OF NEW ZEALAND. 1089 



tibiae straight, coarsely ciliated. Underside rufo-fuscous, densely 

 sculptured like the head, appearing squamose. 



The margins of elytra not distinctly crenulate as it were with 

 nodiform swellings, their suture not raised, discoidal punctures not 

 larger than in small examples of E. bakeivelli. 



Length, 4-4^ ; breadth, 2J lines. 



Taieri. Mr. S. W. Fulton. 



1939. E. CUCUllatUS, n.s. (Sharp; Trans. Boy. Dub. Soc., 1886, 

 p. 387.) Oblongus, inaequalis, indumento fusco obtectus, prothorace 

 anterius in medio in lobum, longiorem producto, basi utrinque 

 excisione lata sat profunda. 



Long., 10-12mm. 



This is the largest of the New Zealand Colydiidce, and, though 

 similar to E. bakewelli and E. wakefieldi, is readily distinguishable 

 by the peculiar thoracic lobe over the head, this being remarkably 

 elongate, not deflexed, and with its sides much raised. These 

 raised sides, moreover, curve round at the front of the lobe, and 

 nearly meet one another, being separated only by a slight fissure. 

 The inequalities of the surface are greater than in the other species, 

 and the disc of the elytra flatter, the tubercles behind more pro- 

 minent, so that the apical portion is more abruptly declivous ; the 

 joints of the antennas, too, are longer than in any of the other 

 species. 



Greymouth. Helms. 



OBS. This species occurs also at Boatman's, where Mr. Cavell 

 found three examples. T. B. 



Glenentela. 



Nov. gen. 



Body ovate-oblong, convex, asperate, sparsely setose. 



Head deeply immersed, elevated over antennal insertion. Trophi 

 very minute. Eyes scarcely perceptible, concealed by the thoracic 

 angles. Antennas short, basal joint much stouter but scarcely any 

 longer than second ; third about as long as the preceding one, but 

 much more slender; 4-7 small, transverse, bead-like; eighth and 

 ninth strongly transverse, the latter the larger of the two ; tenth 

 abruptly larger than ninth, broader than long ; eleventh extremely 

 short, scarcely distinguishable ; the club therefore somewhat Pycno- 

 merus-like. Antennal insertion close to the minute eyes and pro- 

 longed as a broad groove underneath the head, the prosternum very 

 deeply and widely hollowed for half its length for the reception of 

 the antennae in repose. Coxa small, all widely separated ; the an- 

 terior placed close to the hind margin of the prosternum, the inter- 

 vening process broadly grooved along the middle, the extremity 

 almost bilobed. Prosternum deeply emarginate, truncate in front, 

 so that the anterior angles project as far as the forehead. Meta- 

 sternum short, raised in the middle, but with a depression there. 

 Abdomen moderately large, the two basal segments nearly equal, the 



