. 444 COLEOPTERA. 
oblong-oval, very little wider than thorax at the base, twice its length, 
with very broadly rounded apices; each elytron has two obvious, finely 
punctured costae, the side, and the suture except at the base, are a!so costi- 
form; the broad interstices are distinctly, almost seriate-granulate, on 
some parts confluently, behind the middle, and sometimes near the base, 
they are subcostiform. 
Scape gradually incrassate, attaining the front of the eye. First and 
2nd joints of funiculus equal, twice as long as broad, joints 3-7 transverse, 
the last largest ; club short, ovate. Tuibiae flexuous. 
Underside black ; abdomen irregularly and finely punctate and bearing 
minute straw-coloured setae, 5th segment with a large central fovea, apex 
obtusely elevated at each side of the middle. 
As large as L. huttoni (783), but, owing to the peculiar shape of the 
thorax, and granulate elytra, very different from it and other allied species. 
Length (rostrum inclusive), 29 mm. ; breadth, 12 mm. 
Garvie Mountains, near Blue Lake. A single example found on 
Aciphylla simplex by Mr. James Speden, of Gore, in whose honour it has 
been named. 
Group ERIRHINIDAE. 
3928. Erirhinus celmisiae sp. nov. EHrirhinus Schoenherr, Man. N.Z. 
Coleopt., p. 449. 
Convex, elongate-ovate, nitid, subglabrous, bearing only a few fine 
inconspicuous setae ; rufo-fuscous, legs and antennae of a lighter hue, the 
elytra sometimes fusco-testaceous. 
Rostrum moderately slender, arched, rather shorter than thorax, longi- 
tudinally punctate, with an indistinct central carina. Head short, gradually 
narrowed anteriorly. Eyes transversely oval, rather flat. Thorax of about 
equal length and breadth, without ocular lobes, widest at the middle, 
more narrowed in front than behind, base and apex truncate ; rather finely 
and not closely punctured, less closely along the middle. Scutellum small. 
Elytra oblong-oval, quite double the length of thorax, a little wider than it 
is at the base, apices obtusely rounded ; they are moderately finely striate- 
punctate, with nearly plane, minutely punctate interstices. 
Legs stout, femora unarmed ; tibiae mucronate, distinctly setose ; tarsi 
setose underneath, penultimate joint broadly bilobed, claws appendiculate 
at the base. 
Scape inserted between the middle and apex, attaining the eye; basal 
joint of funiculus nearly twice the length of 2nd, 3rd and 4th slightly longer 
than broad, joints 5-7 moniliform; club ovate, broad, quadriarticulate, 
fuscous. 
Underside nitid, fuscous, finely punctate and setose. Prosternum 
triangularly but not deeply emarginate in front; coxae prominent, con- 
tiguous, placed near the base. Metasternum depressed and sulcate along 
the middle. Basal segment broadly rounded between the coxae, broadly 
depressed in the middle, rather longer than the next, the suture sinuate, 
3rd and 4th together longer than 2nd, 5th with a shallow impression along 
the middle. 
Fem.—Rostrum more slender, finely punctate, rather longer than thorax ; 
scape implanted just before the middle. 
With the exception of the prosternal emargination and slight abdominal 
disparities, this species accords with the diagnosis of HBrirhinus, but in 
facies it is unmistakably different from all the New Zealand species. 
