Broun. — A'eir Genera and Species of Coleoptera. 133 



Female. — Oblong-oval, the sides of the elytra behind the posterior femora, 

 but not at the apex, minutely spinose or serrate, discoidal interstices not 

 perceptibly spinose. Femora obtusely angulate and subdentate underneath. 

 Metasternum angularly depressed behind. Second ventral segment with 

 elongate yellow scales. 7| mm. by 3imm. 



The armature of the femora is distinctive. In the male of P. coronatus 

 (852) the lateral spines extend from one hind thigh to the other ; they are 

 coarser; and just as conspicuous at the apex as at the sides ; the discoidal 

 series begin near the middle, but end in line with the posterior femora ; 

 the middle tibiae are less strongly, the femora not at all, dentate ; the 

 antennal club is evidently longer, and the squamosity is different. 



^. Length (rostrum inclusive), 7 mm. ; breadth, 3| mm. 



Mount Greenland, near Ross. Mr. A. O'Connor gave me a specimen 

 of each sex, which had been discovered by Mr. H. Hamilton at an altitude 

 of 2,500 ft. 



1312. Mesoreda longula sp. nov. Mesoreda Broun, Man. N.Z. Coleopt.. 

 p. 1235. 



Elongate, subparallel, transversely convex, subopaque ; fusco-piceous, 

 front of thorax and the tarsi somewhat rufescent, antennae piceo-rufoua ; 

 the vestiture consists of nearly white and greyish scales with a tendency 

 to overlap one another, and moderately coarse but not very elongate setae, 

 some of which are infuscate. 



Rostrum subparallel, shghtly narrowed towards the base, not arched, 

 a third of the width of the head, its length about a third less than the 

 thorax ; its sculpture subgranulate at the base, quite punctate, but less 

 closely towards the apex, which is distinctly notched. Mandibles pro- 

 minent, obsoletely dentate inwardly. Thorax a trifle broader than long, 

 a good deal contracted in front, the base evidently bisinuate, its punctation 

 close but not coarse. Scutellum suboblong. Elytra of the same breadth 

 as thorax at the base, moderately deflexed and narrowed behind ; 

 substriate-punctate, the interstices finely pimctured and interrupted by 

 transverse impressions, so as to appear somewhat rugose or asperate. 



Femora laterally compressed, the hind pairs angulate and subdentate 

 underneath, the corresponding tibiae with an external dentiform projection 

 near the base, that of the posterior less distinct than the intermediate. 

 Antennae inserted immediately before the middle ; scape slightly flexuous 

 and gradually incrassate, it attains the eye ; funiculus longer than the 

 scape, 2nd joint as long as 1st, 3rd subquadrate, 4-7 transverse ; club 

 triarticulate, elongate, yet shorter than the funiculus. 



Male. — Underside shining black, with some whitish squamae, distinctly 

 but nowhere closely punctate. Mesosternal process lunate and elevated 

 but not cavernous, its front face being vertical. Metasternum longer 

 than the basal ventral segment, medially flattened, and with a well-marked 

 angular depression behind. Second segment obviously shorter than 1st, 

 the suture between them straight ; 5th obtusely rounded at the apex, and 

 leaving exposed the broad, densely and finely ciliated supplementary seg- 

 ment. 



In 865, M. setigera, the metasternum is not flattened in the middle, 

 the rostrum and antennae are much thicker, and the femora are more 

 dilated underneath at the extreniity. In M. orthorhina (1625) the 

 thorax is emarginate at the apex, the clothing is different, &c. M. sulci- 

 frons has a distinct interocidar impression, a median ridge on the thorax, 



