OF NEW ZEALAND. 675 



elongate, slightly attenuated posteriorly, closely and finely punctured, 

 destitute of distinct striae, but, when carefully examined from the front, 

 indistinct striae will be perceived, the sutural at the apex being bent and 

 sunk in a rather deep groove ; they appear rugulose, and are clothed 

 with depressed yellow hairs. 



My specimen, no doubt a male, is distinguished from the same sex 

 of T. distans by its relatively shorter and more robust antennae, rather 

 more striate elytra, and more closely and coarsely punctured thorax. 



Length, 2\ lines ; breadth, f. 



Habitat, Tairua. 



1 1 78. T. niger, n.s. Body moderately narrow, sub-parallel; 

 shining, black, legs not concolorous, being brown and chestnut, tarsi 

 dark-testaceous, the two basal articulations of the antennae reddish, the 

 others piceous. 



Antennae moderately long and stout, dull, with minute sculpture 

 and pubescence; basal joint longest, bent, second short; joints 3-10 

 about equal in length, becoming more distinctly serrate towards the 

 extremity ; they are separated by the deflexed ])ortion of the forehead. 

 Head rather broad, densely and rugosely punctate ; eyes rather small. 

 'Prothorax nearly quadrate, a little obliquely rounded at the anterior 

 angles, posterior angles long and directed backwards ; it is closely 

 punctured, and clothed with fine griseous hairs. Elytra moderately long, 

 gradually narrowed towards the apex, their shoulders obtusely elevated ; 

 they are clothed and sculptured in the same way as the thorax, appear 

 slightly rugose, and bear two or three obvious apical strice, the sutural 

 deeply impressed at the extremity. Tarsi stout, basal joint longest. 

 Sternum distinctly, abdomen finely, punctured, and pubescent. 



The prosterman is deeply grooved from base to apex ; the hind coxal 

 lamina is but little produced over the trochanter. The basal joint of the 

 anterior tarsus is prolonged at the apex, the fourth so excavated as to 

 appear bilobed, and the chnvs are thickened at the base. 



In ihc/cmalc the body is rather larger and more parallel-sided, the 

 elytra not being obviously attenuated posteriorly, and the antennae are 

 shorter and less serrate. 



(J . Length, 2 lines ; breadth, \ . 



I found two specimens quite recently at Stoke Point, Waitemata 

 Harbour. 



1 179. T. rustiCUS, w-y- Cylindric, slightly convex transversely, 

 glossy, clothed with fine griseous hairs ; black, legs piceous, the knees 

 and terminal tarsal joints reddish. 



AntenneB moderately long and robust, dull black, finely sculptured 

 and pubescent ; basal joint stout, second short, third shorter than fourth 

 but longer than second; joints 4-10 a little longer than broad, sub- 

 serrate ; eleventh oviform. Head closely punctate ; eyes rather small. 

 Prothorax sub-quadrate, rounded anteriorly, posterior angles moderate, 

 slightly divergent, its apex williout the usual margin ; it is moderately 

 punctured. Elytra elongate, quite parallel, apex rounded, with obtusely 

 elevated shoulders ; moderately punctaie-striate, interstices punctulated. 

 so as to seem rugulose ; the sutural slria\ though raihcr more strongly im- 



