714 COLEOPTERA 



rounded laterally, slightly contracted apically, somewhat rugose and 

 punctate ; it is clothed with yellow hair-like scales ; the dorsal space is 

 fuscous, the rest testaceous. Scutellum distinct. Elytra oblong, testa- 

 ceous, with ill-defined castaneous marks, punctate-striate, interstices not 

 perceptibly impressed, and clothed in the same way as the thorax. Legs 

 very pale yellow; femora deeply notched near the extremity; claws 

 distinctly toothed at the base. Antennae moderate, slender, testaceous, 

 shining ; club infuscate. 



Allied to P. varia, with a shorter and rougher snout, which in 

 P. varia is nearly smooth in front, having only a few fine elongate punc- 

 tures. The thorax is broader and not very obviously rugose, and the 

 antennae are placed further forward. In both species there is a spot 

 near the middle of each side of the thorax smooth and shining. 



Length (rost. incl.), i|; breadth, \ line. 



I found a few specimens at Parua. 



1261. P. pallidum, n.s. Colour pale stramineous; antennal club 

 infuscate, slightly glossy. 



Rostrum elongate, slender, nearly twice the length of the thorax, 

 arcuated, feebly sculptured. Antennae slender, inserted rather behind the 

 middle of the beak; scape scarcely at all incrassated apically. Head 

 punctate, with a few fine, short, whitish hairs. Proihorax about equal in 

 length and breadth, constricted and depressed in front, its broadest part 

 obtusely rounded ; the surface is punctate, with fine aciculate impressions 

 on the intervals between the punctures, and nearly nude. Scutellum 

 small. Elytra oblong-obovate, punctate-striate, with punctulated inter- 

 stices, and sparsely clothed with short grey hairs. Legs stout, the two hind 

 pairs of thighs subdentate below ; tibiae short, nearly straight. 



This and the following species have a much longer and more slender 

 rostrum than any of the described New Zealand Erirhinince except 

 Dorytomus rufirostris, and are rather narrow in form. They might be 

 placed by themselves in a new genus. 



Length (rost. excl.), \\\ breadth, nearly! line. 



The only individual I have seen was found at Parua. 



1262. P. castanea, n.s. Body rather dull, reddish-brown; legs 

 testaceous ; beak and antennae reddish ; club infuscate. 



Rostrum long, slender, and arched, almost smooth and shining. 

 Head punctate. Prothorax about as broad as long, rounded laterally, 

 constricted and depressed anteriorly ; it is sculptured in exactly the same 

 way as that of P. pallidum. Scutellum piceous. Elytra oblong, narrowed 

 posteriorly, punctate-striate, with distinctly punctulated interstices, and 

 sparingly clothed with short griseous hairs. Legs stout, the four posterior 

 femora dentate, tibiae a good deal bent ; tarsi reddish. Antennce slender, 

 placed just behind the middle of the rostrum. 



Like P. pallidum only, but with longer and more parallel-sided elytra, 

 not sensibly narrowed till near the apices ; the femora are inflated, and 

 at their thickest part have a small tooth directed downwards, and, beyond 

 that, are curvedly excised. 



A variable species as regards coloration ; in one example the disc of 

 the thorax is piceous, and the elytra chestnut-coloured, except a large 



