OF NEW ZEALAND. 859 



Rostrum longer than thorax, moderately arched, striate ; an- 

 tennal insertion midway between the middle and apex. Pro thorax 

 transversal, constricted in front, rounded laterally, its punctation 

 neither very close nor deep. Scutellwn distinct. Elytra broader 

 than, and twice the length of, the thorax ; strongly striate-punctate, 

 interstices simple, not distinctly punctate. Underside of the same 

 colour as the darker portions of the upper. Head minutely and 

 densely reticulated behind. Eyes distinct. Femora more or less 

 dentate below. 



Of about the same size as E. limbatus, but with the sides of the 

 thorax more strongly rounded, and therefore appearing more con- 

 stricted anteriorly. 



Length (rost. excl.), line; breadth, f. 



First received from Mr. G. M. Thomson, F.L.S., of Dunedin, and 

 subsequently from Messrs. Chalmer and Fulton. 



1529. E. bicavilSj n-s. Sub-ovate, variegate, the derm glossy - 

 piceous ; thorax clothed with long but slender greyish hairs, the 

 elytra with fine fulvescent hairs, coarser brassy ones, and feathery 

 scales, forming about a dozen whitish tufts ; legs yellow, antennae 

 fuscous, scape paler in colour than the funicle ; club pitchy. 



Hostrum longer than thorax, arched, sub-parallel, with two rows 

 of punctures and two lateral grooves, the apical portion smooth. 

 Antenna implanted midway between the middle and apex, sparsely 

 clothed with grey hairs, of normal structure ; club stout, not 

 elongate. Prothorax about as long as broad, constricted in front, the 

 sides nearly straight behind, punctate, the dorsal line least so, with 

 two large frontal cavities. Scutellum small. Elytra broader and 

 about two times longer than thorax, humeral angles obtusely pro- 

 minent, apex abruptly deflexed ; striate-punctate. Legs stout ; base 

 of femora blackish, not distinctly toothed ; tibiae flexuous. 



A well-marked species. The frontal constriction of the thorax is 

 expanded and deepened inwardly so as to form two obvious transverse 

 cavities. Allied to No. 1257. 



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



I found my specimen on the Waitakerei Kange. 



1530. E. melastomus, n.s. Sub-ovate, a little glossy ; elytra 

 pale-testaceous, with four small dark spots between the posterior 

 femora and the basal region somewhat darkened ; thorax darker 

 than elytra, with two basal spots and a median streak dark-fuscous ; 

 the beak infuscate, apex usually blackish ; scape of the same hue as 

 the beak, funiculus piceo-fuscous ; legs testaceous. 



Rostrum very slender and elongate, twice the length of thorax, 

 arched, feebly striate. Antenna inserted at the middle ; basal joint 

 of funiculus clavate and about as long as the following three con- 

 jointly, third shorter than second, both cylindrical, joints 4-7 become 

 shorter and thicker, club large, oblong-oval. Head punctate, 

 covered with brassy, scale-like hairs ; eyes moderately prominent. 

 Prothorax broader than long, depressed and constricted in front, sides 

 rounded; moderately coarsely punctured, clothed with yellowish- 



