OF NEW ZEALAND. 457 



Neomycta. 



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



Rostrum latum, prothorace brevius ; scrobes laterales, infra oculos 

 desinentes. Oculi prominuli, rotundati. Antenna subterminales, gra- 

 ciles ; funiculus articulo primo ampliato, reliquis breviusculis. Prothorax 

 antice posticeque truncatus. Elytra mediocria. Femora incrassata ; 

 tibia flexuosae ; unguiculi liberi. Mesosternum modice elongatum. 



Differs from Erirhinus in its broad rostrum, with antennae inserted 

 near the apex. 



807. N. pulicariS, Pascoe; Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., Feb.. 1877. 

 N. testaceo-nifa, sparse-pilosa; capite rostroque vage punctulatis, hoc 

 apice mandibulisque nitide nigris ; funiculo articulo primo duobus 

 sequentibus conjunctim longitudine sequali ; dava ovato-acuminata ; 

 prothorace transverso, utrinque rotundato, confertim punctulato ; scutello 

 exiguo; elytris prothorace multo latioribus, breviusculis, subdepressis, 

 fortiter striato-punctatis, dorso plus minusve infuscatis ; corpore infra 

 pedibusque testaceis. 



Long., ij line. 

 Tairua. 



808. N. mbida, n.s. The whole of the body of this species is a 

 variable red, some light, others dark, and is clothed rather densely with 

 yellowish hairs, except on the discoidal portion of the elytra, which is 

 nearly nude. The antenna are stout, with a considerably bent scape ; 

 the first joint of the funiculus is large ; the second more elongate than 

 those which follow. Rostrum stout, laterally punctured. The eyes are 

 of the same form, but not so prominent as those of the typical species. 

 The thorax is rather large, longer than broad, the sides rounded, and 

 narrowed anteriorly ; its surface is rather closely and distinctly, but 

 finely, punctured, and has an almost dorsal line, and the pubescence is 

 disposed transversely. The elytra are a little wider than, and not twice 

 the length of, the prothorax, and are gradually rounded to the apex ; 

 each elytron bears eight distinct striae, the punctation of which consists 

 of sub-quadrate impressions ; the interstices are almost plane near the 

 suture, those beyond being slightly convex ; the clothing is arranged 

 longitudinally. The legs are rather stout, with a distinct excision near 

 the apex of the femora. Scutellum distinct pilose. 



Length, i line (rost incl., ij). 



I found a few examples at Tairua on the foliage of Metrosideros 

 tomentosa. 



Tysius. 



Pascoe ; Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., Sept., 1875. 



Caput elongatum ; rostrum mediocre, subangulatum ; scrobes subter 

 minales, obliquae, infra oculos currentes. Scapus tenuatus, gradatim 

 incrassatus, ad marginem posticum oculi attingens ; funiculus 7-articu- 



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