OF NEW ZEALAND, 965 



arcuated ; tarsi stout, their claws strongly appendiculate. Underside 

 greenish-brown, with short hairs. 



? . Body shorter, rostrum still more slender and elongate ( line 

 long), femora unarmed, tibiae a little bent, darker in colour, mostly 

 infuscate, antennae implanted medially. 



The arched posterior tibiae renders its identification easy. 



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



Taken near Ho wick. 



1742. E. nesobius, n.s. Oblong-oval, moderately convex, 

 slightly shining, closely covered with pale-yellow scale-like hairs, 

 finer on the thorax ; testaceous ; the scutellar region, sometimes the 

 suture, two sub-apical spots, and a smaller median one at the side 

 of each elytron, fuscous ; antennae fulvescent, club a little darker. 



Bostrum parallel, arched, longer than thorax, not very slender, 

 punctate and indistinctly grooved. Antennce elongate, inserted 

 before the middle, club ovate. Eyes moderately prominent. Thorax 

 broader than long, contracted anteriorly, widest at the middle, nearly 

 straight behind ; neither closely nor coarsely punctured. Scutellum 

 small. Elytra oblong, broader than thorax, distinctly striate-punc- 

 tate, interstices rather narrow. Legs stout, front thighs widely 

 notched near the end, the hind pair angulated and sub-dentate 

 below ; tibiae fiexuose. Underside sparsely clothed with pale hairs, 

 with moderate and not deep punctures ; prosternum testaceous, the 

 rest of the breast and the two basal segments of abdomen dark- 

 brown, the other segments paler. The dark spots on the wing-cases 

 are not constant. 



Difficult to distinguish satisfactorily by description alone from 

 No. 1244 and its immediate allies. 

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



Taken off the native broom on Mokohinau Island, by Mr. P. 

 Stewart-Sandager. 



Dorytomus (p. 453)- 



1743. D. aciphyllae, n.s. Elongate, sub-ovate, slightly con- 

 vex, sparingly clothed with slender, greyish hairs ; variegated, 

 thorax infuscate, its disc pitchy; beak and antennae infuscate-red, 

 club dark ; legs testaceous-brown, thighs sometimes darker ; elytra 

 testaceous, but with a large lobate basal spot and the greater portion 

 of the sides fusco-rufous. 



Bostrum elongate, parallel, slender, arched, its punctation 

 almost in rows. Antenna elongate, inserted near apex. Thorax 

 transverse, rounded laterally, nearly straight behind the middle, 

 moderately punctured. Scutellum blackish. Elytra ovate, con- 

 siderably narrowed apically ; strongly striate-punctate, striae dis- 

 tinct, interstices minutely punctured; each with two very slight 

 indefinite sub-transversal elevations (one near the middle, the other 

 sub-apical) : these cause the post-median space to appear depressed. 

 Femora stout, anterior simple, the two hind pairs notched near the 

 extremity and sub-dentate below. 



