OF NEW ZEALAND. 87! 



part, narrowed posteriorly ; each elytron with three distinct rows of 

 elongate setae or coarse hairs, with smaller ones distributed over the 

 surface ; their sculpture consists of rows of rather shallow punctures, 

 and the intervals between every two rows appear somewhat elevated. 

 Antenna with a few slender greyish hairs; scape bent, thickened at 

 apex ; basal joint of funiculus stoutest, incrassated apically, scarcely 

 exceeding second in length, third rather longer than fourth, fifth 

 shorter than fourth, almost quadrate ; club oblong-oval, pubescent. 

 Underside blackish, with moderately coarse, shallow punctures, 

 bearing a few fine short setae ; metasternum longitudinally lineated. 



$ . Eostrum sub-parallel, shining-red, punctate ; antenna in- 

 serted medially. 



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



I found this fine specimen on the Waitakerei Eange. 



OBS. No. 934 must be referred to this genus, so as to become 

 known as Eucossonus setiger (Sharp). 



Group CERAMBYCID^E. 



Epheus. 



Nov. gen. 



Elongate, depressed. Head exserted, contracted behind, its 

 muzzle quadrate, antennal tubercles strongly obliquely elevated. 

 Antenna filiform, slender, longer than body, densely pubescent, and 

 sparsely ciliated below ; basal joint stout, elongate, clavate at apex, 

 second very small, third rather shorter than first or fourth, joints 

 4-11 about equal. Prothorax longer than broad, deeply constricted 

 in front, the sides strongly spined ; disc bi-spinose. Scutellum cur- 

 vilinearly triangular. Elytra elongate, broader than thorax at base, 

 very widely incurved laterally ; apices rounded, exposing the pygidium. 

 Legs long and slender; tarsi linear, elongate, basal articulation 

 nearly twice the length of the second, third cleft to the base, their 

 soles brush-like. Anterior coxa prominent, sub-contiguous, inter- 

 mediate more distant. Metasternum moderate, convex, canaliculate. 

 Abdomen sub-parallel, narrow, on a lower plane than the sternum, 

 its last segment uncovered. Eyes large and prominent, coarsely 

 facetted, reniform, their greatest bulk in front. 



Allied to Leptachrous. 



1551. E. COStifer, n.s. Ferruginous, tarsi and palpi fulvous; 

 the margin of each elytron to beyond the middle, and a lateral post- 

 median spot, fulvescent. 



Head longitudinally grooved, forehead nude, rufous, and rugose ; 

 labrum and epistome smooth ; the hind part coarsely rugose-punctate 

 and clothed with yellow hairs. Antenna elongate, their last three 

 joints extending beyond the body, densely covered with very short 

 yellow hairs. Prothorax longer than broad, considerably constricted 

 in front, each side armed with a very strong, acute spine ; disc un- 

 even, with two erect median spines of nearly equal thickness 

 throughout ; behind these spines is a bare, coarsely- wrinkled space, 

 but the rest of the surface is more finely sculptured and covered with 



