OF NEW ZEALAND. 759 



No. 245 should be placed near Tyrus mutandus, though the palpi 

 are not quite of the orthodox pattern. 



Eupines. 



King. 



Body rather short, convex. Head obsoletely bi-foveolate. Pro- 

 thorax smooth, not at all foveolate. Elytra without dorsal striae. 

 Antenna zo-jointed, robust, distant at base, almost bi-clavate. Maxil- 

 lary palpi quadri- articulate, terminal joint fusiform. Basal joinu of 

 the posterior tarsi short, the two last much elongated, with one claw. 



The above constitute the essential characteristics of Mr. King's 

 genus, which differs from Bryaxis in the form of the terminal joints 

 of the antennae. 



1347. E. rudicome, n.s. Convex, shining, sanguineous; 

 elytra and legs dilute in colour. 



Head sub-quadrate, quadri-foveolate. Prothorax rounded late- 

 rally, narrowed posteriorly, unimpressed. Elytra considerably 

 longer and broader than thorax, truncated apically, each elytron 

 with a fine sutural stria, otherwise unmarked. Hind-body convex, 

 deflexed, sparsely pubescent, not perceptibly punctured. Antenna 

 pubescent ; basal joint larger than the immediately following ones ; 

 second stouter than third ; joints 3-6 about equal ; seventh much 

 broader than the preceding one ; eighth nearly twice the breadth of 

 the sixth, very short, angulated inwardly ; ninth excessively large, 

 produced outwardly, narrowed towards the extremity ; tenth about 

 as large as ninth, elongate-oblong. Tibia flexuose. 



The structure of the antennae is unusual; the first eight arti- 

 culations form the stalk ; the two terminal are, individually, nearly 

 as long as the preceding eight conjointly, at least twice as broad, 

 hispid, and coarsely sculptured, and, though furcate, appear capable 

 of converging so as to form, a massive oblong club ; the penultimate 

 terminates in an acute fulvous point, whilst the tenth appears as if 

 furnished with an appendage or minute apical joint. 



$ . Length, f line ; breadth, |-. 



Described from a single individual communicated by Mr. P. 

 Stewart- Sandager, of Wellington. 



NOTE. No. 232 must be associated with the 'above so as to 

 become Eupines clavatus. Its description appears on p. 126, Man. 

 N.Z. Coleop., but the antennae are only lo-jointed, not n-; the 

 error will seem pardonable when the last two joints are carefully 

 examined under a high magnifying power the deep inward notch 

 and the presence of a suture on the outside of the basal portion of 

 the ninth joint appear to mark it off from the larger part beyond. 

 In the description the eleventh joint must stand for tenth. The 

 terminal joints may be thus characterized : Ninth enormously 

 developed, its basal portion appearing as if it formed a distinct joint, 

 transverse, and quite twice the breadth of the eighth; it is then 

 strongly produced outwardly, so as to be quite six times broader 

 than the eighth, and is deeply notched or hollowed on the inner 

 side ; tenth, large, cordiform. 



