OF NEW ZEALAND. 719 



Group-CRYPTORHYNCHID^E (P. 478). 

 Ectopsis. 



Nov. gen. 



Body cylindrical, transversely convex, squamose. Rostrum elongate, 

 scarcely arcuated, gradually thickened towards the base; scrobes well 

 marked, beginning near the apex, gradually expanded, and continued to 

 the eyes. Antenna moderate ; scape thickened apically, and touching 

 the eye ; funiculus /-articulate, the two basal joints elongate, the second 

 not quite twice the length of the first, third and fourth oblong, the re- 

 mainder subquadrate ; club oblong-oval, tri-articulate. Eyes depressed, 

 distinctly facetted, curvilinearly-triangular, widest above, placed at the 

 base of the snout. Head immersed nearly as far as the eyes. Prothorax 

 transverse, abruptly and considerably contracted in front, nearly straight 

 along the sides and base, the latter closely applied to the elytra ; ocular 

 lobes prominent. Scutellum not distinct. Elytra cylindric, transversely 

 convex, quite parallel-sided, rounded and declivous behind, with rather 

 prominent humeral angles. Legs moderate ; anterior_/>7/20nz dentate, the 

 other pairs excised towards the apex, so as to appear subdentate, all 

 grooved below ; tibia compressed, almost straight, narrowed towards the 

 extremity, terminating in a strongly curved spur ; tarsi four-jointed, first 

 about as long as the following two, third bilobed, fourth elongate ; claws 

 simple. Pectoral canal profound, terminating below the raised mesoster- 

 num, which, as well as the metasternum, is short, the latter curved. Abdo- 

 men composed of five segments, the basal longest, and produced so as to 

 separate the hind coxae considerably, second shorter than the next three 

 conjointly, third and fourth very short. 



This form bears a superficial resemblance to the Australian Bostrichus 

 jtsuita. 



1272. E. ferrugalis, n.s. Body piceous, densely covered with 

 fine, depressed, griseous and ferruginous scales, the former much less 

 numerous than the latter, but predominating on the elytral apices. 



Hostrum almost nude and shining for one-third of its length in front, 

 the point of the antennal insertion. Head impressed on the vertex. 

 Prothorax transversal, somewhat depressed and uneven above ; its frontal 

 lobe short, about one-fourth of its length ; the sides but little narrowed 

 posteriorly, so that the outline of the body is almost quite cylindric ; the 

 few small, bare spaces on the disc are impunctate. Elytra nearly thrice 

 the length of the thorax, apparently impunctate except towards the sides, 

 which are so sculptured as to appear covered with large, rounded depres- 

 sions ; their posterior declivity seems flat, but the slightly raised suture, 

 and the presence of a compressed tubercle near each side, gives each 

 elytron, at that point, a quite concave aspect when viewed from above. 



The clothing and colour of the legs are similar to those of the body ; 

 the tarsi are pitchy-red and hispid. Antenna shining, dark red, pilose ; 

 club opaque with its dense pubescence. Under-side dull black, sparsely 

 squamose, not perceptibly punctured. 



Length (rost. excl), 6| lines; breadth, 2\. 



Described from one example sent to me by Mr. P. Stewart, of Wel- 

 lington. 



