860 COLEOPTERA 



grey scale-like hairs. Scutellum small, pitchy. Elytra broader and 

 two times longer than thorax ; striate-punctate, the punctures near 

 the suture approximated, so that the sculpture there appears crenate- 

 striate, clothed with slender grey hairs and coarser whitish ones, 

 these latter least obvious on the disc ; the three inner striae of each 

 are much depressed apically. Legs stout, thighs not dentate below, 

 tibiae nexuose. 



This species has the most slender and elongate beak of any of the 

 Erirhinii as yet found in Otago. 



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



Discovered near Outram by Mr. S. W. Fulton. I have seen two 

 females only and no males. 



1531- E. COnfusus, n.s. Testaceous, thorax and beak usually 

 darker, scape almost rufo-testaceous, the funicle fuscous ; the thorax 

 with three elongate pitchy marks ; the elytra with two small apical 

 spots, four or six smaller ones in line with the hind-thighs, and the 

 scutellar region, more or less pitchy or infuscate. 



Rostrum longer than thorax, arched, moderately slender, parallel, 

 almost punctate-striate ; antennal insertion midway between the 

 middle and apex. Antenna stout, pubescent, first joint of funiculus 

 large, second and third cylindric, the latter the shorter of the two, 

 club distinct, ovate. Prothorax much broader than long, strongly 

 rounded laterally, constricted in front, bisinuate at base, punctate. 

 Scutellum piceous. Elytra broader and nearly three times longer 

 than thorax, striate-punctate, punctures approximated, interstices 

 finely punctured ; their clothing rather dense, consisting of rather 

 coarse, depressed, yellowish-grey hairs. Legs stout; anterior femora 

 notched and obtusely angulated below, the posterior dentate ; tibiae 

 flexuose. 



$ . Eostrum much more slender, rather longer, more feebly 

 striated, the scrobes beginning before the middle. The thorax is 

 rather short and strongly curved laterally, and the beak is not at all 

 dilated apically in either sex. 



Length (rost. incl.), i lines ; breadth, f . 



Another of Mr. Fulton's captures at Taieri. 



153 2 - E. xenorhinus, n.s. Sub-ovate, slightly glossy, testa- 

 ceous, the thorax with a dorsal streak and two elongate spots near 

 the base dark-brown ; the elytra with two small apical spots, and 

 six or eight almost contiguous ones in line with the hind-thighs, 

 piceous ; scape rufo-testaceous, funiculus darker. 



Hostrum rather longer than thorax, stout, parallel, greatly bent, 

 seemingly punctate-striate. Antenna rather short, stout, inserted 

 before the middle, second joint of funiculus not twice the length of 

 the third ; seventh transverse ; club distinct, ovate. Prothorax 

 much broader than long, its sides strongly rounded, contracted 

 anteriorly, rather closely punctured, clothed with yellowish-grey 

 scale-like hairs. Scutellum small, pitchy. Elytra broader than, 

 and nearly three times the length of, the thorax, convex, sub-oblong, 

 strongly striate-punctate, interstices almost impunctate, 4-6 abbre? 



