66 COLEOPTERA 



Note. — The following are synonyms of this species, which occurs 

 in the South Island, from whence I have received two or three 

 examples from Professor Haast : — Cymindis an straits, Homb. and J acq., 

 Voy. an Pole Sud, t. \.,f. 7 ; Cymindis dicffenbacJiii, White, Dieffen. Neiv 

 Zeal., vol. \\.,p. 273, 1843 ; Blanch., Voy. an Pole Slid, Zool, iv., 1853. 



.^ 126. D. ater, n.s. Body rather broad, depressed, of a glossy black 

 colour, the tarsi and antennae infuscate red. 



Head almost smooth behind, rather broad, with a somewhat rugose 

 furrow from the eye to the frontal transverse impression, the space 

 between it and the fine groove close to the eye a little elevated \ eyes 

 large and prominent. Thorax rather shorter than broad, rather large, 

 with reflexed margins and well-defined marginal channels ; it is cordate, 

 being widest in front of the middle, rounded anteriorly, a good deal 

 narrowed and slightly sinuated towards the almost rectangular hind 

 angles, with the apex a little emarginated ; the disc is depressed, with 

 a distinct dorsal groove from the base terminating in a cavity some dis- 

 tance from the apex, it is impressed with fine transverse lines, is a little 

 rugose at the sides behind, and has only mere traces of fovese at the 

 posterior angles. The elytra are widest behind, with narrow obtusely 

 rounded shoulders ; the apices are obliquely and sinuously truncated 

 with obtuse outer angles, the sutural rounded but more prominent ; 

 each elytron bears a short scutellar and eight fine strise which are not 

 very perceptibly punctated ; the interstices are broad and flat, become 

 obsolete, and apparently not confluent, behind ; they are finely punc- 

 tated, with three or more larger, but not well-defined shallow punctures 

 on the third, fifth, and seventh ; a row of punctiform impressions near 

 the margin, and a scutellar puncture. The til)i(z and tarsi are clothed 

 with yellow hairs. The antennce are pubescent, with their third joint 

 longer than the fourth. The penultimate joint of the maxillary palpi 

 is slender at the base, the last is longer and thicker. 



Length, 3 J lines ; breadth, nearly \\. 



Described from one example found by Professor Hutton at Queens- 

 town, Otago. 



It may be at once identified by its broad form, and short, broad 

 thorax ; the apices of the elytra are intermediate in form between those 

 of D. nasuta and D. picea, and the elytral stria3 are much more feebly 

 impressed than in either of these two species. 



127. D. moesta, Sharp; Entom. Mon. Mag., July, 1878,/. 

 47. IDcpressiiisciila, sat nitida, nigra, pedibus fere concoloribus, anten- 

 nis rufescentibus, articulis 1° et 3° infuscatis ; prothoj-ace sat lato, obso- 

 letius transversim strigoso ; elytris subtiliter (fere obsolete) striatis, apice 

 oblique, vix sinuatim, truncatis. 



Long., 6| mm. ; lat. 2| mm. 



This seems very distinct from the other described species ; it is 

 rather broad, and in form resembles D. picea, but the thorax is even 

 more quadrate than in that species ; the elytra have no impressions, and 



