Species of New-Zealand Cohoptera. \ 43 



longer metasteruuni ; the character of the elytra, however, is 

 that of most of the Hylobiiuti;. The spaces between the eoxie 

 are gradually more and more aj)art. An obvious angle occurs 

 at the point where the rostrum joins the head. 



Eiratus parvulus. 



E. oblongus, subdcprcssus, jticeo-fuscus ; rostro prothoraco brcvioro, 

 parce piloso ; funicido ai-ticulo basali modicc anipliato, ca;teria 

 conjunctim quam clava vix longioribus ; prothoraco latitudino 

 longitudiui a^cjuali, crcbrc puuctato ; sculcUo parvo ; elytris fortiter 

 striato-punctatis, apico rotuudatis ; corporo infra sparse punctato. 

 Long. \\ Hn. 



Hub. Tairua. 



Epitimetes. 



Caput parvum. OcuU exigui, rotundati. liostnim breviusculum ; 

 scrobes subapicales, oculos baud attingentes. Protlwrax ampUatus, 

 versus apicem multo augustior. Eh/tra elongato-cordata, basi 

 arcuata, latcribus abrupte dctlexa. Femora antica valida ; tibke 

 anticaj apice tlcxuosa) ; i(7)f/ues approximati. Cuxce antica) con- 

 tiguaj, intermedia) approximate. 



The anterior cotyloid cavities are apparently not separated 

 from one another as in DysostineSy to which this genus is 

 allied ; the elytra also in that genus are not bent down at the 

 sides. The greater part of the scrobes are clothed with scales 

 like the rest of the head. The species described below has 

 the outline and general appearance of the Chilian Listroderes 

 Jrif/i'dus, but scarcely any resemblance to the New-Zealand 

 Rhyparosomina) known to me. 



Ej)itimetes lutosus. 



E. oblongus, indumeuto grisco dense tcctus, sctulis nigris minutis 

 adspersus ; rostro capite plus duplo longiore antice tricarinato ; 

 antennis gracilibus, funiculo nitido, articulis duobus basalibus 

 clongatis ; prothorace convoxo, in medio longitudiniditer excavato; 

 scutello nuUo ; elytris supra subpjanatis, irrcgiUaribus, postice 

 utrinquc trituberculatis ; mctastcnio a])dominoquelongitudinaliter 

 excavatis ; tibiis posticis intus ad basin dente acuto armatis, versus 

 apicem intus penicillatis. Long. 4 lin. 



Hob. Christchureh. 



EUYMNEUS. 



Caput parvum. Oculi cxigui, rotundati, grosse granulati. Rostrum 

 longiuscidum, carinatum ; scrolns foveiformes, ante incdiuni rostri 

 sita;. Antiunie funiculo articulis duobus l)asjdibus iongiusculis 

 ffiqualibuB, primohaud ampliato, tortio ad sextura trausversis, sep- 



