1056 COLEOPTEKA 



The very coarse sculpture of the head and thorax is a good dis- 

 tinguishing character. 



Length, f ; breadth, nearly ^ line. 

 Tairua (1886) ; two examples. 



1887. E. lepiphorus, n.s. Subdepressed, thorax moderately 

 shining, pale chestnut-red, legs and antennas fulvous ; clothed with 

 an admixture of yellow hairs, and minute brassy, seta-like scales, in 

 some lights more like setae than scales. 



Head trigonal, narrow, subopaque, closely punctured ; nearly 

 plane, interocular foveae very small; tubercles small but distinct 

 and glossy, the intervening channel broad but shallow. Antennae, 

 rather shorter than head and thorax, joints 3-8 nearly similar; 

 ninth and tenth transverse ; eleventh largest, acuminate. Thorax 

 appearing slightly longer than broad, widest near the front, much 

 narrowed anteriorly ; discoidal groove abbreviated, basal and lateral 

 foveae distinct, its punctation more distant, shallower, and altogether 

 less evident than that of the head ; side margins blackish and rough- 

 looking. Elytra narrowed towards base, lateral margins pitchy, 

 sutural striae and intrahumeral impressions distinct, sculpture of 

 surface ill-defined. Hind-body seemingly impunctate. 



One of the congeners of E. patruelis, smaller than that species, 

 and flatter. The head will lead to its identification. The clothing 

 is peculiar ; there are some slender scale-like setae on E. patruelis, but 

 they are not conspicuous. 



Length, f; breadth, nearly J line. 



Clevedon. One, from Mr. G. Munro. 



1888. E. validus, n.s. Shining, red, elytra paler, legs and 

 antennae fulvescent ; clothed with short, depressed yellowish hairs 

 intermingled with a few longer ones ; body robust and convex. 



Head large, subquadrate ; interocular foveae large, continued 

 forwards and confluent between the antennae ; the smooth, raised, 

 vertex portion prolonged nearly as far as the tubercles. Antenna as 

 long as head and thorax, second joint rather shorter than first, joints 

 3-8 differ but little from one another, moniliform ; ninth and tenth 

 much broader than eighth, transverse, tenth nearly twice the width 

 of ninth ; eleventh largest, acuminate. Thorax scarcely larger than 

 head, the base with a large angular median fovea united to a fovea 

 near each hind angle, no discoidal sulcus. Elytra considerably 

 larger than thorax, the sutural striae and intrahumeral impressions 

 broad and rather deep ; there are also two small punctures close to 

 the scutellar region. Hind-body long and convex. Legs stout. 



This might seem to agree pretty well with Dr. Sharp's E. con- 

 vexus (female) in many respects ; it is a smaller insect, however, and 

 the head is not at all narrow. 



Length, 1-1^ lines ; breadth, f line. 



Found on the Waitakerei Eange, near Ho wick, and near Cleve- 

 don ; seven individuals, without any well-marked sexual characters. 



