(icnciii and Sj»,:us vf Sftc Z:ulund doleopteni. -if) 



DracrilR'd rroiii oiu' iiioiiiittMl male, whicli was found 

 tinder a stoiic bv Mr. J. II. Lewis and forwanied a.s 

 No. 5877. 



Enplfi'tus sulcicepa , sp. n. 



Elongate, shiuiiif^, pale castaneo-rufous, sparinffly clothed 

 with slender de[)res^cd grey hairs ; legs and antennae 

 fulvescent. 



Ihad nearly as broad as the thorax, sul)trigonril ; at each 

 side, l)eliind the eye, there is a fovea which is prolonged 

 forwards as a broad groove. Antcniu£ short and stout, 

 2nd joint nearly as large as the exp sed portion of the 

 1st, joints 3-7 small and differing l)nt little from one 

 another, 7th and 8th transverse, yth evidently larger than 

 the 7th, 10th twice the size of the 7th and distinctly hroader 

 than the 8th, llth large, conical, and acuminate. Thorax 

 oviform, with a fovea at each side united to its fellow by a 

 tran>vci*se linear impression near the base, close to which 

 there is a smaller central fovea; there is also a slight 

 longitudinal impression on the disk. Elytra sui)(juadrate, 

 shoulders narrowed, with a distinct sutural stria and humeral 

 impression, which is sometimes dividtd, on eacij. Hind 

 body longer than the elytra, i(s fir.-t exposed segment 

 covered with exceedingly minute scales, the follo.ving three 

 larger, nearly equal and nwirgincd, 4th and 5ih dcHexed. 

 Leys sim[)le. 



Congeneric with the preceding species, but dilferiug there- 

 from in the form of the head and other details. 



Jjength ^, breadth nearly \ line. 



Thompson's Gorge, Otago. 



A single specimen. No. .')yiO, mounted on cardboard. 

 Also found by Mr. Ijc.vis. 



Group Byrrhidae. 



Curimus vestitm, sp. n. 



Convex, oviform, slightly nitid, fusco-piceous, legs reddish, 

 antennae and palpi |)ii'eous ; densely covered with llat, small, 

 yellowis^h-grey and while scales ; these last predominate near 

 the hind angles of the thorax, and form irregular spots near 

 the sides of the elytra behind the middle ; there are also 

 many erect grey set;e on the sides of the body, on the legs, 

 and on tlie forehead. 



Ill ad siiboblong, rather flat, not sqtiamose in front, ob- 

 tusely rounded there. Labruni prominent. Eyes quite 

 lateral aud longitudinal, not at all conspicuous, much 



Ann. d: M<iy. S. Hist. Sir. 7. Vol. xiv. 4 



