460 COLEOPTERA 



ampliato-ovata ; funiculo articulo basali ampliato, longiusculo, secundo 

 multo breviore ; prothorace subtransverso ; scutello elongate, albo ; 

 elytris striato-punctatis, interstitiis subplanatis, supra fere obsolete albo- 

 maculatis. 



Long., i lin. 



Tairua (Capt Broun). 



A. smaller species than E. fervtdus, with a longer head and propor- 

 tionately shorter and stouter rostrum. In some specimens there is a 

 reddish spot on each shoulder. 



815. E. interstitialiS, n.s. This species resembles E. elegans, 

 but is a good deal larger and broader, and the eyes are relatively smaller 

 and less approximated. 



The body is quite black above, the breast bears the same white and 

 yellow clothing observable in E. fervtdus, the tarsi and antennae are 

 piceous, with the scape of the latter reddish. 



The rostrum is rugosely punctate, with a fine carina down the middle. 

 The head and thorax are closely, rather coarsely, and rugosely punc- 

 tured ; the latter is sub-conical, about as long as it is broad, widest 

 behind, and with a slight frontal constriction. The elytra are consider- 

 ably broader than the thorax, with prominent shoulders, the sides are 

 nearly straight to beyond the middle, and from thence narrowed to the 

 apex, their broadest portion is somewhat flattened above, and a little 

 elevated behind, and they bear punctured striae, which are broader than 

 in E. elegans ; the interstices are rough, seemingly studded with minute 

 granules. The third elytral interstice, at the declivous apical portion, 

 bears a long strip of scale-like pubescence which is sometimes yellow, 

 but usually whitish. 



Length, 2-2^ lines. 



I found this species at Tairua. 



816. E. discolor, n.s. Allied to E. fervidus ; rather elongate, 

 with rather long parallel-sided elytra very gradually attenuated pos- 

 teriorly. The antenna are reddish, with an infuscate club. The rostrum 

 is very closely sculptured, and bears minute pallid scales. The head is 

 so sculptured as to appear as if covered with minute granules ; the 

 thorax is closely and rugosely punctured ; and the elytra bear sharply- 

 defined punctured stride. 



The prothorax is rather longer than it is broad, and not very wide 

 near the base. 



The legs are reddish ; the posterior femora are strongly dentate, but 

 the four front thighs, though notched near the apex, are not at all 

 toothed below. 



The general ground-colour is obscure piceous, and this is variegated 

 with many minute griseous scales, somewhat congregated on the sides 

 of the thorax, but elsewhere distributed so as to give a very much 

 spotted appearance. 



Length, 1J line. 



I obtained several examples at Tairua. 



