OF NEW ZEALAND. 1 87 



in front. Head only half immersed in the thorax, uneven, elevated 

 near antennal insertion ; epistome sinuated in front ; antennal furrows 

 short, rather deep and oblique ; eyes rather large, oval, prominent. 

 Antennce retractile, moderately stout, eleven-jointed, pubescent ; basal 

 joint cylindrical, stout, second to fifth obconical, sixth to eighth sub- 

 globular ; joints nine to eleven forming a rather large club, the first 

 obconical-like, not broader than long, the second strongly transversal, 

 third large, almost orbicular. Protlwrax uneven, widely dilated and 

 indented laterally, disc convex, the frontal portion prominent. Elytra 

 moderately convex, parallel, margined and denticulated laterally. Legs 

 rather short ; tibice filiform, without terminal spurs ; the three first joints 

 of the tarsi equal, pilose underneath. Prosternal process very short, 

 rounded at the end. Abdominal segments entire. 



Body oblong, moderately convex, parallel, rough, often scjuamose. 



The above has been epitomized from Lacordaire's diagnosis of the 

 genus Etidophhi'iis, and his remarks on Erichson's Uloiiotiis ( Lacord. 

 Hist, des Ins. Coleop., Tom. \\., p. 359). 



331. U. antarcticUS, IVhite. (Bolitophagus); Voy. Er. Terr., Ins., 

 p. 12. Oblong, moderately convex transversely; rich reddish-brown, 

 antenme and legs red. The antenna are about as long as the head and 

 thorax, finely pilose, with the third joint longest. The head is covered with 

 small granules, and is depressed behind. Thorax transverse, disc 

 transversely convex ; the outline of the explanated sides is a gradual 

 curve ; there are four lobes to each, the posterior, which is the smallest, 

 forms the hind angle ; the surface is covered with small granules, and 

 there are two interrupted, irregular ridges on the dorsum. The elytra 

 are oblong, transversely convex, as wide as the prothorax, the sides sub- 

 parallel and serrate to beyond the middle, from thence rounded, with 

 several short sin nations ; each elytron bears nine rows of rather coarse 

 punctures, and three discoidal rows of tubercles, the rest of the surface 

 being more or less uneven. The elytra, and elevated portions of the 

 thorax, are clothed with yellowish hairs, which are most conspicuous on 

 the raised portions. Legs finely pilose. 



Length, 3 lines. 



The above description is from a specimen in my own collection, 

 obtained at Tairua. 



332. U. diSCedens, Sharp; Ent. Mon. Mag., April, 1877. 

 Fitsco-niger, antennis tarsisque rufescentibus, illarum clava fusca ; pro- 

 thorace elytris angustiore, angulis anterioribus acutis, lateribus sinuatis, 

 pone medium contractis, superficie leviter iniequali, opaca, leviter 

 granulata, setis (vel squamulis) minutis parcius vestita; elytris sat nitidis, 

 crenato-striatis, maculis vagis setarum cineracearum vestitis ; pedibus 

 gracilibus, fere nudis. 



Long., 5-6 mm. 



About the size of Ulonotiis antarcticus, White, and rather closely 

 allied to that species in structure, but departing greatly from it in its 

 appearance, owing to the sub-nude surface which is dcstiiuie of tubcrcu- 



