OF NEW ZEALAND. 3OI 



537. C. agriotoides, Sharp; Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., May, 

 I'i'j'j- C. nifo-fiisailits, longius griseo-pubescens, antennis pedibusque 

 testaceis; illis tt-nuibus, simplicibus, articulis secundo et tertio elongatis, 

 sequentibus similibus; protliorace convexiusculo, margine lateral! indis- 

 tincto, parcius minus subtiliter ])unctato ; clytris striatis, sed sculptura 

 pubescentia obtecta, apicibus fere muticis. 



Long., 6|-9| mm. 



This is a very variable species, and closely allied to C. olivascens, 

 but may be readily distinguished by the different colour, narrower form, 

 more convex prothorax, etc. 



Abundant at Auckland and Tairua ; found on shrubs (Captain 

 Broun and Mr. Lawson.) 



Parinus. 



Sharp; Ann. Mag. iVat. Hist., May, iS-j-j. 



Head small, forehead much rounded in front, with short, ill-limited, 

 almost perpendicular clypeus, but without any carina either in the 

 middle or at the sides ; antennal spaces small, but yet extending in- 

 wards, and separated from one another by only a narrow space. 



Antenna slender, wuth second and third joints well developed. 

 Prosternal sutures bearing a broad and deep depression extending back- 

 ward for nearly half their length. Prosternal proeess short and stout. 

 Hind part oi mesosternal cavity with elevated quite horizontal sides, and 

 api)roaching closely to the intercoxal suture. Coxal lamina short 

 throughout, and without trochanteral lobe. Tarsi with the third and 

 fourth joints with membraneous lobes underneath; the lobe of the third 

 joint very obscure, but that of the fourth joint quite distinct, the joint 

 itself being very short on the upper side. 



The nearest ally of this genus is the Australian Hapatesus Jiirtus, 

 Cand. ; the most impqrtant character for distinguishing the two from 

 one another is the difference in the tarsal conformation. 



538. P. villOSUS, Sharp ; Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., May, 1877. 

 P. sat latus, minus elongatus, posterius angustatus, nitidus, sed longius 

 irregulariterc^ue albido pubescens, rufescens, elytrorum sutura lateribus- 

 (jue indistincte nigro-vittatis, subtus potius nigricans ; antennis sat 

 gracilibus, intus vix serratis, articulo secundo quam tertius paulo longi- 

 ore ; eapite parvo, oculis prominulis ; protliorace haud elongato, lateribus 

 curvatis, angulis posterioribus crassis, intus curvatis ; parcius et sat 

 fortiter punctato ; elytris nullo modo striatis, sed evidenter sat crebre 

 punctatis, humeris longitudinaliter carinatis. 



Long., 7-9 mm. 



The long conspicuous pubescence, the thick incurved hind angles of 

 the thorax, and the entirely unstriated elytra readily point out this 

 species from the others. 



Auckland ; sent by Mr. Lawson and Captain Broun, but apparently 



