458 COLEOPTERA 



latus, articulo basali elongato, ampliato, secundo breviter obconico, 

 creteris trans versis ; clava distincta, longe elliptica. Oculi subrotundati, 

 grosse granulati. a prothorace distantes. Prothorax parvus, subcylin- 

 dricus, antice paulo productus. Scutellum triangulare. Elytra ampliata, 

 oblongo-cordata, humeris rotundatis. Femora antica et intermedia 

 modice incrassata, ilia mutica, postica valida, infra fortiter dentata ; 

 tibia subflexuosse, apice inermes; tarsi mediocres, articulo tertio late 

 bilobo. Metasternum modice elongatum. Processus intercoxalis latus, 

 truncatus. Abdomen segmentis duobus basalibus ampliatis ; sutura 

 prima in medio arcuata. 



The only species of this genus is ferruginous in colour, with 

 deciduous greyish scales, but always more scattered at the sides, which, 

 to the naked eye, present the appearance of being marked with a large 

 brownish patch. I obtained my original specimen from an old collec- 

 tion in the possession of Mr. Stevens ; but I have since received it 

 from Captain Broun, who finds it plentifully at Tairua, near Auckland. 



Eugnomus, Schcenh., with an undescribed New Zealand insect for its 

 type, is unknown to me, but is apparently differentiated from the pre- 

 sent genus in several particulars, i.e., in the eyes, antennae, prothorax, 

 elytra, &c. 



809. T. amplipenniS, Pascoe; Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., Sept., 1875. 

 T. ferrugineus, squamulis grisescentibus insequaliter vestitus, supra 

 setulis paucis adspersus ; capite confertim punctato, super oculos tuber- 

 culis duobus munito ; rostro capite parum longiore ; prothorace longitu- 

 dine latitudini fere sequali, pone apicem fortiter constricto ; elytris basi 

 prothorace duplo latioribus, pone basin oblique excavatis, striato-punc- 

 tatis, interstitiis latis, vix convexis, tertio quintoque interrupte elevatis, 

 quarto quintoque versus apicem callosis ; corpore infra sparse punctato. 



Long., if lin. 

 Tairua. 



Eugnomus. 



Schcenherr. 



Head elongate ; eyes round, moderately prominent, distant from 

 thorax, situated on the sides in front ; rostrum of moderate size ; scrobes 

 oblique. Antenna elongate, inserted near apex ; scape flexuose, thickened 

 towards apex, reaching to eye ; funiculus 7 -jointed, the basal longest, 

 obconical ; second not so long or stout, of nearly the same shape ; the 

 others about equal ; club distinct, ovate. Thorax sub-conical. Elytra 

 sub-oblong. Femora inflated and dentate ; tibia flexuose. These are 

 the prominent characteristics of E. fervidus. 



I have not been able to get Schcenherr's description. 



8 10. E. elegans, Pascoe; Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., July, 1876. E. 

 niger, parce setulosus ; rostro versus apicem gradatim latiore ; antennis 

 nigris, scapo ferrugineo, clava elongata ; oculis prominulis, supra con- 

 tiguis; prothorace vix transverse, postice utrinque rotundato, crebre 



