Sfierieit of NeiC' Zealand Cohoptera. 133 



Rostrum finely punctate, indistinctly carinatc, obviously 

 l<)iip;er than thorax, almost (piitc parallel-sidcd, only sli^^htly 

 arched, hlijcs suhrotiindate, free from thorax, not promi- 

 nent. Thorax aUout as lonjj as broad, evidently narrower 

 in front than behind ; finely but (|uitc distinctly and not 

 closely punctured. Scutellum minute. Elytra elongate, 

 wider than thorax at base, gr.idually narrowed backwards, 

 distinctly and rejjularly striate-punctate. 



Le;/!* inodfratcly slcuder; til)i:e slightly mucronatc at the 

 extremity ; third tarsal j')int with elongate lobes. AnteniKE 

 inserted near the apex ; scape slender, but a little clavatc 

 near the extremity, basal joint of funiculus stout, seventh 

 rather broader than sixth. 



Underside shining, similar to the upper surface in colour. 



Another concolorous, easily recognisable species, unlike 

 any other as yet found here. 



Length (rost, excl.) I ; breadth | line. 



Mount Maungatua, Otago. Another of Mr. S. W. Fulton's 

 discoveries, a single specimen only. 



Eugnomus antennalis, sp. n. 



Opar/ue, variegate, f usco-rufous, antennae and tarsi rufo- 

 castancous. 



liustrum stout, not twice the length of thorax, slightly 

 r<jui>tricted medially so that the scrobes are visible above ; 

 densely and coarsely punctate, not distinctly carinate, with 

 slender yellow hairs. Head broadly depressed between the 

 widely separated and prominent eyes, clothed and sculptured 

 like the rostrum, but also with numerous p:ile yellow scales 

 around the eyes. Thorax evidently l)roader than long, very 

 slightly constricted at apex, closely punctate, with slender 

 fulvous hairs on the disk, but covered with pale yellow 

 squama; at the sides. Scutellum oblong. Elytra evidently 

 wider than thorax at the base, very slightly and gradually 

 narrowed towiirds the hind thighs, more strongly behind 

 these, apices 3ul)truncate ; punctatc-striate, the interstices 

 minutely punctured and slightly asperate, there are two 

 scries of minute granules in the sutural strise near the base, 

 where the hairs are coarser and of a brighter yellow than 

 elsewhere, there are also a few scales on the shoulders ; they 

 are irregularly maculated with dark fuscous, and between 

 the hind thighs this colour predominates, on the posterior 

 declivity the inner four interstices are reddish, the third, on 

 each elytron, is quite pallid and abruptly bent forwards at 

 the apex, the fourth and sixth end within the pale zone, are 



