566 COT.EOPTERA. 



4110. Aneuma conspersa sp. iiov. 



Suboblong, modovatc'ly i-unvex and nitid, variegate ; subferniginous, 

 each eh-tron witli an obli(jue infuscate fascia extending from the side, before 

 the middle, and meeting its fellow at the commencement of the hind declivity ; 

 antennae of a lighter h\ie, club fuscous ; thorax and base of elytra thinly 

 covered with distinct, decumbent, yellowish setae, these latter, behind, are 

 sprinkled witli coarser, greyish, more or less erect setae. 



Rostrum as long as thorax, moderately slender and arched, parallel, 

 not smooth, rather indefiniteh' scul})tured. Thorax of about (H|ual length 

 and breadth, a little contracted in front, distinctly and closely punctured. 

 Scutellum distinct. Elytra oblong, curvedly narrowed behind the posterior 

 femora, nearly thrice the length of thorax, not quite double its width at 

 the base ; distinctly striate-punctate, interstices nearly plane. Legs with 

 subdepressed greyish setae, femora unarmed. 



Scape inserted between the middle and apex and attaining the centre 

 of the eye ; basal joint of funiculus evidently thicker and nearly twice the 

 length of the next, joints 3-5 rather longer than broad, sixth and seventh 

 bead-like ; club oblong-oval. 



Underside rufescent, with numerous depressed grey setae, distinctly 

 punctate, the terminal segment quite closely. Prosternal emargination 

 deep, without spiniform front angles ; second ventral segment hardly as 

 long as the following two combined. 



Fern. — Rostrum a third longer than thorax, more slender and shining, 

 very finely subseriate-punctate, obsoletely carinate along the middle. 

 Antennae also more slender and elongate, implanted just before the middle. 

 Terminal ventral segment with a shallow median fovea. 



Almost entirely different from recorded species, recognizable by the 

 coloration, vestiture, and subfasciate elytra. 



<J. Length (rostrum exclusive), 3 mm. ; breadth, 1^ mm. 



Mount Moa and Point Hill, both west of Mount Algidus. Ten examples, 

 captured by Mr. T. Hall during October, 1913. 



Eugnomus Schoenherr. Man. N.Z. Coleopt., p. 458. 



4111. Eugnomus atratus sp. no v. 



Elongate, moderately convex and nitid ; black, scape and tarsi piceous ; 

 clothed with depressed, elongate, rather coarse, grey or quite white squamae. 



Rostrum about a third longer than thorax, subparallel, only slightly 

 dilated at the extremity, closely punctate, obsoletely carinate along the 

 middle. Eyes longitudinally oval, not prominent, as widely distant from 

 each other as they are from the thoracic apex. Thorax rather broader 

 than long, gradually narrowed before the middle ; distinctly, irregularly, 

 but not very closely |)unctured. Scutellum oblong. Elytra thrice the 

 length of thorax, nearly twice as broad, moderately narrowed ])ehind : 

 distinctly .striate-punctate, the stria near each side of the suture rather 

 deep. Pygidium somewhat exposed. 



Legs elongate, femora clavate but not dentate underneath. 



Scape inserted near the apex, altaining the back of the eye, gradually 

 incrassate ; funiculus with outstanding nigrescent setae, basal joint largest, 

 the next suboblong ; joints 3-7 moniliform, 5-7 transverse ; club densely 

 pubescent, indistinctly quadriarticulat<\ equalling the funiculus in length. 



This species can be identified by its shining black derm, rather coarse 

 nearly white vestiture, and very <'longate antennal club. 



