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shorter and thicker, and form a conspicuous line on the third inter- 

 stice, on the sutural region there are very few. 



Rostnim shining, red, finely punctate, slightly incrassate at the 

 antennal insertion (just behind the middle). The scrobe attains the 

 eye, but it is not deep. Head narrowed towards the front ; the out- 

 line, owing to the inconspicuous eyes, not interrupted, its back 

 portion smooth. Scape slender, flexuous, very gradually thickened ; 

 second joint of the funiculus about the same length as the first but 

 more slender, third and fourth longer than broad, fifth bead-like, club 

 elongate-oval. Thorax elongate, deeply constricted near the front, 

 so that the apical portion seems swollen, the sides behind the con- 

 striction are moderately rounded, and a little narrowed anteriorly ; 

 the middle is flat but not concave, the surface rather finely but not 

 closely punctured, the intervals densely and minutely sculptured. 

 Scutellum small, rotundate. Elytra elongate, parallel, a little 

 broader than the thorax ; they are striate-punctate, interstices 

 minutely and densely sculptured, appearing rugose from behind, the 

 declivity striate. Legs long, with greyish hairs, tibial hooks distinct, 

 third tarsal joint evidently bilobed. 



Underside with moderately coarse but not closely-placed punc- 

 tures, pubescence greyish. 



The clothing of the third elytral interstices will lead to its recog- 

 nition. 



$ . Length, 1J lines ; breadth, f line. 



Moeraki. One individual, found by Mr. Sandager on a ngaio 

 at Black Sandy Beach. 



2420. E. gracilis, n.s. Subopaque, obscure-red, elytra paler 

 than the thorax, antennae and tarsi fulvescent ; clothed with yellow 

 depressed hairs or setae, which, on the elytra, are shorter but not 

 coarser than those on the thorax. 



Rostrum shorter than the thorax, very slightly narrowed behind 

 the antennal insertion (the middle), opaque, not slender, densely 

 and minutely sculptured, and with numerous fine punctures. 



Although this bears a considerable resemblance to E. elegans it 

 is certainly distinct. The funiculus has the last three joints monili- 

 form. The eyes are a little more prominent. The elytra are wider 

 near the hind thighs than they are at the shoulders, the sides, 

 however, are not curvate, the punctuation is perceptibly finer and 

 closer, and the setae are more slender, and not more conspicuous on 

 the third interstices than they are elsewhere. The femora are more 

 slender. The scape is stouter, and it is thickened for half its 

 length. The scrobe is deep, and, behind, extends downwards from 

 the upper to the lower part of the eye as in the typical species. 



Underside with moderately fine punctures, but with stronger ones 

 on the prosternum ; the metasternum and two basal ventral seg- 

 ments piceous and broadly impressed, the rest of the surface reddish. 



cT . Length, l^ lines ; breadth, quite line. 



Moeraki. Found at the Gorge, on a cabbage- tree, by Mr. 

 Sandager ; one only. 



