OF NEW ZEALAND. 893 



1591. E. simplex, n.s. Convex, oblong-oval; shining, rufo- 

 piceous inclining to black, legs dark-red, antennae and tarsi ful- 

 vescent. 



Head very finely punctated. Prothorax distinctly marginated 

 laterally, finely and evenly punctured. Elytra very finely, almost 

 obsoletely, punctated, each with six fine curved striae, the sutural 

 more or less indistinct. Pygidmm not distinctly sculptured. Front 

 tibia finely denticulated. Underside finely punctured, the posterior^ 

 edge of the mesosternum indistinctly crenulated. 



This and the following species are the most oblong I have seen 

 in New Zealand. 



Length, line ; breadth, f . 



Otago : Ten specimens from Mr. T. Chalmer and two from Mr, 

 S. W. Fulton. Arboreous in habit. 



1592. E. rusticus, n.s. Oblong-oval, moderately convex ; 

 shining, rufo-piceous, legs rufescent, tarsi and antennae fulvescent. 



Head finely punctured. Prothorax transverse, finely mar- 

 ginated, distinctly punctured, the punctation becoming more 

 obvious towards the base. Elytra distinctly punctated, each 

 elytron with six well-marked striae not attaining the apex, 

 the sutural straight, the others curved ; in addition to these 

 there is an indistinct, abbreviated humeral stria. Anterior tibia 

 denticulated. Under-surface punctured like the upper, the front 

 edge of the mesosternum crenulated. 



Most nearly allied to E. punctulipennis ; the most oblong form 

 described as yet from New Zealand. 



Sometimes the insect is dark fusco-rufous, with a suffused pitchy 

 spot near the middle of the hind-body. 



Length, f line ; breadth, f. 



Taken under tarata bark, West Taieri bush, by Mr. S. W, 

 Fulton. 



Group TROGOSITID^E. 



Grynoma (p. 181). 



T 593- G. viridescens, n.s. Oblong, somewhat convex ; legs, 

 antennae, and thorax testaceous or yellowish-brown ; elytra viri- 

 descent, the depressed parts more or less infuscate ; irregularly 

 clothed with semi-erect, slender white setae. 



Head rufo-fuscous, densely punctate, small, nearly nude. An- 

 tenna short, two basal articulations large, third longer than broad, 

 joints 4-6 sub-quadrate, seventh and eighth very transversal ; club 

 oblong, ninth and tenth joints strongly transverse, eleventh rounded. 

 Prothorax transverse, narrowed in front, anterior angles not promi- 

 nent ; sides explanate, lateral margins obsoletely crenulate, paler 

 and more coarsely punctured than the disc. Elytra shining, side 

 margins crenate, the green portion uneven and rather more elevated 

 than the rest of their surface, the punctation moderately coarse but 

 not very close. 



About half the size of the previously-recorded species, the thorax 



