OF NEW ZEALAND. 1257 



spotted manner. Legs red; femora more or less dark across the 

 middle ; the tarsi with the apices of the joints infuscate. 



Picton. Helms; two examples. This is distinguished from 

 Etnalis spinicollis by the simple angles of the thorax, and the much 

 less deeply divided eyes ; the thoracic carina, too, is not absolutely 

 contiguous with the base of the elytra. 



OBS. The words " the surface very densely and minutely sculp- 

 tured, feebly pubescent," refer, I think, to the head and rostrum, not 

 to the eyes. T. B. 



OBS. A. obtusus is evidently nearly allied to No. 976, and may 

 therefore prove to belong to Eugonissus. T. B. 



Eugonissus. 



Nov. gen. 



Body convex, subconical. Eostrum short, medially ernarginate 

 in front. Antenna inserted in deep foveiform cavities in front of the 

 eyes ; shorter than the body, basal joint not so thick at extremity as 

 at the middle ; second short, clavate ; joints 3-8 gradually decrease 

 in length, each thickened but not nodose at the extremity, third 

 evidently longer than fourth ; 9-11 forming a well-developed club. 

 Eyes almost rotundate, longitudinal rather than transverse, just 

 clear of thorax, hardly at all emarginate in front, widely distant 

 above. Thorax conical ; its carina contiguous with the base, not 

 bent forwards along the sides, at the middle obtusely prominent, 

 widely sinuate towards each side, its outer angles directed laterally 

 and posteriorly but not projecting much beyond the shoulders of the 

 elytra. Scutellum small. Elytra oblong, convex, bicurvate at base, 

 so as to be exactly adapted to the thorax. Pygidium conical. Legs 

 moderate ; basal joint of the tarsi elongate, third short, claws 

 distinctly appendiculate. Prosternum widely emarginate in front ; 

 anterior coxa distinctly but not widely separated, the others more 

 distant from each other. Metasternum short, episterna parallel. 

 Abdomen short, the sutures curved. Mesosternal process not dilated 

 behind. 



Eugonus and Etnalis are its nearest allies. 



2215. E. pictipes, n.s. Variegate, fuscous and obscure-red; 

 antennae fulvescent, the club only infuscate ; legs reddish-chestnut, 

 femora, tibiae, and tarsi with dark spots ; the clothing consists prin- 

 cipally of moderately-coarse yellowish hairs, the others more slender 

 and darker. 



Rostrum nearly quadrate, closely punctate. Eyes moderately 

 large and prominent, the space between them and the antennal 

 cavities very short. Thorax convex, narrowed in front, transversely 

 depressed in front of the carina, the basal angles subacute, and ex- 

 tending just outside the shoulders ; its punctuation close. Elytra 

 oblong, with only moderate basal elevations, slightly transversely 

 impressed before the middle ; their punctures tolerably regular and 



