species of Neic- Zealand Cohoptera. 137 



four patches of wliitc hairs on tlic elytra. The foiu-ch 

 aiitcnnal joint is loiifjor. 



(S . Length (rcjst. inrl.) 3; breadth ^' line. 



Howick. One individual in my own collection. 



Pachyiira viulacea, sp. n. 



Body only slightly nitid, violaceous, sparingly but evenly 

 clothed with fine but quite distinct greyish hairs, tip of 

 rostrum rufcsccnt, antennie and legs light brown, claws 

 nearly black. 



liosfrum short, distinctly punctured near its base. Head 

 widest near the front, moderately closely but not very 

 coarsely punctured, with slightly rugose intervals. Thorax 

 a little tiansverse, narrower in front than behind, base bi- 

 sinuatc; there is a very fine stria along the middle, its 

 punctuation is rather finer than that of the head. Scutellum 

 moderately large and rounded. 7i/f//?-flr subcylindrical, being 

 slightly narrowed behind the shoulders only, closely and 

 distinctly punctured and, on some spots, somewhat trans- 

 versely rugose, but without the elevations and deep trans- 

 verse striie of P. metallica, P. sumptuosa, and others. 



Most nearly resembles P. ruhicunda, which has two small 

 j)rotuberances at the tip of the rostrum. 



Length (rost. inch) 2^ ; breadth | line. 



Karori, Wellington. Taken off young Totara tree. "Mr. 

 G. V. Hudson, one specimen. 



P. pilosa, variety of P. rubicunda. — This differs from my 

 typical examples in having darker elytra so covered with 

 grey hairs that the surface appears greyish. The apical 

 prouiincnces on the rostrum are quite distinct. 



ilelensville. One in my own collection. 



Group Cryptorhynchidae. 

 Aphoc(Elis, gen. nov. 



Biidij broad, oviform, convex, covered with scales and 

 short erect setae. 



Prosternum broadly excavate, as in Psephohix, but with 

 more sharply defined lateral borders in front of the coxse. 

 Mesosternal lamina very short and transverse before the coxae, 

 the suture between it and the metasternum quite straight. 

 Intermediate coxa as widely separated as the posterior. 

 Second ventral segment much abbreviated, very short, third 

 and fourth very short, like those of an Acalles, with deep 



Ann. (C- Ma<j. S. Hist. Scr. 8. Vol. iv. K) 



