Species of New-Zealand Coleoptera. 61 



pnrvo : elytris prothorace vix latioribus, striato-punctutis, inter- 

 etitiis late plaiiatis, siiuamulis erectis albidis adspersia ; femoribus 

 infra subdeutatis ; tibiis unco vulido armatis, intermodiis basi extus 

 anjijulatis. Long. 2\ lin. 



Ihjl>. Tairua. 



This is a very mucli .smaller and shorter insect than 0. no- 

 tata, Wh., and is remarkable for its short thick rostrum like 

 PsephohtJ:, 



Hypotagea. 



liostnnn oylindricum, arcuatum ; scrobes prasmedianoo, reetfc. An- 

 teiinti; longiuscula' ; funiculits 7-articulatu8 ; clavn distincta. 

 OcuU rotundati, grosse granulati. Prothora.v basi subsinuatus, 

 lobis ocularibus nullis. Scntelluin parvuni. Elytra obovata, 

 pygidium tegentia. Femora clavata, antica mutica, caetera dente 

 parvo instructa. UngtticnU appendiculati. Abdomen segmentis 

 tribus intermcdiis subaequalibus. 



Allied to Anthonomiis ; but the mutic anterior femora forbids 

 its being referred to that genus. The species is a somewhat 

 glossy reddish ferruginous insect, with scattered whitish liair- 

 like scales. 



Hypotagea ruhida. 



H. subcylindrica, rufo-ferruginea, subnitida ; rostro prothorace multo 

 longiorc, nigoso-punctato ; prothorace subtransverso, sat crebre 

 punctate ; elytris prothorace paulo latioribus, fortitor striato- 

 punctatis, interstitiis convoxis ; tibiis anticis leviter crenatis, inter- 

 mediis intus bisinuatis. Long. l.| lin. 



Hah. Otago. 



Eugnomus elegans. 



E. niger, parce setulosus ; rostro versus apicem gradatim latiore ; 

 antennis nigris, scapo ferrugineo, clava clongata ; oculis promi- 

 nulis, supra contiguis ; prothorace vix transverse, postice utrin(]uo 

 rotundato, crebro punctulato ; scutello rotundato ; elytris basi 

 prothorace multo latioribus, leviter striatis, interstitiis planatis, 

 squamis minutis vestitis, vftta lata azurea, postice Jiivea ot gra- 

 datim attenuata, a scutello fere ad apicem, ornatis ; corpore infra 

 dense albo-squamoso, macula ochracea antica iitrinque notato. 

 Long. 1| lin. 



Hah. Tairua. 



This and the following species agree pretty well with 

 Eugnovms^ Schonh.,no member of which has, 1 believe, hitlierto 

 been described. There is a common variety of this species in 

 which the blue stripe disai)j)ears, leaving only a short wliite 

 line on the third interstice near the apex. 



