NEW SPECIES OF CURCULIONID&. 433 
The apical protuberances distinguish this species from all but 
E. aculeatus, but that insect is much smaller and otherwise dis- 
similar. The elytra are irregularly sub-striate-punctate. 
Length (rost. included), 334 ; breadth, 15% line, 
My specimen was taken off foliage on the Waitakerei Range, 
near Auckland. 
HVLOBIIDA. 
1416. Eivatus costatus, n.sp.—Sub-oblong, sub-depressed, dull 
pitchy-black, the apex of the thorax, tarsi and antennz (save 
the blackish club) rufescent. 
Rostrum stout, as long as thorax, punctate. Pvothovax longer 
than broad, rather narrow, narrowed anteriorly, coarsely, closely 
and rugosely punctured. Scwutellum minute. £lytva oblong, 
much broader than thorax at the base, rather abruptly narrowed 
and declivous behind, bi-sinuated at base; coarsely punctate- 
striate, the 2nd, 3rd, 4th and 6th interstices carinated, the 2nd 
continuous, 3rd and 4th interrupted, 3rd least distinct. Antenne 
pubescent, basal joint of funiculus robust, club large. 
There is scarcely any pubescence, but on some parts a scaly 
deposit is apparent. The insect may be easily recognised by its 
costate elytra, and rather narrow, sub-conical thorax. 
Length (rost. incl.), 1144 ; breadth, 3 line. 
I found one at Parua. 
ERIRHINIDA. 
Heterotyles, gen. nov.—Rostvum moderately elongate, arched’ 
apex rounded, its anterior half nearly cylindric, slightly and 
gradually narrowed medially, but expanded at the antenna 
insertion (the middle), of nearly equal thickness behind ; scvobes 
oblique, reaching the lower part of the eyes. Antenne elongate ; 
scape attaining the thorax, straight, a little incrassated at its 
extremity ; funiculus 7-articulate, the two basal joints elongate, 
cylindrical, the 2nd the longer, joints 3-7 decrease in length, 
sub-obconical ; club elongate-oval, 4-jointed. - Head rounded. 
Hyes free, distant above, oblique ovate, not coarsely facetted, 
sub-depressed. Pvothovax convex, about as long as broad, oviform, 
base and apex truncate, with distinct ocular lobes. Scutellum 
sub-quadrate. Hlytva twice as long as thorax, wider than it at 
the base, humeral angles oblique, sides nearly vertical, narrowed 
posteriorly. Legs long, femora clavate; tbiew flexuose, mucron- 
ate, without hooks, sub-cavernose at apex; tavst with dense 
brush-like soles, two basal joints triangular, penultimate ob- 
viously bi-lobed, claws simple. Anterior cove globose, prominent, 
contiguous ; intermediate not widely separated. Metasteynum 
moderate. The two basal segments of abdomen large, with 
arcuated sutures. Body squamose. The snout is remarkable ; 
widely dilated and deeply hollowed at the middle for the inser- 
tion of the antennez, at that point approaching Otiorhynchus in 
appearance, the scrobes, therefore, are visible from above for 
nearly half their length. 
