1877.] 9 



Christcliurcli, found by Mr. Wakefield. 



Obs.— Species of Malacodermata allied to this are pretty numerous 

 in New Zealand, but the present one can be distinguished from all I 

 have yet seen by its golden-brassy colour and its large unguicular 

 membranes. 



MaCBATEIA VEETICALIS, 11. sp. 



Eloncjatus, angitstulus, niger, farcius paUido-puhescens, antennis 

 fdlpisq^ne fusco testaceis, pedibus testaceis, fcmoribus apicem versus 

 p^us minusL-c iii/'nscafis, capite eloiigdto, oculis jrroi/nnulis ; elgtris 

 fortiter seriatim punctat is. Long. 3 — 3^ mm. 



Antennse slender, infuscate, the basal joints a little paler than the others, the 

 three apical joints thicker than the others, yet they are slender, each of them consider- 

 ably longer than broad, the 11th being longer than the 10th; palpi yellowish, with 

 the apical joint infuscate. Head scarcely so long as the eyes ■which are quite pro- 

 minent, the sides behind them gradually narrowed, and with the occiput very convex, 

 the surface is sparingly but distinctly punctured. Thorax considerably longer than 

 broad, the sides a little contracted in front of the base, and at the front gradually 

 rounded away to the neck, the surface with rather coarse and close punctures. 

 Elytra elongate and narrow, quite parallel, with the shoulders well marked ; they 

 are covered with scries of closely-placed coarse punctures, which are wanting 

 however at the apex, a)id they bear a fine, scanty, upriglit, whitish pubescence. 

 The legs are yellow, with the femora, especially the hind ones, infuscate towards 

 the apex. 



Sent from Auckland by Captain Broun and Mr. Lawson. 



Cotes testita, n. sp. 



Elongatus, angiistus, fulvus, densius Jlavo-tomentosus, opacus, 

 ohsolete p>^nctatus ; antennis pcdiliusque elongatis, ill is crassiuscidis. 



Long. 5 mm. 



Antenna) stout, 2i mm. long., 2nd joint a good deal sliorter than the others, 

 only about half as long as 3rd, 11th elongate, rather longer than any of the othci-s. 

 llead not punctured, but covered with a line pubescence like the rest of the surface ; 

 it is slightly broader tlian the thorax. Thoi'ax elongate, deeply constricted just 

 behind the middle, its punctuation and pubescence similar to those of the head. 

 Elytra elongate and narrow, narrowed towards the shoulders, bearing on the basal 

 portion some series of fine indistinct distant punctures, which are made still more 

 iudistinct by the dense fine pubescence. 



Riccarton, f(nind by Mr. A\^akcfield in November, 1873. 



This species presents the following structural characters, so that 

 I have been induced to give it a distinct generic name. Head sliort, 

 abruptly truncate, distinctly exserted and furnished with a stout neck, 



