1412 COLEOPTEEA 



as the apex of the second ; fourth stout, ovate, moderately long. 

 Head not rostrate, rather short and vertical in front ; aiitennal 

 tubercles large, elevated, approximate. Antenna 11 -articulate. 

 Mesostermim with the flattened lamina acutely prolonged between 

 the middle coxae. Metasternum large, convex. Abdomen composed 

 of seven segments, 2-5 gradually diminish, seventh short, conical. 

 Tarsi with a minute basal joint, the second longer and thicker than 

 the third, with one claw. Eyes prominent and coarsely facetted. 



Microtyrus is a cognate form. Tyrus may be readily separated 

 by its double tarsal claws. 



2460. E. elegans, n.s. Body moderately elongate, slightly 

 convex, pubescent, red, shining; elytra, legs, and antennae of a 

 yellowish-red, tarsi and palpi yellow. 



Head, including the eyes, slightly broader than the thorax, nar- 

 rowed behind, closely punctate ; between the hind part of the 

 tubercles there is a depression which does not extend as far as the 

 eyes, the tubercles touch each other in front. Thorax longer than 

 broad, obliquely narrowed anteriorly, widest just before the middle, 

 where the sides are almost obtusely angulated, behind that point 

 the sides are nearly straight and only slightly narrowed ; the surface 

 evidently punctured, with a broad dorsal groove which nearly 

 reaches the apex, each side has a large elongate impression, these 

 are not connected by any distinct basal depression. Elytra oblong, 

 somewhat narrowed near the shoulders; they are seemingly im- 

 punctate, though not very smooth ; the pubescence is yellow, decum- 

 bent, and short ; near the apex, which is depressed, the hairs are 

 dense ; besides the well-marked sutural stria, there appear to be 

 two broad shallow basal impressions on each elytron ; the shoulders 

 are raised. Hind-body shorter than the elytra, of the same width 

 at the base, gradually narrowed, not much deflexed, pubescent, the 

 first three segments broadly rnarginated, the basal one depressed at 

 the base, the second with a median transverse depression in front. 

 Legs long and slender. 



Antenna finely pubescent ; basal joint cylindric, rather larger 

 than the second ; third smaller, narrow near its base ; fourth 

 slightly longer than it is broad; fifth larger than the contiguous 

 ones, about equal to the third ; 6-8 decrease, they are bead-like ; 

 ninth rather large, twice the size of the eighth, much narrowed 

 apically ; tenth broader than ninth, transverse ; eleventh moderately 

 large, acuminate, hardly as broad as the tenth, rather closely 

 applied to it ; these three terminal joints more conspicuously pilose 

 than the others. 



Underside ^: Head with longish yellow hairs, and a large fovea 

 behind the middle. Prosternum and coxae as in Microtyrus punc- 

 tatus. 



An easily-recognised species. No other in New Zealand has 

 similarly-formed antennae ; the gap between the ninth and tenth 

 joints is obvious, so that the last two seem to form a sort of 



