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No. 1648.—E. monticola, nsp.—Resembles £. patruelis, eyes 
smaller, head and thorax more finely sculptured, the impression 
on the head continuous, so that the fovez are not well marked off. 
Length, 2; breadth, + line. 
Waitakerei Range. ; 
No. 1649.—E. ovithovax, n.sp.— Thorax ovitorm, punctate. E£. 
aspey is its nearest ally. 
Length, 2; breadth, quite + line. 
Woodhill, Kaipara Railway. 
No. 1650.—E. obnisus, n.sp.—More convex than E. sculpturatus, 
broader ; the depression on the head similar but punctate, inter- 
antennal portion plane. 
Length, 3; breadth, 3 line. 
Waitakerei Range. 
No, 1651.—E. vacuus, n.sp.—Sub-depressed, chestnut-red, elytra 
and abdomen densely covered with short grayish hairs. Head tri- 
gonal, with two large isolated fovee. Thorax transverse, punc- 
tate ; joints 4-8 of antenne transversely quadrate. 
Length, 2; breadth, nearly +} line. 
Howick. | 
No. 1652.—E.incomptus, n.sp.—Rufous, shining, finely pubescent. 
Head short and broad. The middle joints ot antenne short; 
punctation of head, thorax and wing-covers shallow. Allied to 
FE. vacuus. 
Length, 3; breadth, + line. 
Tairua. 
No. 1653.—E. mivificus, n.sp.—Head large, sub-quadrate, with 
a longitudinal depression near each side united on the vertex by 
a transversal one, forehead plane and punctate, side margins ob- 
tusely and unevenly elevated, the occipital portion obliquely nar- 
rowed in front and projecting over the depressed part. Front 
tibize apparently hollowed as if for the reception of the tarsi, just 
like some of the Byrvriide. ; 
Length, 2; breadth, 3 line. 
Howick. 
No. 1652.—E. U-impressus, n.sp.—Head large, sub-quadrate, 
rather plane, smooth, its impressions forming a reversed uv, fore- 
head slightly raised. More like E. brvevitarsis than any other species. 
Length, #; breadth, ¢ line. 
Woodhill, Kaipara Railway. 
No. 1655.—E£. cereus, n.sp.-—Pale yellow, clothed with yellow 
hairs, shining. Head longer than broad, inter-ocular fovez con- 
tinuous, with a depression occupying most of the surface. Thorax 
hardly larger than head, much narrowed posteriorly, the three 
ante-basal fovez united, the raised space behind with three large 
punctures. Maxillary palpi accord better with Dalma than Euplectus, 
Length, 1; breadth, 3 line. 
2. “ The Curse of Charity,” by E. A. Mackechnie. 
3. “On Geyser Eruptions and Terrace Formations,” Part L., 
by J. Martin, F.G.S. Inthis paper the author attempted to give 
a description of the chief physical features of the geysers of the 
Rotorua and Taupo districts, and of the terraces and deposits 
formed by them. In the portion of the paper read on this occa- 
sion, the gevsers were divided into classes, according to the pecu- 
liarities of their mode of eruption. Mr. Martin illustrated his 
