OF NEW ZEALAND. 739 



Group SCOLYTID^EJ (P. 538). 

 Stenopus. 



Nov. gen. 



Body cylindrical, robust, coarsely sculptured, hirsute. Head large, 

 globular, produced so as to form a broad but very evident rostrum. Eyes 

 invisible from above, situated below at the base of the snout, moderately 

 facetted, vertically oval, depressed. Antenna rather long, gradually 

 incrassated, so that the small ovate but not acuminate club is by no 

 means well-limited; scape gradually thickened; funiculus 7-articulate, 

 first joint longest ; club pubescent, apparently three-jointed : they are 

 inserted in deep scrobes, which are hardly capable of receiving the whole 

 of the scape, so that it just touches the eye ; the funiculus when bent at 

 right angles rests under the rostrum, the scrobe being feebly prolonged 

 as a shallow cavity for the stout first joint. Prothorax large, nearly 

 conical, scarcely constricted anteriorly, of the same width at the base as 

 the elytra, but narrowed in front to that of the head. Scutellum small but 

 distinct. Elytra cylindric, longer than thorax, obtusely rounded pos- 

 teriorly. Legs moderate, femora robust ; front tibia straight, not at all 

 expanded, its outer angle prolonged and curved outwardly, the inner also 

 a little produced in the form of a spine ; the others are flexuous and 

 terminate externally in a projection as long as the basal tarsal joint, and 

 from the inner edge of that projection there pfroceeds a spine-like spur, 

 whilst its inner angle is likewise prolonged, but not to the same extent, 

 the tarsus being inserted in the hollow; tarsi narrow, the basal and 

 apical joints about equal ; second and third, conjointly, hardly as long as 

 the fourth ; third entire, or with only an apical excision for the claw- 

 joint ; claws simple. Prosternum rather long, semi-circularly excised in 

 front ; mesosternum moderate ; metasternum rather short, convex. 

 Abdomen composed of five segments, the basal one as long as the next 

 two, so elevated as to be on a different plane from the others, truncate 

 behind, produced in front so as to separate the posterior coxae; the 

 second short, sloping from the first to the third ; third and fourth very 

 short ; the last three with deep basal sutures. Front coxa prominent, not 

 contiguous, but separated by a very narrow space, the intermediate not 

 widely distant, having only a mesosternal process between them. 



This genus makes a nearer approach to the Cossonideous pattern than 

 any other I am acquainted with. There is much similarity to a very 

 robust Cossonid in the shape of the body, whilst the antennae very much 

 resemble those of Eutornus, but possess a shorter scape. 



1312. S. rufopiceus, n.s. Body transversely convex, narrowed 

 anteriorly ; rufo-piceous, not very glossy, sparsely clothed with erect 

 yellow hairs, tarsi and antennae pitchy-red. 



Head distinctly produced as a rostrum, its sculpture irregular. Pro- 

 thorax rather longer than broad, gradually narrowed, somewhat denticu- 

 late laterally, the base truncate with obliquely rounded angles ; the front 

 margin is smooth, the rest of the surface is coarsely punctured, least so on 

 the disc, and, towards the sides, many minute tubercular elevations may 

 be seen. Elytra cylindrical, apex obtusely rounded, almost punctate- 

 striate, some of the punctures divided by slightly raised intervals 

 encroaching on the interstices, thus giving the latter a rugose aspect ; the 



