Family Elateriu.e. 

 Elater acutipennis. pi. \,f. 9. 



Elater acutipennis, Parry, MSS. 



Head with a triangular impression between the eyes, 

 and slightly punctured ; thorax with the sides above hol- 

 lowed out, with greyish hairs, the posterior angles large 

 and sharp, the hind edge lobed in the middle, just before 

 the scutellum ; elytra gradually tapering to the end, with 

 four longitudinal, wide vittae, sparingly covered with gray- 

 ish hairs ; whole insect of a rich, deep brown ; the ex- 

 treme tip of elytra ferruginous ; underside of body and legs 

 sparingly covered with greyish hairs. 



Length, 9 to W^ lines. 



Hab. New Zealand (Port Nicholson). 



Elater (Limonius) Zealandicus. 



Head, thorax and elytra brownish black, finely punc- 

 tured ; the elytra with nine rows of punctured striae on 

 each, the marginal row deepest. 



Length, 8j to \Q^ lines. 



Hab. New Zealand (Port Nicholson). 



Elater approximans. 



Head having the clypeus with two deep impressions ; 

 thorax finely punctured ; each of the sides with a wid- 

 ish row of grey hairs placed in a slight depression ; elytra 

 sulcato-striated, gradually tapering to the end ; thorax dull 

 brown ; elytra ferruginous brown. 



Length, 7f lines. 



Hab. New Zealand. 



Elater lineicollis. 



Elater lineicollis, Parry, MSS. 



Reddish ochrey, with a brown line down the middle of 

 thorax ; head somewhat depressed between the eyes, 

 brown, yellowish in front, with ochrey hairs ; antennae 

 brown ; thorax dotted, with an impressed line down the 

 middle and a few short ochrey hairs ; elytra rather deeply 

 punctato-striate ; side of antennal thoracic groove and the 

 margin of metathorax black. 



Length, 5 lines. 



Hab. New Zealand (Port Nicholson). 



Elater cinctiger. PI. \,f. IL 

 Deep reddish brown ; the side margins of thorax and 

 elytra with a widish yellow band ; head punctured, with 

 two shallow impressions in front ; thorax elongated, rich 

 brown, shining, closely punctured, a widish yellow band on 

 each side free from dots ; elytra elongated, attenuated 

 gradually to the end, fen-uginous brown, punctato-striated, 

 a widish yellow line near the margin of each ; under- 

 side rufous brown. 

 Length, 6 to 7 lines. 

 Hab. New Zealand (Port Nicholson). 



Elater lateristrigatus. 

 Deep black ; the side of elytra with a long red vitta. 



highly polished and minutely punctulate ; elytra with ob- 

 scure punctured striae and a few short hairs, the apex of 

 elytra bluntish. 



Length, 3| lines. 



Hab. New Zealand (Port Nicholson), Capt. Parry. 



Elater (Drasterius) nigellus. 



Thorax and elytra closely punctured ; thorax with a 

 depression on each side in middle behind; elytra distinctly 

 longitudinally striated. 



liength, 2J to 2| lines. 



Hab. New Zealand (Port Nicholson), Capt. Parry. 



Elater olivascens. 



Head, thorax, elytra and abdomen of an olive green, 

 with scattered gray hairs ; antenna; and legs yellowish ; 

 elytra with longitudinal striae. 



Length, 4 lines. 



Hab. New Zealand. 



Elater strangclatus. 



Thorax long, about the middle on the side strangulated ; 

 the whole insect of a dull brown, thickly clothed with 

 short yellowish-brown hairs. 



Length, 8 lines. 



Hab. New Zealand, Capt. Parry. 



Elater megops. 



Eyes very large ; thorax naiTower than the elytra, with 

 the sides nearly parallel, finely j^unctured, and sparingly 

 covered with short hairs ; elytra very long, punctato-stri- 

 ated, dullish brown ; suture of elytra with purplish gloss. 



Length, 7 lines. 



Hab. New Zealand (Bay of Islands). 



Elater (Ctenicerus) punctithorax. 



Head impressed in the middle and sprinkled with hairs ; 

 antennae with second and third joints very small, joints 

 fourth to tenth on the inside at the end with a longish lobe, 

 the terminal one longest, with a slight tooth near the end ; 

 thorax very smooth, with scattered points, two deep, lon- 

 gitudinal impressions before the middle, and two lunated 

 impressions behind, and a short impressed line on the pos- 

 terior margin ; elytra depressed at the end and somewhat 

 blimt, with nine striae on each, in some places deeper than 

 others, near the suture, at the tip, and near the side mar- 

 gin. 



Length, 8 lines. 



Hab. New Zealand (Port Nicholson), Capt. Parry. 



Elater (Ctenicerus) l/evithorax. PI. 1,/. 10. 

 Very similar to the last ; the thorax has not the deep 

 punctures. 



Length, Bf lines. 

 Hab. New Zealand. 



