Buovi<i.--CoIfopfcroii>i FaiDia of the Cluifhain I.^hmds. 97 



ones ; 9th and 10th transverse. Tibiae with numerous slender yellow spines 

 along the outer edge. Tarsi, the anterior particularly, with very elongate 

 pale hairs underneath, their 5th joint longer than all the others taken 

 together. 



Underside subopaque, nigro-fuscous, trochanters reddish ; finely punctate, 

 the intervals minutely sculptured, with distinct greyish-yellow pubescence. 



Var. — -Body castaneous, head nigrescent, antennae and legs testaceous. 

 Evidently rare. 



The abnormal bulk and peculiar sculpture are its distinctive features. 



Length, -4-4^ mm. ; breadth, 1| mm. 



Pitt'lsland. "" 



Found by Mr. T. Hall. Probably common. 



Group SiLPHIDAE. 



Choleva Latreille. Man. N.Z. Coleopt., p. 151. 

 55. Choleva brunneipes sp. nov. 



Oval, rather elongate, gradually attenuate posteriorly, moderately 

 convex, densely covered with very fine cinereous pubescence, subopaque; 

 fusco-niger ; the hind angles of thorax, the legs, and antennae rufo-fuscous ; 

 palpi and labrum lighter. 



Head angularly dilated laterally at the middle, with large and prominent 

 eyes there ; distinctly and rather closely punctured, the intervals with 

 minute sculpture. Thorax nearly twice as broad as long, widest near the 

 base, curvedly narrowed anteriorly, apex incurved, with obtuse angles ; 

 base slightly bisinuate, with almost rectangular angles ; its sculpture nearly 

 similar to that of the head. Elytra scarcely as wide as thorax at the base, 

 with broadly rounded apices ; finely and closely transversely strigose ; the 

 sutural striae are well marked and somewhat flexuous near the middle, 

 and there are several shallow, indistinct striae on each. 



Legs stout ; front and middle tibiae curvate, minutely bispinose at 

 outer extremity and with longer ones at the inner, the former pair of tibiae 

 with a notch at the inner face near the base ; joints 1-3 of the anterior 

 tarsi and the basal two of the intermediate strongly dilated. Antennae as 

 long as head and thorax ; 2nd joint rather shorter than adjoining ones ; 

 3-6 stout, yet elongate ; 6th rather shorter than 5th ; 7th broader than 6th ; 

 8th small; 9-11 densely pubescent, hardly broader than 7th. 



Anterior coxae prominent and almost contiguous ; sternum not cari- 

 nate ; 6th ventral segment obconical, as long as the 5th, and more rufescent 

 than it is. 



Near C. lugubris, 1911, but in it there is no sign of elytral striation 

 beyond the suture, there is no notch in the front tibiae, and the limbs are 

 much darker. 



Male. — Length, ih mm. : breadth, 2 mm. 



Pitt Island. 



Mr. T. Hall. 



Group COLYDIIDAE. 



Uionotus Erickson. Man. N.Z. Coleopt., p. 186. 



60. Utonotus plagiatus sp. nov. 



Oblong, subdepressed, somewhat uneven, opaque ; varying from fusco- 

 rufous to light brown ; elytra paler, the sides, and on each elytron a large 



4— Trans. 



