Broun. — New Genera and Species of Coleoptera. 429 



Head rather large, finely and irregularly punctate, with a pair of 

 nearly smooth spots on the vertex. Eyes prominent. Antennae filiform, 

 densely and finely pubescent, their 9th joint reaching backwards to the 

 shoulder; 3rd joint slightly shorter than 2nd, these, together, about as 

 long as the 4th. Thorax elongate, its length more than doubt the breadth 

 at the middle, with rather thick and very divergent posterior angles, the 

 anterior rectangular and with a pale transverse spot near each; its whole 

 surface very distinctly and moderately closely punctured. Elytra elon- 

 gate, tapering gradually towards the rounded apex; they are rather 

 closely and coarsely punctate-striate, but less distinctly punctate near 

 the base; interstices finely punctured, the 3rd and 5th more elevated 

 behind than the others. 



Underside nigrescent, moderately punctate, with greyish pubescence. 



The species most resembling this, 1369 (P. nigricans) and 1990 (P. 

 urquJiarti), may be readily separated, the former by the less divergent 

 and rufescent thoracic angles and shorter, stouter antennae; the latter 

 by the very fine thoracic sculpture, and by the striae being nearly obsolete 

 on the basal half of the elytra. 



3. Length, 10 mm.; greatest breadth, 2^ mm. 



Mount Quoin. Found on dead trunks of Fagus, at an elevation of 

 about 3,800 ft., by Mr. H. Simmonds, from whom a specimen has been 

 received. 



3239. Chrosis dubitans sp. nov. Chrosis Sharp, Man. N.Z. Coleopt., 



p. 296. 



Robust, not parallel; pubescence distinct, pale brassy; nitid, rufo- 

 piceous, antennae nigrescent. 



Head moderately coarsely and irregularly punctured, with a nearly 

 smooth space near each eye. Antennae finely pubescent, hardly attaining 

 the base of thorax, 3rd joint rather longer than 2nd. Thorax of about 

 equal length and breadth, gradually narrowed anteriorly, with carinate, 

 robust, and slightly divergent basal angles; the sides, before the middle, 

 are broadly yet slightly impressed, there is an elongate median impres- 

 sion near the base, and near the front an indistinctly elevated line, the 

 disc is finely and rather distinctly punctured, but the sculpture becomes 

 closer and more distinct near the sides and apex. Elytra rather deeply 

 striate, the outer striae evidently punctate; interstices distinctly but not 

 very closely punctured, the 2nd becomes obsolete behind the middle; apices 

 rounded singly. 



Nearly allied to C. barbata (529), and perhaps only one of several 

 varieties. It is distinguished by the rather distant sculpture of the 

 thorax and the abbreviation of the 2nd elytral interstices. 



Length, 16 mm. ; breadth, 5 mm. 



Mount Alpha, near Wellington. Found under stones, at an altitude 

 of 4,700 ft., by Mr. H. W. Simmonds. 



3240. Corymbites fulvescens sp. nov. Corymbites Latreillr, Man. N.Z. 



Coleopt., p. 299. 



Elongate, subparallel, nitid; fulvescent, the head, thorax, and basal 

 five joints of the antennae reddish, legs testaceous, tibiae lighter than 

 the tarsi ; elytra densely clothed with slender yellowish hairs, the thorax 

 more sparingly. 



Head densely punctured and distinctly pubescent. Thorax, in the 

 middle, scarcely longer than broad, somewhat curvedly narrowed near 



