OF NEW ZEALAND. 933 



Rostrum short, uni-carinate. Prothorax hardly longer than 

 broad, a little constricted and depressed in front, so that the margins 

 appear slightly elevated ; its sculpture rugose, not very uneven. 

 Elytra sub-cordate, striate-punctate. 



Differs from E. crispatus in having a much shorter rostrum, with 

 broader scrobes having a very small squamose space near the eyes, 

 the elytra are less uneven, and the third and fifth interstices are 

 destitute of posterior protuberances. 



Length (rost. incl.), 2f-3^ lines ; breadth, i-if. 



Waitakerei Kange. 



Group-HYLOBIIDJE. 



Dryopais. 



Nov. gen. 



Rostrum longer than thorax, arcuate, moderately stout, gradually 

 dilated apically ; scrobes beginning near apex, profound there, 

 shallower near the lower part of the eye. Scape clavate at apex, 

 just touching the eye ; funiculus y-articulate, two basal joints almost 

 equally elongate, 3-7 gradually dilated ; club well marked off, 

 elongate-ovate. Eyes transversely ovate, free, not convex. Pro- 

 notum sub-quadrate, narrowed in front, very slightly incurved behind 

 the eyes, base feebly bisinuate. Scutellum small. Elytra sub- 

 oblong, base bisinuate and broader than thorax, narrowed pos- 

 teriorly. Femora clavate ; tibia flexuose, their apical spurs small, 

 posterior corbels moderately open ; tarsi pilose, third joint deeply 

 bi-lobed, terminal elongate, claws free. Prosternum arcuate-emar- 

 ginate ; metasternum moderate ; basal segment of abdomen largest, 

 third and fourth short, with deep sutures. 



Differs from Hylobius (H. abietus for example) in the eyes not 

 being truncate in front, in possessing smaller tibial spurs, unarmed 

 femora; small third and fourth, but deeply divided, abdominal 

 segments ; the soles of the tarsi not densely brush-like, &c. 



1678. D. variabilis, n.s. Elongate, sub -ovate, convex; 

 clothed with depressed, elongate scales, sometimes yellowish or 

 greyish, in one example greenish ; colour variable, fuscous, apex of 

 thorax and a broad space at the side of each elytron rufescent, 

 antennae reddish, club piceous, legs rufous or testaceous. 



Rostrum indistinctly tricarinate or bisulcate, punctate, scales 

 disposed transversely. Antennae pilose ; scape flexuous ; second 

 joint of funiculus more slender than first, seventh distinctly larger 

 than sixth, club opaque and densely pubescent. Prothorax about as 

 long as broad, often slightly dilated before the middle, more or less 

 evidently sulcate on the clorsum, closely punctate. Elytra striate- 

 punctate, interstices more or less elevated. Underside piceous, the 

 punctures of the pro- and meso-sterna with round scales ; abdomen 

 hairy, its basal segment broadly impressed. 



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



Widely distributed, but not common, in the Middle Island. 



