OF NEW ZEALAND. 717 



rather rough, with shallow punctures and feebly-raised lines. Head 

 nearly plane, slightly depressed on the vertex, punctate. Prothorax rather 

 longer than broad, contracted anteriorly, the sides behind nearly straight ; 

 its surface is closely and rugosely punctured, and bears a few short black 

 hairs. Scutellum covered with grey hairs. Elytra broader than thorax, 

 excessively elongate, being three times its length, almost cylindrical, very 

 gradually narrowed towards the apex ; they are feebly striated, and with 

 rugose-punctate sculpture ; they have a few short cinereous hairs distri- 

 buted over their surface. Anterior femora simple, the intermediate 

 strongly produced below, similar in form to the hind thighs of the typical 

 species ; the posterior are broken off, and are, most likely, very strongly 

 dentate. Antennce rather short comparatively ; basal joint of the funiculus 

 longest ; second nearly as long, but more slender ; joints 4-6 nearly equal 

 to one another ; club very long, its basal articulation cup-shaped, second 

 of about the same length, transverse, third longer than the preceding ones 

 conjointly; it is pubescent, and almost as long as the funiculus. 



This insect is only temporarily associated with the Eugnovii ; the six- 

 jointed funiculus with excessively-developed club, in conjunction with the 

 long hind-body, &c., will render the formation of a new genus quite 

 necessary, but more perfect examples must be obtained to enable its 

 characters to be more carefully studied. 



Length (rost. inch), 2\ lines ; breadth, f . 



One very much mutilated individual has been transmitted by F. H. 

 Meinertzhagen, Esq., Waimarama, Napier. 



Stephanorhynchus (P. 462). 



1268. S. tuberosus, n.s. Clothing variegate, chiefly yellowish- 

 grey scales along the back, more or less piceous on the sides, tri-coloured 

 near the apex of the elytra; legs variegated, scape infuscate-red, funiculus 

 fuscous, club opaque. 



Rostrum moderately long, considerably compressed and elevated 

 towards the eyes, and, like other parts of the body, ciliated with short, 

 erect setae ; the space between that ridge and the two crests on the vertex 

 is concave. Prothorax rather long, conical, considerably narrowed an- 

 teriorly, more deeply constricted before than behind the middle, with two 

 median crests. Elytra with obliquely-rounded shoulders, from thence 

 gradually narrowed^as far as the hind thighs, more abruptly behind them, 

 with a pointed protuberance on each side of the suture at the apex ; on 

 the disc, besides the ordinary compressed tubercles, there are about 

 twenty more or less evident tubercles. Anterior/^;wr0 inflated and den- 

 tate below, the two hind pairs with a strong spine-like process ; tibia 

 arcuated. 



The chief differences between S. curvipes and the present species are 

 the greatly elevated rostrum ; more elongate thorax ; scarcely rugose, 

 obsoletely-punctate elytra with strong apical protuberances; and very 

 large, acute femoral processes. 



Length, 4 lines; breadth, \\. 



This species was discovered amongst the mountains near Nelson, by 

 T. F. Cheeseman, Esq., F.L.S. I have seen only one individual. 



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