004 COLEOPTERA 



rugulose. Antennm stout, of moderate length, pubescent, their second 

 joint obviously shorter than the succeeding one. 



The dense and comparatively coarse punctation, and continuous 

 median groove of the thorax, combined with the irregular elytral sculp- 

 ture, differentiate this from all the other species known to me. 



Length, 2-| lines ; breadth, \. 



Described from one mutilated specimen sent from Dunedin some 

 time ago by Professor Hutton. 



Group— TELEPHORID^ (p. 325)- 

 Aclytia (p. 326). 



1195. A. tumida, ^z.-^". Elongate-oblong, depressed, very fmely 

 pubescent ; moderately shining, black, with long, curved, rufous man- 

 dibles. 



Head a little uneven, closely punctulated. Prothorax strongly trans- 

 versal, with irregularly raised and reflexed margins, front angles 

 obtuse, the posterior nearly rectangular ; there is an abbreviated dorsal 

 groove at the base, and, on each side of it, a rather large, shining, pyri- 

 form elevation, more glossy than the rest of the rather dull, closely 

 punctulated surface. ScutelJum elongate, punctulate. Elytra elongate, 

 parallel, marginated, obtusely rounded behind, of the same width as the 

 thorax ; their whole surface is very densely and rugosely punctured, and 

 covered with very fine, greyish, decumbent hairs. 



May be easily recognized by the shining thoracic elevations. 



Length, 3-i- lines; breadth, \\. 



I have one mutilated specimen from J. D. Enys, Esq., F.G.S. 



1 196. A. piliventer, n.s. Elongate, sparsely pubescent, 

 shining, deep black. The anknncs are long and stout, dull and rough. 



Head rather rough, with ill-defined sculpture. Prothorax transverse, 

 slightly convex, distinctly margined, anterior angles oblique, posterior 

 almost rectangular, widest at its base, sides nearly straight ; an obsolete 

 median line terminates near the base in a fovea-like expansion : its disc is 

 nearly smooth, but the sides are punctate. Etytra of normal form, 

 closely and rugosely punctulated, less densely near the base and apex 

 than elsewhere. Underside black, the abdomen clothed with griseous 

 hairs. 



Distinguished by its rough head and antennae, and rather regularly 

 formed thoracic margins. 



Length, ifj lines; breadth, nearly \. 



Two examples found near Wellington by IMr. P. Stewart. 



Group-MSLYRID.^ (p. 328). 

 Dasytes (p. 328). 



1197. D. Stewarti, n.s. Elongate, moderately narrow, shining ; 

 head and thorax black, elytra greenish, legs piceous, the three first 

 antennal joints obscure-red. 



Head rather short and broad, remotely punctulated, with minute 



