OF NEW ZEALAND. 1377 



constriction ; it is closely punctured. Elytra striate-punctate, the 

 punctures rather close ; interstices closely and minutely granulate, 

 and with a row of rather larger distant granules. 



About the size of E. maculosus (of which E. argutus, Sharp, is a 

 variety) ; the eyes less prominent and nearer the thorax, the kind- 

 body less attenuate, and not acuminate behind, differently marked. 

 The interstitial granules cause a somewhat spotted appearance. 



Underside with pallid clothing, that on the sides of the breast 

 very thick ; basal segment of the abdomen with a large shallow im- 

 pression, the fifth with a deeper depression which does not extend to 

 its base. 



Length (rost. incl.), 2-| lines ; breadth, quite f line. 



Mount Arthur. Found by Mr. T. F. Cheeseman. 



2405. E. squamifer, n.s. Bufescent, legs and antennae pale- 

 red ; rostrum and thorax with bright fulvous hairs, the sides of the 

 latter, and the elytra, with depressed pallid scales, which become 

 finer behind. 



This differs from E. fervidus, its nearest ally, in having rather 

 more prominent eyes, in the elytra being less striate, with larger and 

 less approximated punctures, the interstices are without any per- 

 ceptible sculpture, and the comparatively coarse elytral squamosity 

 is very different. 



Length (rost. incl.), 2 lines; breadth, -f line. 



Boatman's. One example, from Mr. Cavell. 



2406. E. maums, n.s. Black, legs and antennae obscure-red; 

 the femora, the club, and the first joint of the funiculus more or less 

 piceous; clothing scanty, consisting of slender ash-coloured hairs 

 and erect slender setae, there are a few grey scales between the hind 

 thighs, the scutellum is pallid, and the sides of the breast are covered 

 with greyish squamosity. 



This comes near E. inter stitialis, it is smaller, the rostrum is 

 closely sculptured, but there is no carina, the head is even more 

 closely punctured, the eyes are a little further apart in front than 

 they are behind, whereas it is just the reverse in a typical specimen 

 of No. 815 with which I compare this species, the thorax is narrower 

 but rather longer, and is more closely and coarsely punctured ; the 

 elytra are very gradually narrowed backwards, their punctures are 

 deep, and are closer than in No. 815, causing a more striate appear- 

 ance, the interstices are densely rugose, the squamose line on the 

 third is absent in this species. 



Length (rost. incl.), 2 lines ; breadth, ^ line. 



Waitakerei Eange. 



Megacolabus. 



Nov. gen. 



Prosternum emarginate in front. Anterior coxa contiguous, pro- 

 minent ; middle pair narrowly, the posterior more widely, separated. 

 Metasternum very short. Abdomen with the two basal segments 

 large, the intervening suture sinuous, third and fourth very short, 



