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elongate, inserted near the apex of the beak, the scape attaining the 

 middle of the eye, a little thickened towards the extremity ; funiculus 

 seven-jointed, the basal joint as long as the fourth, second longest, 

 third shorter than fourth, the others about equal, all thickened apically ; 

 club elongate-ovate, four-jointed, the last small. Eyes oviform, longi- 

 tudinal, situated at the sides, nt very far from the thorax. Prothorax 

 transversal, slightly narrowed anteriorly, with a prominent basal lobe, 

 beyond which it is rather deeply, but not widely, sinuated. Elytra 

 almost trigonal, much broader than the thorax at their base, their 

 shoulders distinct, with a stout conical tubercle directed laterally 

 immediately behind each ; the sides are nearly vertical, the posterior 

 declivity rather abrupt, the disc is somewhat flattened, and each elytron 

 bears an obtuse tubercle at the summit of the posterior declivity. 

 Femora moderately inflated, and curvedly excised near the extremity 

 so as to appear subdentate below ; tibia flexuose \ the front tarsus has 

 the two basal joints nearly equal, the first rather larger however, both 

 obconical, third dilated and bilobed, the fourth elongate, claws stout. 



Coxa subglobose, the anterior contiguous, intermediate moderately 

 separated by the mesosternal process, the posterior remote, being 

 separated by a broad process of the abdomen ; metasternum short, with 

 a triangular projection reaching the middle of the coxae. First abdominal 

 segment large, second moderate, third and fourth very short, fifth conical. 

 Epipleura very narrow. 



The genus is allied to Empaotes, and is represented by the most 

 beautiful New Zealand species known to me. 



775. E. pulclierrillia, n.s. Antenna ferruginous, pilose, club 

 infuscate. Head with an elongate fovea between the eyes. Prothorax 

 uneven, with a dorsal depression, and many small, obtuse, tubercular 

 elevations. Elytra sub-punctate-striate, somewhat uneven, a little ele- 

 vated behind the middle, each with a lateral tubercle behind the 

 shoulder, and one behind, directed outwards, the apices somewhat 

 divergent and pointed ; they are longer than broad and gradually 

 attenuated posteriorly. 



The body is red, densely covered with small, flattened, orange-grey 

 scales above, intermingled with rows of depressed green setae or elongate 

 scales; the under-side is clothed with silvery scales, sometimes exhibiting 

 a slight pinkish metallic tinge ; the legs are squamose, and the tarsi 

 hispid. Scutellum rounded. 



Length (rost. inch), 5 lines ; breadth, 2\. 



I discovered this species at Tairua, in 1875, and in the following 

 year found four other examples, five in all. 



The squamosity readily disappears on abrasion, so that quite perfect 

 specimens are difficult to get. 



Empseotes. 



Pascoe; Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., July, 1876. 



Inophlato proximus, sed scrobibus ad oculos profunde impressis. 

 Rostrum robustum. Antenna graciles. Prothorax basi truncatus ; lobis 

 ocularibus obsoletis. 



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