228 COLEOPTERA 



399. C. ruficeps, n.s. Convex, elliptical, shining, head and 

 thorax red, elytra pale chestnut-red, legs reddish-testaceous, antennae 

 reddish. Antennce stout, long, longer than elytra, club loosely articula- 

 ted, three-jointed ; basal joint sub-pyriform ; second and third about 

 equal, the latter narrower at the base than the second; fourth, sixth, and 

 eighth equal, small ; fifth and seventh of the same size, each rather 

 longer than the second ; they are pubescent. 



Head somewhet convex, punctate ; eyes moderate. Thorax not 

 much broader than long, a good deal narrower than elytra, rounded 

 laterally, nearly straight behind, widest near the middle, front angles not 

 prominent, the posterior rectangular, base and apex sub-truncate ; it is 

 margined, rather convex in front, depressed behind, and finely punctured. 

 Sciitcllum rounded. Elytra rather broad, obovate, truncate in front ; 

 they are most convex behind the middle, very sparingly and indistinctly 

 punctured, and clothed with fine elongate erect yellow hairs. Legs 

 moderately long ; tibise slightly dilated towards the extremity ; front 

 tarsi rather short in structure, somewhat similar to those of the Tclina- 

 tophilii, the others longer and more slender. The head and thorax 

 are thinly clad. 



Length, | ; breadth, \ line. 



I found one specimen of this very distinct species near Whangarei 

 Heads ; it is not congeneric with the preceding or following species, and 

 will probably form the type of a new genus. It may be at once identified 

 by its convex elliptical form. 



400. C. hispidulus, ns. Allied to C. rittilus, very similar in 

 form, but with the front angles of the thorax rounded and deflexed, so 

 that they are much less prominent. 



The Jicad and thorax are distinctly and rather closely punctured, 

 sparingly pubescent, and of a pale chf^stnut colour. Elytra paler than 

 thorax, a little depressed in front of the middle, and clothed with rather 

 long yellowish hairs ; they are punctate, the punctures not in rows. 

 The legs are yellow. 



Length, -| ; breadth, less than \ line. 



I found one specimen near Whangarei Heads. It may be readily 

 recognized by its long semi-erect pubescence. 



401. C. fu.lig'inoSUS, ji-s. Oblong-ovate, convex, finely pilose, a 

 little glossy, of a dark smoky-brown, legs and antennte reddish-testace- 

 ous, antennal club fuscous. 



Last joint of the palpi twice the size of the penultimate, stout, sub- 

 ovate, somewhat obtusely truncated at apex. 



Antennce shorter than head and thorax, with a long, three-jointed 

 club, they are inserted at the sides just in front of the eyes ; first joint 

 short and stout ; second stout, shorter than third, which is not twice the 

 length of the fourth ; fifth larger than fourth ; sixth moniliform ; seventh 

 and eighth transverse, the latter the larger of the two, both broader than 

 the preceding joints ; club large, its two basal joints transversal, the 

 eleventh rounded. Head not immersed, coarsely punctate, with large 

 convex transersely oval not coarsely facetted eyes. 



