9*20 COLEOPTERA 



antennae fulvous, tarsi and palpi yellow, clothed with greyish-yellow 

 hairs. 



Head punctate, the inter-ocular foveae extending forwards to the 

 forehead ; eyes distinct. Antenna about as long as head and thorax, 

 their two basal joints stout ; second rounded ; third rather larger than 

 fourth ; joints 4-8 nearly equal, moiiiliform ; eighth slightly smaller 

 than seventh ; ninth and tenth transverse, twice the bulk of the pre- 

 ceding ; eleventh ovate, large. Prothorax oviform, quite as long as 

 broad, punctate, with three basal foveae joined together by an im- 

 pression ; the discoidal sulcus broad and deep, but not attaining the 

 apex ; the lateral fovese prolonged. Elytra oblong, paler than 

 thorax ; sutural and basal impressions distinct. Hind-body ap- 

 parently impunctate. 



Like E. ovithorax, but longer, the legs and elytra longer, the 

 punctation of the head and thorax more obvious, without any raised 

 inter-antennal space, and with slight differences in the structure of 

 the antennae. 



Length, quite f line ; breadth, quite . 



HAB. Paparoa (Howick). 



1648. E. monticolcl, n-s. Eufescent, shining, sparsely pubes- 

 cent, legs fulvescent. 



This species closely resembles E. patruelis, but the eyes are 

 smaller ; the head and thorax are more finely sculptured, and the 

 impression on the head is continuous and deeper, so that the foveae 

 are not well marked off from it. 



Length, f line ; breadth, J. 



Taken by myself on the Waitakerei Eange. 



1649. E. ovithorax, n.s. Rufous, slightly glossy, legs and 

 antennae rufo-fulvous, tarsi and palpi yellow, clothed with fine 

 greyish-yellow hairs. 



Head narrower than thorax ; punctate, with two well-marked 

 inter-ocular foveae and a much larger frontal depression, the parts 

 around the foveae and between the antennae appearing as if obtusely 

 elevated ; eyes moderate. Antenna nearly as long as head and 

 thorax ; the two basal articulations about equally large ; third very 

 little larger than fourth ; joints 4-7 nearly similar ; eighth rather 

 smaller than seventh ; the next two twice as large as eighth, and 

 strongly transverse ; eleventh large. Prothorax quite as long as 

 broad, oviform ; its discoidal punctation shallow, with three basal 

 foveae connected by a transverse line, the central one having a defi- 

 nite sulcus proceeding from it, but not reaching the apex. Elytra 

 oblong, narrowed towards the shoulders ; sutural striae wide and 

 deep, the base with two elongate depressions, their sculpture obsolete. 

 Hind-body pubescent. Legs simple. 



The punctation of the head and thorax, the latter rather long 

 and oval, will serve as distinguishing characters. E. asper perhaps 

 comes nearest to it. 



Length, f line ; breadth, quite ^. 



Taken at Woodhill, near Kaipara Railway, 



