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O reda, White.
Antcmiæ with the first joint scarcely reaching to the eye,
somewhat bent and with a longish club at the end, second
joint small, rounded (others broken off) ; head not so long
as the thorax, beak depressed, with two very distinct, broad
mandibles at the end ; antennæ spring trom the end of a
groove, which begins before the middle of the beak and extends
to the eye ; eyes round, moderate, flattened, situated
at the base of beak in au angle, and slightly directed forwards
; under part of head large, bulging aud rounded ;
thorax in front above nan-owed and tubular, sides much
rounded, behind truncated and somewhat bisiuuated ; elytra
in front of about the same width as the thorax behind,
near the apex somewhat depressed, the tip rounded, the
edge of elytra widely sinuated ; pygidium not exposed ;
legs shortish, stout, femora uotched at the end, a wide
groove between the fore legs.
This genus seems to come near Piazorus, Schonh.
O reda notata. PI. 3, Jig. 2.
Deep, rich blackish brown, the beak very finely punctured,
a slight groove in a small smooth space on the upper
side of beak between the antennæ ; thorax thickly
punctured, with black scales in many of the punctures, and
two small spots of yellow scales, one on each side in front,
each of tlie posterior angles with a transverse line of yellow
scales ; elytra with distinct, longitudinal grooves,
which are punctured and shining black, with small scattered
patches of yellowish scales.
Length, 5 Hues.
Hab. New Zealand (Port Nicholson), Capt. Parry.
The only specimen of this insect which I have seen is
much mutilated, the fore legs and the greater part of antennæ
being broken off. It has much the appearance,
at first sight, of Pissodes Pini.
A ldonus, White.
Antennae moderate, first joint not reaching to the eye,
very slightly bent and gradually thickened to the end; funiculus
seven-jointed, first and second joints longish, the
second longer than the first and considerably thickened at
the end, the last five joints somewhat cup-shaped, gradually
wider to the end, the club being hardly distinct from
the funiculus, ovate, slightly pointed and indistinctly
three-jointed ; beak rather long, not thickened at the end,
the sides nearly parallel, side antennal groove beginning
before the middle and continued to the eye, widening be-
liind ; thorax somewhat contracted in fi'ont, rounded on
the sides, with a considerable lobe on each side of hind
margin, which has two wide sinuations on the middle part,
above somewhat depressed; scutellum very small and con-
.siderably sunk ; elytra with the sides for a good space
larallel, the end rounded and completely covering the ab-
S’
omen ; legs moderate in length and thickness, femora
somewhat compressed, deeply notched on the underside
near the end ; a wide groove on the under side of thorax
extending to the base of second pair of legs.
-Aldonus h y lo b io id e s . PI. 3, Jig. i).
Black, thickly covered with grayish yellow scales ; thorax
thickly punctured ; elytra with several longitudinal
lines, deeply punctured, thickly covered with grayish yellow
scales, sprinkled with black, some small, irregular
black marks on elyti'a, especially about the middle and
near the end; under side of body black, rather deeply
punctate, with a few scattered, yellowish gray hairs ; legs
black, rather thickly covered with yellowish gray hairs.
Length, o j lines.
Hab. New Zealand (Port Nicholson), Capt. Pairy.
In Capt. Parry’s collection there is another specimen
not hall the size of the above, and difl'ering from it somewhat
in marking, but in other respects so similar that I can
only regard it as a small variety. There is a waved, black
line on the side of each elytron.
E u th y rh in u s sq uam iger . Pi. 3, Jig. 3.
Beak straight; thorax very narrow in front, somewhat
flattened above ; elytra at the base near the scutellum,
with a rounded, prominent lobe, between which and the
sharpish-pointed shoulder is a considerable sinuation,
above slightly striated longitudinally, behind very sharp-
pointed ; head, thorax and elytra with round scales of
black and white mixed, front of thorax just behind the
crown of head with two tufts of whitish hairs ; femora rather
thicker in the middle, with a considerable notch at the
end; legs covered with whitish scales.
Length, 5 lines.
Hab. New Zealand (Observatory).
This species in size and general appearance is closely
allied to Euthyrhinus raeditabundus. Cheer. Schonh, (Curculio
meditabundus, Fabricius Ent. Syst. II. 432).
R h y ncho de s , White.
Beak slightly thickened at the end and somewhat bent
throughout, the antennal groove extending to the eye;
thorax in front narrowed, sides bulging, somewhat flattened
above; scutellum a roundish raised knob; elyti-a elongated,
covering the abdomen; sides compressed and parallel,
suddenly sloping to the end, which is sharp-pointed the
back is very convex, transversely and longitudinally, deeply
grooved, at the base, near the scutellum rounded, near the
margin sinuated ; legs with the femora nearly of equal
thickness, slightly sinuated beneath near the end.
This genus approaches closely to Euthyrhinus of Che-
vrolat.
R hyncho des ursus. PI. 3 , / . 16.
Deep brown ; the thorax with two longitudinal bands of
a lighter colour near the side ; elytra above with five rows
of hairs, on each side of which is a row of very deep punctures,
between every two of which is a smoothish ridge ;
across the elytra are two obscure, dark brown bands ; legs
black, femora above at the end with a spot of yellowish
brown hairs ; abdomen beneath with the last segment
having two tufts of hair.
Length, lOj lines.
Hab. New Zealand (Port Nicholson), Mr. Earl.
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R h y ncho de s S a u n d e r s ii. PI. 3 ,f. 13.
Covered with a light, gray down, the hairs of which run
in different directions ; thorax closely punctured, a short
ridge in the middle behind ; elytra on upper part with
three double rows of punctures, between every two of
which is a slight ridge ; antenna: more slender and less
heavy than in R. ursus ; femora with the inside and the
tips above with short, grayish hairs.
Length, lines.
Hab. New Zealand, Mus. Saunders.
S t e ph a n o r h y n c h u s , White.
Antennae long, slender, inserted on the upper part of the
side of the beak near the tip, first joint reacliing to beyond
the eyes, slightly curved at the base, thickened at the end into
a club; funiculus seven-jointed, first joint longest, thickened
at the end and very distinct from the others, the second
slightly elongated, other five almost globular, club almost
as long as funiculus, three-jointed, the first joint cupshaped,
the second the longest, gi'adually thicker towards
the end, the terminal joint ovate and pointed at the end ;
beak long, thick, slightly bent, squareish ; an oblique, deep
groove from the base of antennae, terminating on side of
under part considerably before the eye, beak crested in the
middle in front of the eye, and on the vertex a considerable
prominence with two slight tufts ; head behind the eyes
strangulated ; eyes lateral, round, large, prominent, situated
behind the middle of head ; thorax somewhat angulated
on the sides, narrow in front, almost straight behind;
scutellum longer than wide ; elytra oblong, widest at base,
end bluntish, shoulders rectangular ; legs long, femora
thick, clavate, with a strong, compressed tooth on the under
side ; tibise slender, those of first two pairs of legs
slightly curved, the tibia; of hind legs very much curved.
S teph a n o rh y n ch u s c u rv ipe s . PI. 3 ,f. 11.
Deep yellowish brown, varied with spots and lines of
different shades of colour ; legs yellowish, posterior femora
above with a black band ; elytra with two longish, keeled
protuberances, one on each side of the suture about the
middle.
This species seems to vary much in colour, some specimens
being of a light, others of a darkish gray.
Length, 3 j to 4 lines.
Hab. New Zealand (Port Nicholson), Mus. Brit., Parry.
This appears to be closely allied to a Brazilian insect
described by Fabricius from the Banksian collection, the
Curculio attelaboides, Fabr. Syst. El. 11. 543,227. Olivier.
Col. 522, t. 14,/. 174.
C urculio m odestos.
Curculio modestus, Fabr. Ent. Syst. II. 453, 250. Oliv.
Col. t. 14,/. 178.
Hab. New Zealand.
E u eh am ph u s fascicolatus.
Eurhamphus fasciculatiis, Shuckard, Ent. May. V. 506,
t. 18.
Hab. New Zealand.
DRYoriiTHORDS, Sch.
D r y o ph t h o eu s b it c b e e c u l a t u s . pi. 3 ,f. 7.
Dryophthorus bltuberculatus, Schonh. Cure. IV. 1090.
Curculio bituberculatu.s, Fabr. Ent. Syst. 1. 414, 90.
Calandra bituberculata, Oliv. t. 1 3 ,/ 167.
Pitchy brown ; antenme and legs reddish ; beak not
impressed at the base ; thorax deeply punctured, slightly
constricted within the tip, slightly rounded on the. sides ;
elytra towards the tip somewhat attenuated, punctato-striated,
the spaces between flattish, the points over the body
filled with grayish scales.
Hab. New Zealand (in the wood of the Kaudi, Dammara
australis), varying much in size. From an oversight Fabricius
has described the thorax as two-tuberculated, the
elytra where they begin to be narrowed project a little, and
the name would seem to he derived from this circumstance.
In some of the specimens, longi,sh, suberect, whitish scales
are mixed with the gray. I t is very doubtful whether the
insect described by Schoiiherr and figured here, be the
Fabrician species.
Family T eogo sitidjE.
T eogosita, Fabr.
T eogosita a f f in is .
Pitchy brown, with a depression on the vertex ; front of
the head in the middle without two little teeth, both head
and thorax rather deeply punctured ; elytra at the base
near the shoulder with a slight depression, the elytra in
other respects closely resemble those of the T. caraboides,
a very widely distributed species.
liCngth, 4 to 4|^ lines.
Hab. New Zealand.
G vm n o ch e ila , G. R. Gray.
G ym noch eila n ig eo -s paesa.
Deep, bronzy, greenish black ; the elytra nearly covered
with gray scales, with several black spots ; head between
the eyes with a deepish depression, and a notch in
front of it, above rather deeply punctured, some of the
punctures elongated, behind and over the eyes a row of
gray scales ; thorax with two longitudinal furrows down
the middle, which are punctured and slightly squamose,
the sides hollowed out above and thickly punctured, the
punctures filled with gray scales, middle of thorax quite
smooth ; each of the elytra with seven longitudinal ridges,
the sides of the ridges punctured, the interstices filled with
grayish scales, with some patches of black scales, which
are more erect than the others, the margin of elytra regularly
tesselated with patches of gray and black scales ; under
side and legs deep pitchy brown.
Length, 6 lines.
Hab. New Zealand, in Kaudi wood. Dr. Hooker.
G ym noch eila sobrina.
Grayish brown, with a few spots and bands of a brownish
black; head in front of tlie eyes with two slight depressions,
separated by a notch ; thorax smooth in the middle,
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