864 COLEOPTERA' 



pallid hairs and elongate whitish scales, the latter predominating 

 near the sides and apex of the wing-cases, but not conspicuous. 



Rostrum as long as thorax, thickened apically, coarsely punctate ; 

 head plane, closely and coarsely punctated. Prothorax not trans- 

 versal, sub-conical, rather narrow, not much constricted in front, 

 very closely and coarsely punctured. Scutellum greyish, sub- 

 triangular. Elytra elongate, not twice the breadth, but quite twice 

 the length, of the thorax, humeral angles obtusely rectangular, sides 

 but little curved, gradually narrowed behind ; striate-punctate, the 

 punctures quadrate and somewhat approximated, interstices almost 

 plane, finely punctated. Two front pairs of thighs incrassate but 

 not dentate, the posterior notched, and moderately angulated below ; 

 tibia slightly bent. Underside closely punctate, sternum densely 

 covered with soft, elongate, depressed whitish scales and slender 

 hairs ; abdomen infuscate, with fewer scales, its fifth segment much 

 curved, and depressed apically. The thorax is more cylindric than 

 usual, and the hind-body rather parallel- sided. 



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



I caught four or five specimens on the Waitakerei Range. 



Oreocharis. 



Nov. gen. 



Rostrum cylindrical, of variable length ; scrobes sub-apical, very 

 oblique, convergent below. Antenna implanted near apex ; scape 

 slender, fiexuous, gradually thickened towards the extremity ; funi- 

 culus shorter than scape, 6-articulate ; first joint largest, sub- 

 triangular ; second rather shorter and much more slender ; 3-6 

 obconical ; club compact, indistinctly articulated, apparently 

 4-jointed (the two basal and the last one small), as large as funiculus. 

 Eyes distant from thorax, rounded, moderately prominent, distinctly 

 facetted. Prothorax conical or sub-cylindrical. Scutellum distinct. 

 Elytra broader than, and at least twice the length of, thorax ; 

 humeral angles not acute, sub-parallel or gradually narrowed behind. 

 Legs elongate ; anterior femora notched at apex, the intermediate 

 deeply notched and angulated below, the posterior compressed and 

 very strongly produced ; two front pairs of tibia slightly flexuose, 

 the other pair considerably bent inwardly, and dilated, near the 

 middle ; tarsi moderate, penultimate joint deeply bilobed ; claws 

 stout, thickened at base. Anterior coxa prominent, almost con- 

 tiguous, the middle pair not so far apart as the posterior. Meta- 

 sternum moderate, convex ; abdomen elongate, basal segment large, 

 third and fourth short, but not much abbreviated; fifth consider- 

 ably rounded apically in the middle and broadly impressed. 



Intermediate between Eugnomus and Stephanorhynchus . 



No. 1267, although represented in my collection by a specimen 

 destitute of hind-legs, must be removed to this genus and become 

 known as Oreocharis cyanea. 



1540- O. nigriceps, n.s. Castaneo-rufous, slightly glossy, last 



