Genera and Spectes of New Zealand Coleoptera. 79 
Memes rufirostris, sp. 0. 
Fuscous, slightly shining, sparsely setose ; the rostrum, 
antenne, legs, and an ill-defined fascia in line with the 
posterior femora more or less ferruginous. 
Rostrum almost nude, punctate behind, its frontal sculpture 
linear. Scape glabrous; funiculus with some slender grey 
sete, club finely pubescent. Thorax truncate and somewhat 
rufescent in front, this portion constricted, sides moderately 
rounded ; there is an obscure, central, smooth space which 
can scarcely be termed a carina, and a few inconspicuous 
tubercular elevations, the rest of its surface has shallow 
punctures and the middle of the base is depressed. Hlytra 
wider than the thorax at the base, which is incurved, their 
sides nearly straight, slightly wider near the hind thighs, 
narrowed behind, shoulders reddish ; each elytron has five or 
six series of .coarse discoidal punctures, but the posterior 
sculpture assumes the form of striz; the clothing consists 
principally of decumbent, slender, greyish or yellowish, sete, 
which are somewhat concentrated near the top of the hind 
declivity, whilst the basal half appears as bare as the thorax. 
The legs bear short erect sete. 
Length (rostr. incl.) 23, breadth @ line. 
Westport. 
Found by Mr. J. J. Walker; one example only. 
Group Erirhinide. 
XEROSTYGNUS, gen. nov. 
Body moderately elongate, slightly convex, densely squa- 
mose. Rostrum nearly as long as the thorax, a little arched, 
subparallel, slightly wider in front than behind. Scrobes 
extend from near the apex to the eyes, well marked through- 
out, and at the antennal insertion are open and discernible 
above. Hyes transverse, distinctly facetted, fringed with 
sete behind, not prominent, just free from the thorax, widely 
separated above. Scape slender, thickened at extremity, 
almost touching the eye. Funiculus 7-articulate, first joint 
rather larger than the second, seventh a little larger than 
the preceding one. Club oval, three-jointed. Thorax sub- 
quadrate, gently narrowed anteriorly, base feebly bisinuate, 
apex truncate, with ocular lobes. Scutellum oviform. Hlytra 
oblong, gradually attenuate posteriorly, shoulders oblique, 
rather wider than the thorax at the base. Legs elongate. 
Femora medially clavate, notched and grooved below near 
the extremity. Tvbie somewhat flexuous, with a minute 
