OF NEW ZEALAND. 447 



Tibia compressed, and bisinuated inwardly, spurred, rarely mucronated 

 at the end ; corbels of the posterior open ; tarsi normal, their claws free 

 or connate. Metasternum more or less elongated. Body almost in- 

 variably winged, pubescent, seldom squamose. 



Eiratus. 



Pascoe ; Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., Feby., 1877. 



Rostrum arcuatum, validum, apicem versus gradatim latius ; scrobes 

 subterminales, obliquae. Oculi ovales, transversi. Antenna breviusculae ; 

 clava majuscula. Prothorax utrinque rotundatus. Elytra subcylindrica, 

 postice callosa. Prostcmum antice elongatum. Coxae anticse separatee. 

 Processus interfemoralis late truncatus. Tibia rectae, apice uncinatse ; 

 ungues simplices. Abdomen segmentis duobus basalibus valde ampliatis. 



An Hylobius-totm, as it appears to me, but differing in its longer 

 metasternum ; the character of the elytra, however, is that of most of 

 the Hylobiidce. The spaces between the coxae are gradually more and 

 more apart. An obvious angle occurs at the point where the rostrum 

 joins the head. 



786. E. parvulUS, Pascoe; Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., Feby., 1877. 

 E. oblongus, subdepressus, piceo-fuscus ; rostro prothorace breviore, 

 parce pilosa; funiculo articulo basali modice ampliato, cseteris con- 

 junctim quam clava vix longioribus ; prothorace latitudine longitudini 

 sequali, crebre punctate ; scutello parvo ; elytris fortiter striato-punctatis, 

 apice rotundatis ; corpore infra sparse punctate. 



Long., ij lin. 

 Tairua. 



787. E. tetriGUS, n.s. Piceous, legs pitchy ferruginous, antennae 

 rufous, club piceous ; body sub-depressed, rather short and broad, and 

 quite destitute of pubescence. Thorax sub-conical, about as long as it 

 is broad, somewhat dilated laterally in the middle, from whence it is 

 rounded anteriorly and a little constricted in front, the sides behind 

 nearly straight ; the surface is coarsely and closely, but not deeply 

 punctured. Scutellum indistinct. The elytra are oblong with rounded, 

 slightly-produced apices ; they are a good deal wider than the thorax, 

 the sides are slightly distended near the middle, with an indistinct 

 sinuosity behind ; their sculpture consists of closely punctured striae and 

 moderately-elevated interstices, these, however, are rather broader and 

 less convex than in E. parvulus. The structural characters normal. 



Length, i line (rost. excl.). 



I found this species at Whangarei Heads. 



788. E. versutus, n.s. Fuscous, moderately shining, rather convex, 

 sparsely clothed with white bristles. Antennae stout, finely pubescent, 

 the last joint of the funiculus larger than its predecessors. Rostrum 

 slightly widened towards the head, shining and punctate. Eyes small, 

 circular, but not prominent. Thorax oblong, with slightly rounded 



