OP NEW ZEALAND. 1367 



There is no pectoral canal, unless the broad space between the 

 anterior coxae can be regarded as one. The coxa are subglobose. 



OBS. In the generic description, page 446, second line, an error 

 occurs. It ought to be " Prosternum slightly concave, but without 

 pectoral canal." 



Length (rost. excl.), f ; breadth, quite J line. 



Moeraki (Waterhouse Bush). Described from two examples sent 

 by Mr. Sandager. 



2390. G. puncticollis, n.s. Subopaque; elytra pale chestnut- 

 red, the third and fifth interstices pitchy near the middle ; thorax 

 almost quite red, head black, rostrum pitchy-red, tarsi of nearly the 

 same colour as the elytra ; antennae shining, fulvescent ; club 

 darker, four-jointed; the body sparingly clothed with elongate, 

 depressed, pallid setae, and bearing also a few very minute setae. 



Rostrum narrowed towards the eyes ; its sculpture consists ap- 

 parently of rows of punctures and smooth longitudinal interstices. 

 Thorax much narrowed towards the front, with an indistinct dorsal 

 carina in front, its punctuation rather close, closer than in any other 

 species ; a very minute seta in each puncture. Elytra widest near 

 the middle, without superficial inequalities, with regular series of 

 closely-placed punctures, giving a somewhat striate appearance. 



Legs like those of the G. plagiatus. Antenna similar; the club 

 may be termed four- jointed, as the eighth joint of the funiculus 

 differs from the seventh in colour and appearance. 



Underside piceous ; the basal ventral segment with four almost 

 regular transverse series of punctures. Coxa subglobose. 



This species is not so broad behind as G. plagiatus, the hind- 

 body is longer, and the posterior declivity is much less abrupt. 



Var. A. Body nearly concolorous chestnut-red. 



Var. B. Elytra with nearly all their basal half piceous. 



Length (rost. excl.), J ; breadth, -| line. 



Moeraki (Gorge). Four specimens, all from Mr. Sandager. 



Group-RH YPAROSOMID^E . 



Erymneus (Gen., p. 435). 



2391. E. irregularis, n.s. Opaque, piceous, densely covered 

 with infuscate-red, and pale, scales and setae ; the former predomi- 

 nate. 



Rostrum longer than thorax, a little expanded. in front of the 

 antennal intersection, reddish, finely irregularly punctate, and in- 

 distinctly carinate there ; behind that point coarse setae or scales 

 form longitudinal crests; there are also two minute interocular tufts. 

 Scape flexuous, much clavate at apex, bearing minute brassy setae. 

 Funiculus similarly clothed, but having also some yellow hairs ; 

 second joint slender, quite as long as the first ; joints 3-6 nearly 

 equal, not transverse ; seventh larger ; club short, ovate, finely 

 pubescent. Thorax quadrate, its sides slightly rounded ; with three 



