OF NEW ZEALAND. 503 



Length, loj lines. 



Port Nicholson (Mr. Earl). 



NOTE. I have seen none from Wellington ; my specimens are from 

 Canterbury (C. M. Wakefield). Colonel Haultain sent me some~he~ 

 had cut out of a Rimu, near Auckland ; and I found one at Parua, near 

 Whangarei Harbour. 



895. R. saundersii, White; Voy. Er. Terr., Ins. Covered with 

 a light, grey down, the hairs of which run in different directions ; thorax 

 closely punctured, a short ridge in the middle behind ; elytra, on upper 

 part with three double rows of punctures, between every two of which 

 is a slight ridge ; antennae more slender and less heavy than in R. ursus; 

 femora with the inside and the tips above with short, greyish hairs. 



Length, 8J lines. 

 New Zealand (Mus. Saunders). 



NOTE. I have not seen this species, nor heard of its having been 

 found since the date of its discovery. 



Euthyrhinus. 



Schoenherr; Lacord. Hist, des Ins. Coleop., Tom., vii., p. in. 



Head transversely convex behind the eyes ; rostrum rather short, 

 moderately robust, depressed, rounded above, slightly widened at its 

 base and extremity. Antenna moderate, a little robust ; incrassated 

 apically, nearly reaching the eye ; first two joints of the funiculus elon- 

 gated, obconical, sub-equal ; joints three to seven very short, compact, 

 thickening gradually ; club rather stout, oblong-oval, sometimes not very 

 obviously articulated, almost obtuse at the end. Eyes rather large, 

 finely-facetted, short oval. Prothorax transversal, almost plane above, 

 slightly narrowed at a third of its length behind, strongly in front, its 

 apex moderately prominent, without lobes, deeply sinuated at each side 

 of the base at a distance from the angles. Scutellum oval or triangular, 

 sloping, placed on the anterior declivity of a small sutural callosity of 

 the elytra. 



Elytra rather short, depressed at their base, transversely convex 

 immediately behind the middle, rounded and vertical behind, scarcely 

 wider than the prothorax, profoundly sinuously emarginate inwardly. 

 Legs rather short, robust, compressed ; thighs gradually distended, ob- 

 tusely dentate below ; tibia almost straight, sharp outwardly, armed at 

 apex ; tarsi moderate, their two basal joints narrow, the first elongated 

 and arched at its base, third rather broad only spongy below, fourth 

 rather long, with moderate claws. Second segment of the abdomen 

 longer than third and fourth taken together, separated from the first by 

 an arched suture. Intercoxal process broad, angular in front ; meta- 

 sternum of medium length ; mesosternum rather prominent. 



Body rather short, scaly. 



896. E. squamiger, White; Voy. Er. Terr., Ins., p. 16. Body 

 black, moderately shining, densely covered with greyish scales, above 

 and below. 



