330 COLEOPTERA 



599. D. Obscuricollis, n.s. Body moderately narrow and elon- 

 gate ; head nearly black ; legs and antennae reddish-testaceous, the three 

 apical joints of the latter fuscous ; thorax and elytra of a moderately 

 shining reddish-brown colour, the former obscure fuscous on the disc. 

 The head, except an almost smooth dorsal line, is rather coarsely rugose. 

 The prothorax is rather longer than broad, laterally dilated near the 

 middle, with a sinuation between that point and the front, and with 

 obtusely rounded posterior angles ; the disc is a little elevated, and the 

 whole surface is punctured. Scutelluiu sub-quadrate, distinct. Elytra 

 moderately convex transversely, wider than thorax, almost parallel- 

 sided ; they are rugosely punctured, and clothed with pale-yellow pubes- 

 cence. 



Length, \\ line. 



My two specimens, which are in bad condition, were found by 

 Captam F. W. Hutton in Otago. 



600. D. laticeps, n.s. This species is of a bluish-black colour 

 except the three basal joints of the antennae, which are fuscous. Head 

 large, nearly as large as the prothorax ; the eyes being rather prominent 

 cause ihat portion of the head to be quite as wide as the broadest part 

 of the thorax ; it is indistinctly and rugosely sculptured, with two 

 impressions between the eyes. The prothorax is about as long as broad, 

 with almost regularly rounded sides and punctate surface. Sciitelliiin 

 transverse, rounded. Elytra elongate, narrowed in front, wider than 

 thorax, with distinct lateral margins ; their surface is more or less 

 covered with short transverse elevations, so that the sculpture is rugose 

 rather than punctate. Lei:is normal. AnteuncE rather short and stout, 

 with a short rounded not at all ovate terminal joint. 



Length, nearly 2 lines. 



I found my specimen at Tairua. 



Note. — In all the preceding species, excepting perhaps D. wake- 

 fieldi which I have not seen, the antenna are gradually thickened 

 towards the extremity, the third joint being more slender than the two 

 basal ones. 



FAMILY— CLERIDES. 



Me?Ttii7ii quadrate or trapezeiform among nearly all. Ligula mem- 

 braneous, without paraglossse. Maxilla bilobed, lamelliform, ciliated. 

 Labial palpi often longer than the maxillary ; their terminal joint 

 usually securiform. Epistome distinct, coriaceous, or sub-membraneous 

 in front. Eyes generally emarginate. Antennce with eleven joints, 

 rarely with less ; flabellate, dentate, or terminating in a club. Anterior 

 coxcE conico-cylindrical, moderately prominent; the intermediate shorter, 

 sub-globose, somewhat distant ; the trochantins in general distinct ; the 

 posterior coxse transversal, embedded, covered by the femora ; tarsi 

 pentamerous or tetramerous, provided with lamella^ below, their last 

 joint bilobed. The abdomen composed of six or five free segments. 



