1428 COLEOPTEEA 



2479. E. COXalis, n.s. Body infuscate-red, moderately shining, 

 densely clothed with short yellow hairs, but with some scattered 

 elongate ones also, legs and antennae pale-red, tarsi and palpi ful- 

 vescent. 



Head distinctly and closely punctured, the foveae on the vertex 

 indistinct, the frontal channel broad and flat. Eyes small. Thorax 

 rather broader than long, with rounded sides, sculptured like the 

 head ; the dorsal groove broad and foveate behind, there is a fovea 

 at each side. Elytra subquadrate, a little narrowed towards the 

 base, not smooth ; the sutural stria on each is broad, and there is 

 another broad one beyond it, the interstices are slightly raised. 

 Hind-body of the same breadth as the elytra at the base, narrowed 

 apically. Legs stout, tibiae arched on the outside, the posterior a 

 little stouter and more arcuate than the intermediate. 



Underside shining, red, with decumbent yellow pubescence. Front 

 coxae prominent, trochanters spined. Metasternum convex. Abdomen 

 convex along the middle ; the second segment, on the middle, with a 

 transverse elevation, the top of which, however, is flat ; the third 

 also is moderately elevated, but towards the sides is broadly im- 

 pressed; the fourth and fifth are nearly nude, and quite glossy, the 

 latter has a large and rather deep impression towards each side. 



Very much like E. obscurus; the male characters, however, are 

 essentially different. 



$ . Length, nearly f ; breadth, nearly ^ line. 



Maketu, Hunua Kange. Three males. 



2480. E. inscitus, n.s. Elongate, subparallel, subopaque, punc- 

 tate ; obscure-red, legs and antennae paler, tarsi and palpi yellow ; 

 pubescence short, conspicuous, yellow. 



Head not at all short, much narrowed anteriorly, obtusely 

 prominent behind the eyes ; closely and distinctly punctured, with- 

 out well-marked foveae or frontal channel. Palpi rather thick, the 

 apical joint (maxillary) ovate. Thorax longer than it is broad, 

 oviform, its punctuation like that of the head ; the lateral, basal, 

 and median impressions shallow. Elytra rather longer than broad, 

 appearing as if they are finely punctured, the sutural striae broad, 

 the intrahumeral also broad but abbreviate. Hind-body about of 

 the same size as the elytra, the third segment with a slight, obtuse, 

 raised spot behind, at the middle. Legs stout, the anterior femora 

 rather thicker than the others ; the tibiae arched externally, the inter- 

 mediate, at the inner extremity, with a short, straight prolongation ; 

 tarsi rather short. 



More or less allied to Nos. 262, 1649, 1650, 1887, and 1898, 

 with each of which it has been compared. 



Antenna rather short, second joint oviform, not quite so large as 

 the first ; 3-8 very small and bead-like, hardly as long as they are 

 broad ; ninth twice the size of the eighth ; tenth still broader, trans- 

 verse ; eleventh large. 



Length, f ; breadth, quite \ line. 



Maketu, Hunua Range. Several, apparently without good dis- 

 tinguishing sexual characters, 



