OF NEW ZEALAND. 277 



This insect is named, at the request of Mr. VVakefield, in honour of 

 Mr. J. D. Enys, its discoverer. It has since been found by Mr. Wake- 

 field, near Christchurch, I believe. 



This species may, I think, be placed at present in the" r genus _ 

 Buprestis (Ancylochira, auct. plur.), though the prosternal process is 

 remarkably short, and its apex is broad and rounded. There is no 

 suture to be seen between the middle legs, so that I cannot say whether 

 the cavity for the reception of the prosternal process is formed entirely 

 by the mesosternum or partly by the metasternum. 



NOTE. This species occurs at Tairua, where I found one perfect 

 specimen, and the hind-body of another. 



FAMILY EUCNEMIDES. 



Mouth below. Ligula entire, without paraglossae. Maxilla bi- 

 lobed ; the external lobe sometimes deficient. Labrum nearly always 

 indistinct. Head vertical ; epistome narrowed at its base by the antennal 

 cavities, trapezeiform. Antenna inserted on the forehead, eleven- 

 jointed, variable in form. Legs not fossorial : anterior cotyloid cavities 

 widely open behind : the two front pairs of coxa globose ; the posterior 

 lamelliform, canaliculate behind ; spurs of the tibiae very small, some- 

 times absent ; tarsi pentamerous, lamelligerous or not. Abdomen with 

 five distinct segments. Projecting prosternal process more or less 

 received into the mesosternal cavity. 



Neocharis. . 



Sharp ; Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., May, 1877. 



Antenna very approximate at their insertion ; front of the head 

 much dilated laterally below the antennae, so as to leave an oblique 

 depression near the eye, in which the basal joint of the antennae is 

 received when retracted. Labnim not visible, the front of head being 

 terminated by a sharp edge, behind which the labrum is concealed. 

 Thorax short, without chin-piece, without grooves for antennae, with a 

 short process, which is curved upwards behind the coxte. Mesosternal 

 cavity short and broad. Lamina of hind coxa without trochanteral 

 lobe. Tarsi simple, with all the joints simple or with the fourth very 

 obscurely emarginate; basal joint as long as the three following together; 

 fifth joint either very or moderately short. 



The position of this genus is evidently in the Eitcnemides, near the 

 European and North American Xylobius and Hylocharis. 



483. N. varia, Sharp; Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., May, 1877. N. 

 supra rufescens, dense variegato-tomentosa ; antennis basi apiceque 

 rufescentibus, medio fuscis ; subtus fusca, pronoti lateribus abdomineque 

 rufescentibus ; pedibus testaceis ; prothorace dense punctato, conspicue 

 variegato-pubescente, anterius medio leviter impresso, disco utrinque 

 vage infuscato, et dcnsius subtiliusque punctato ; elytris densius punc- 



