posterior declivity 
moderately narrowed but not vertical; they are moderately finely and 
regularly seriate-punctate; 3rd interstices slightly elevated along the 
middle, more distinctly at the base, and terminating as distinct nodosities 
on top of the declivity ; 5th plane in front, nodiform behind, and with a 
shorter, more rotundate nodosity lower down ; the suture convex but not 
quite nodiform just below the top of the declivity. 
Legs with coppery scales and greyish setae ; femora robust, the anterior 
particularly ; tibiae bent inwardly and acuminate at the extremity, the 
hind pair with a very prominent tooth on the inside near the base, and 
below this thickly ciliate with elongate, rather slender fulvescent setae. 
Basal 2 joints of funiculus slender and equally elongate, joints 3-7 
obconical ; club densely pubescent, about as long as joimts 3-7 of funiculus 
together. 
Underside fuscous. Metasternum plane, very short. Basal ventral 
segment truncate between the widely distant coxae, medially sinuate 
behind, broadly depressed, the 2nd rather shorter, 3rd and 4th moderately 
abbreviated and, together, rather shorter than the 5th, which is longi- 
tudinally impressed. 
The first part of the description, apart from other details, shows that 
this is materially different from Pascoe’s H. lutosus (763); whilst Sharp’s 
E. wakefieldi (2099), described, I suspect, from the female, can be separated 
at once by its rugose thorax, and the strongly raised sides of the elytra 
near the shoulders. 
3. Length (rostrum inclusive), 10 mm. ; breadth, 34 mm. 
Mount Hutt, Canterbury. A single male discovered by Mr. T. Hall 
in December, 1911. The species of this genus are excessively rare and 
seem to be confined to Canterbury. 
3873. Epitimetes foveiger sp. nov. 
Oblong, convex, the derm piceous and slightly nitid, funiculus and 
tarsi chestnut-red ; thickly covered with small grey scales and numerous 
grey setae, many of the latter erect. 
Rostrum half the length of thorax, with a distinct carina along the 
middle, the interocular area flat. Thorax slightly broader than long, 
moderately contracted in front ; uneven, with a large impression near each 
side in front, another at the base, and the still larger and deeper median 
one before the middle has obtusely elevated lateral borders, the basal half 
