Species of New-Zealand Coleoptera. 145 



Hah. Tainia. 



A very distinct species, the elytra unusually broad, especially 

 when compared witli the small transverse ])rothorax. 



Dorytomus trilobus. 



D. testaceo-fulvus, pube subtilissima parce vestitus, basi elytrorum 

 macula triloba ni{^ra signatus ; rostro baud striato, luugitudiiii 

 prothoraeis a?quali, subtiliter punctuluto ; oculis rotundutis ; 

 funiculo antcnnarum brevi; protborace transverse, utrinque rotun- 

 dato, levitor purictulato ; scutollo nigro ; elyfris paido depressis, 

 fortitcr striato-punctatis, intcrstitiis punctulatis ; femoribus infra 

 angulato-dcntatis. Long, 2 lin. 



II(iI). Tairua. 



In size and shape this species resembles our D. maculatus. 

 The femora are produced into a strong angle beneath, termi- 

 nating in an almost obsolete tooth. 



Neomycta. 



Rostrum latum, protborace brevius ; scrobes laterales, infra oculos 

 desinentes. Oc!<7j prominidi, rotuudati. -4n^en?ue subterminales, 

 gracilos ; funiculus articulo primo ampliato, reliquis breviusculis. 

 Prothorax antice posticeque tnmcatus. Elytra mediocria. Femora 

 incrassata; //6iVe fiexuosae ; unguicuUMhQn. Mesosternuyn -oiodlcQ 

 elongatum. 



Differs from Erirhinics in its broad rostrum, with antennae 

 inserted near the apex. 



Neomycta pulicaris. 



N. testaceo-rufa, sparse pilosa ; capita rostroque vage punctiUatis, 

 hoc apice mandibulisque nitide nigris ; fiuiiculo articulo primo 

 duobus sequentibus conjunctim longitudine a;quali ; clava ovato- 

 acumiiiata ; protborace transverse, utrinque rotundato, con- 

 fertim punctulato ; scuteUo exiguo ; elytris protborace multo 

 latioribus, breviusculis, subdepressis, fortiter striato-punctatis, 

 dorso plus minusvc iufuscatis ; corpora infra pedibusque tcstaceia. 

 Long. 1| lin. 



Hah. Tairua. 



Eugnomus Wakejieldii. 



E. fusco-castancus, capita rostroque nigris, dorso elytrorum protho- 

 raceque in medio squamulis ochraceis vestitis ; aiitcnnis castaneis, 

 fimiculo articulis duobus basalibus olongatis, clava longiuscula ; 

 elytris supra planatis, a medio abruptc declinbius, postice vittis 

 duabus niveis ornatis ; corpora infra nivao-piloso. Long. 2^ lin. 



Ilab. Christchurch. 



