446 COLEOPTERA. 
elongate interantennal fovea. Head broader than rostrum, not double 
the length of the moderately prominent, subrotundate eyes. Thorax 
scarcely any broader than long, slightly narrowed anteriorly, evidently 
constricted at apex, moderately coarsely and closely punctured, the 
squamae coarser near the sides than on the middle. Scutellum oblong: 
Elytra nearly double the width of thorax at the base, thrice its length, 
rounded and deflexed behind ; the suture and alternate interstices moderately 
broad, slightly and obtusely elevated, more or less finely and irregularly 
punctured, seemingly with a series alongside each; the equally broad in- 
tervals much more thickly covered with rather coarser, yet elongate, scales 
right to the extremity. 
Scape slightly flexuous, gradually thickened, barely reaching the middle 
of the eye. Basal joint of funiculus nearly double the length ‘and breadth 
of the next, 3rd and 4th hardly longer than broad, joints 6 and 7 a little 
broader than 5th; club elongate-oval, large, densely pubescent, inter- 
mediate joint shortest. 
Posterior femora angulate and spiniform, the middle pair obtusely 
angulate, anterior subclavate. Middle and hind tibiae slightly expanded 
and nigrescent at the extremity. 
Easily recognizable by an examination of the elytra. We have no others 
like it. 
Length (rostrum inclusive), 44 mm.; breadth, 14 mm. 
Mount Dick, Wakatipu. One taken off a flowering shrub, at an eleva- 
tion of 2,500 ft., by Mr. T. Hall on the 10th March, 1914. 
3931. Eugnomus tristis sp. nov. 
Opaque, nigrescent, thorax slightly rufescent, legs and scape rufo- 
castaneous, funiculus and club infuscate; rather thinly covered with 
depressed, elongate, greyish setae and a few erect infuscate ones, but leaving 
nearly bare an irregular dark fascia near the hind thighs. 
Rostrum slightly longer than thorax, parallel, indistinctly punctured. 
Eyes prominent, subrotundate, more distant from thorax than from each 
other. Thorax slightly broader than long, very little constricted in front, 
distinctly and closely punctured. Scutellum cblong. LElytra thrice the 
length of thorax, considerably and abruptly broader than it is at the base, 
curvedly narrowed behind, with singly rounded apices; they are finely 
punctate-striate, with minutely granulate interstices. 
Anterior femora clavate and minutely dentate underneath, the others 
angulate and spiniform ; tibiae straight. 
Scape slender, straight, very gradually thickened ; basal joint of funi- 
culus stouter but not much longer than the elongate 2nd, 3rd and 4th 
longer than broad, joints 5-7 moniliform ; club large, oblong-oval, finely 
pubescent. 
Underside piceous, with numerous elongate, depressed, greyish scales 
and setae. Fifth segment of abdomen as long as preceding 2 together, 
obtusely triangular, only obsoletely impressed behind. 
Most nearly allied to #. aspersus (2404), but smaller, darker, and less 
speckled, with more slender antennae, more prominent eyes, the head much 
less deeply impressed, the thorax less regularly narrowed anteriorly, and 
the underside different. 
Length (rostrum inclusive), 44.mm.; breadth, 14 mm. 
Mount Alfred, north of Lake Wakatipu. Four shaken off flowering 
shrubs on the 4th February, 1914, by Mr. T. Hall. 
