OF NEW ZEALAND. 863 



Rostrum not much longer than thorax, a little arched, stout, 

 almost quite parallel, shining, punctate-striate. Antennae, inserted 

 midway between the middle and apex, stout, club ovate. Prothorax 

 nearly as long as broad, transversely impressed and constricted 

 (slightly) in front, the sides moderately rounded, jts punctation 

 tolerably close and coarse. Scutellum small. Elytra broader than 

 and quite twice the length of thorax, sub-oblong, striate-punctate, 

 interstices nearly flat, and finely and remotely punctated. Femora 

 robust, the anterior notched and somewhat angulated, the others- 

 dentate; tibiae slightly bent. Underside similar in colour to the 

 upper, rather coarsely but not closely punctured, sparsely clothed 

 with fine yellowish hairs. Metasternum longitudinally impressed. 

 Third abdominal segment hardly as long as the next two taken 

 together. The pectoral cavity with acute edges and bounded by the 

 coxae, which do not quite touch one another. 



OBS. No. 797 is congeneric. 



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



Otago : Messrs. Fulton and Chalmer. 



Hypotagea (P. 456). 



1538. H. dissona, n.s. Sub-ovate, rather elongate, fusco- 

 testaceous ; the thorax with three (the central longest) blackish 

 marks ; the elytra with three elongate basal spots having a tendency 

 to unite, an interrupted flexuous fascia in line with the hind thighs, 

 a broader sub-apical one, and a continuous lateral stripe, piceous ; 

 beak infuscate, scape rufo-testaceous, furdculus pitchy-brown. 



Rostrum rather slender, arched, parallel, elongate, twice the 

 length of thorax, punctate-striate. Antenna inserted near the apex, 

 moderately slender ; first joint of funiculus as large as the following 

 two ; third cylindric, quite as long as but more slender than fourth : 

 club large, oblong-oval, opaque, pubescent. Eyes with coarse facets, 

 slightly convex. Prothorax about as long as broad, narrowed and 

 impressed anteriorly, rounded laterally, rather closely and coarsely 

 punctured, and, like the head, bearing a few grey scale-like hairs. 

 Scutellum small. Elytra broader and quite two times longer than 

 thorax, gradually narrowed posteriorly; strongly striate-punctate, 

 interstices minutely and remotely punctated, plane. Legs moderately 

 long and stout ; anterior femora simple, the posterior obtusely 

 angulated below; tibia flexuose, the intermediate abruptly bent 

 inwardly at the extremity, the posterior less so. Underside piceous, 

 punctate, clothed with grey hairs ; metasternum canaliculate ; the 

 two basal segments of the abdomen broadly impressed, the third and 

 fourth not much abbreviated, each appreciably shorter than the 

 second. Claws appendiculate. 



Length (rost. incl.), i lines ; breadth, nearly \. 



Mount Maungatua, Taieri : Mr. Fulton. One example. 



Eugnomus (p. 458). 



1539. E. luctUOSUS, n.s. Piceo-niger; tarsi, knees, apex of 

 snout, and the antennae (save the pitchy club) reddish ; clothed with 



