862 COLEOPTERA 



Thomson, F.S.S., of Dunedin, and Mr. S. W. Fulton, of Outrani. 

 Both specimens, I believe, are males. 



I 535- E. fulvus, n.s. Sub-ovate, sparingly clothed with coarse 

 golden-coloured and finer pallid hairs ; except a pale, irregular, 

 oblique streak, and a minute brownish spot on each elytron, wholly 

 fulvous or pale-castaneous. 



Rostrum rather longer than thorax, gradually dilated apically, 

 a little arched, punctate-striate ; antenna, inserted just before the 

 middle, sparsely pilose ; club large, ovate. Eyes small, flat, with 

 coarse facets. Prothorax rather broader than long, well-rounded 

 laterally, very slightly impressed and constricted in front, mode- 

 rately closely and coarsely punctated. Scutellum small. Elytra 

 broader than, and quite twice the length of, the thorax, gradually 

 narrowed posteriorly, almost imperceptibly near the base ; punctate- 

 striate, or nearly so, interstices simple. Anterior femora unarmed, 

 the posterior angulated, but not dentate, below ; tibiae nearly 

 straight. Underside testaceous, with moderately large shallow 

 punctures and greyish hairs ; metasternum longitudinally impressed ; 

 second abdominal segment decidedly larger than third or fourth. 

 The almost unicolorous derm and bright-yellow hairs are dis- 

 tinctive. 



Length (rost. excl.), i^ lines; breadth, nearly -|. 



My specimen was found near Wellington by Mr. P. Stewart- 

 Sandager. 



1536. E. stramineipes, n.s. Fuscous; thorax sub-opaque, 

 fusco-piceous, its apex pallid ; beak paler than elytra, legs straw- 

 coloured ; antennas, save the infuscate club, yellow ; clothed with 

 fine pallid hairs. 



Rostrum longer than thorax, slightly arcuated, parallel, with two 

 or three rows of punctures at each side. Antenna short, inserted 

 before the middle, club stout, ovate, obsoletely articulated. Pro- 

 thorax broader than long, transversely impressed and a little _nar- 

 rowed in front, but little rounded laterally, its punctation neither 

 close nor coarse, and more distant on the dorsum, the intervals finely 

 and densely sculptured. Scutellum small, tawny-brown. Elytra 

 broader and three times longer than thorax, sub-oblong, strongly 

 striate-punctate, almost punctate-striate behind ; interstices slightly 

 convex, finely and distantly punctated. Legs stout, anterior femora 

 simple, the others dentate; tibiae short, bent, third tarsal joint 

 deeply bilobed, claws short and stout. Allied to Nos. 1241 and 1242, 

 not differing structurally. 



Length (rost. incl.), I line ; breadth, f . 



Waitakerei Eange, Auckland. One example. 



Aneuma (P. 455)- 



1537. A. ferrUginea, n.s. Fusco-rufous, clothed with fins 

 greyish hairs, legs fulvous, beak and antennae ferruginous ; sub- 

 ovate. 



