NEW ZEALAND SCYDMAENID/. 387 
1677: Empeotes aequus, n.sp.— Ditters from LZ. crispatus in having 
a shorter rostrum, with broader scrobes having a very small squamose 
space near the eye ; the elytra are less uneven, and their 3rd and 5th 
interstices are without posterior protuberances. 
Length (rost. incl.), 22-34 ; breadth, 1-13 lines. 
Waitakerei Range, Auckland. 
HYLOBIID. 
Dryopais, n.gen.—Differs from Hylobius (H. ubietus for example) 
in the eyes not being truncated anteriorly, in having smaller tibial 
spurs, unarmed femora, small but deeply divided 3rd and 4th abdominal 
segments, the soles of the tarsi not densely brush-like, &c. 
1678 : D. variabilis, n.sp.—EHlongate, sub-ovate, convex ; clothed 
with depressed, elongate, grayish or yellowish scales ; colour variable, 
fuscous, apex of thorax and sides of elytra rufescent, antenne reddish, 
club piceous, legs rufous or testaceous. Rostrum tri-carinate.  Elytra 
striate-punctate. . 
Length (rost. excl.), 13 ; breadth, # line. 
Tekapo, Canterbury, Messrs. Cheeseman and Urquhart. Otago, 
Mr. 5. W. Fulton. 
1679 : HLiratus suavis, n.sp.—Narrower than F#. parvulus. Elytra 
striate-punctate. 3rd, 5th, 7th interstices most elevated, the sutural 
only entire. Infuscate-red, sparsely clothed with yellow hairs, club 
blackish. 
Length (rost. incl.), 14 ; breadth, 2 line. 
Waitakerei Range. 
ERIRHINIDE. 
1680: Anewma compta, n.sp.—Ovate, broad, convex ; fuscous, 
mostly covered with pale yellow, hair-like scales, but with a broad 
blackish fascia behind. 
Length (rost. excl.), 14 ; breadth, 2 line. 
Waitakerei Range. 
CRYPTORHYNCHID, 
1681: dcalles terricola, n.sp.—Oviform, broad, convex ; densely 
clothed with depressed grayish, and longer erect, scales; antennz ferru- 
ginous, beak rufo-piceous, tarsi rufous. dA. triangulatus makes the 
nearest approach to it. 
Length (rost. excl.), 12 ; breadth, ? line. 
Near Howick. 
1682: Tychanus ventralis, n.sp.—tlIts nearest ally is 7. ferrugatus, 
but the narrower part of the thorax is as long as its basal portion. 
Basal segment of abdomen large, suture strongly bi-sinuate ; 2nd very 
transverse, abruptly deflexed to the same plane as the apical one. 
Length (rost. excl.), 13; breadth, 1 line. 
Mokohinau Island. Mr. P. Sandager. 
1683: Sympedius lepidus, n.sp.—Compact, convex ; piceous, covered 
with depressed and: semi-erect gray and yellowish scales. In form like 
S. testudo. Hlytra with three interrupted coste, apparently striate- 
punctate. Antenne and tarsi brick-red. 
Length (rost. excl.), 14; breadth, # line. 
Waitakerei Range. 
