674 COLEOPTERA 



much broader than long, obtusely lobed in front, feebly sinuate at base, 

 its sides indistinctly incurved at the middle and obliquely narrowed near 

 the posterior angles : it has a feebly-impressed dorsal line, and is closely 

 and coarsely punctured. Scutdlum punctate. Elytra not twice the 

 length of the thorax, with obtuse but prominent shoulders, rounded pos- 

 teriorly ; their surface is coarsely and densely punctured, but the suture 

 and three or four indistinctly-elevated longitudinal spaces (of each) are 

 more sparingly punctured. Anterior tibiae with about six teeth on the 

 outer edge, the others simple, all more or less grooved and punctured. 



Under-side coarsely punctured except on a quadrate space at the back 

 of the head, which is quite smooth and shining. Antennas pubescent ; 

 club tri-articulate. 



The only clothing observable, irrespective of that of the mouth, con- 

 sists of a few hairs along the base of the thorax and on the legs. 



Evidently closely allied to White's D. piinctidatus. The name and 

 description of that species, however, imply a totally different kind of 

 sculpture, and no mention is made of the large and deep cavity on the 

 middle of the head. 



Length, 6-6| lines ; breadth, 2\. 



Mr. P. Stewart discovered two specimens under pieces of wood near 

 Wellington. 



Group— EUCNEMID^ (p. 277). 

 Neocharis. 



1 1 76. N. OSCUlans, w-f- Narrow, slightly glossy, piceous, covered 

 with grey and pale-brown tomentum ; legs testaceous. 



AntcmicB elongate, their second and third joints short, conjointly as 

 long as the fourth ; the others, though expanded apically, are not acutely 

 produced ; they are dull-black in colour, and densely covered with pu- 

 bescence. Head punctate. Prothorax sub-quadrate, but narrowed an- 

 teriorly ; moderately closely punctured. Elytra moderately closely punc- 

 tured, with a sutural stria on each, feebly impressed on the middle, but 

 deeply sunk and bent at the apex. 



This species is intermediate between A'', pubescens and N. simplex, 

 partaking the characters of both ; the form of the body and antennae 

 being similar to that of the latter, whilst the clothing resembles that of 

 the former species. 



$. Length, nearly 2 lines; breadth, quite \. 



The only individual I have was found at Tairua. 



Talerax (p. 279). 



II77- T. Capax, n.s. Body narrow, sub-parallel, castaneous, 

 rather red ; tarsi fulvous ; pubescent, moderately shining. 



Antennae long and stout, their basal and third joints longest and 

 about equal; second very small; joints 4-10 sub-serrate, eleventh 

 elongate. Head punctate. ProtJwrax sub-quadrate, depressed towards 

 the base, a little sinuated laterally behind the middle, with moderately 

 long posterior angles ; its surface is densely punctured, covered with 

 decumbent yellow hairs, and feebly impressed longitudinally, Elytra 



