858 COLEOPTERA 



grey hairs ; scape testaceous, funiculus and club infuscate, first joint 

 largest, thickened towards the extremity, second longer than the 

 following ones, which decrease in length ; club pubescent. Prothorax 

 transversal, constricted in front, rounded laterally, moderately closely 

 and coarsely punctured, with a blackish dorsal streak, clothed with 

 fine yellowish hairs and whitish elongate scales. Scutellum small, 

 piceous. Elytra broader and nearly three times longer than thorax, 

 striate-punctate, interstices nearly plane and finely punctated, the 

 middle ones forming a slight oblique elevation on each elytron ; the 

 space behind the scutellum, a small elongate spot on each side of it, 

 and a large spot at the side of each, not reaching the suture, and 

 extending from the middle to the posterior slope, blackish; the 

 whitish scales form an almost uninterrupted streak from the base to 

 the back part of the black patch. Legs robust ; femora notched at 

 the extremity, and more or less dentate below; tibiae flexuose. 

 Underside fuscous. 



$ . Antennal insertion just before the middle ; rostrum longer, 

 more slender, and more feebly striate. 



In one example the dark marks are indistinct, and the basal 

 spots have a tendency to unite. It should be placed near E. 

 acalyptoides and E. glottis. 



Length (rost. excl.), i lines ; breadth, quite -J-. 



Habitat, Taieri, Otago. Collected by Mr. S. W, Fulton. 



1527. E. veronicse, n.s. Variegate, yellowish, shining, the 

 elytral suture always, the thorax and portions of the elytra some- 

 times, piceous ; club fuscous ; rather thickly covered with depressed, 

 brassy, scale-like hairs. 



Rostrum longer than thorax, considerably arched, nearly parallel, 

 striate ; antennal insertion half-way between the middle and apex. 

 Eyes depressed. Prothorax a little transverse, convex, constricted 

 in front, its sides rounded, moderately closely and coarsely punc- 

 tured. Scutellum piceous. Elytra broader than thorax and twice 

 its length, with rows of not very close punctures ; interstices plane, 

 finely and remotely punctate, appearing impunctate. Legs stout, 

 thighs not dentate, tibiae flexuose. Underside distantly punctured, 

 more sparingly clothed than the upper surface ; breast and basal 

 segment of abdomen pitchy, the other segments fuscous ; intercoxal 

 process rather obtuse, but with a small median angulation. 



? . Rostrum more elongate and slender, less distinctly furrowed, 

 twice the length of thorax ; antennal insertion close to the middle. 



The rather close covering of brassy, scale-like hairs distinguishes 

 this species ; the hairs, however, are apt to become greyish. 



Length (rost. excl.), ij-if lines; breadth, . 



Mr. S. W. Fulton took about a dozen specimens off Veronicas on 

 Mount Maungatua, Otago. 



1528. E. thomsoni, n.s. Testaceous; the club, beak, scutellar 

 region, and a narrow lateral stripe on each elytron, piceo-fuscous, 

 sometimes rufo-fuscous, the thorax occasionally rufescent ; sparsely 

 clothed with slender greyish hairs. 



