428 COLEOPTERA 



749. N. modesta, Pascoe : Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist.., Feby., 1877. 

 N. oblongo-ovata, dense griseo-squamosa, maculis indistinctis albis (ali- 

 quando vitta humerali) notata ; antennis pedibusque rufo-testaceis, pilis 

 griseis adspersis ; capite supra oculos modice convexo, antice sub- 

 planato ; prothorace antice posticeque truncate, utrinque rotundato ; 

 sciitello triangulari, minuto ; elytris sub-cordatis, striato-punctatis ; tibiis 

 intus muticis ; tarsis articulo secundo dilatato. 



Long., 1 1 lin. 



Otago, Waitaki (Capt. Hutton). 



Catoptes. 



Schc^nh. ; Lacord. Hist, des Ins. Coleop., To?n.w'\.,p. 39. 



Rostrum slightly longer and narrower than the head, slightly incras- 

 sated in front, rounded at the angles, plane above, terminated by a 

 triangular plate, smooth and truncated at the end ; scrobes rather wide 

 and deep in front, directed obliquely towards the lower part of the eye, 

 becoming very shallow behind. Eyes moderate, slightly prominent, 

 oval, and somewhat transverse. Antenna; rather long and robust ; the 

 scape thickening gradually and nearly reaching back to the thorax ; the 

 joints of the funiculus obconical, the first stouter than those which 

 follow, second a little longer than first, joints three to seven decreasing 

 in length and gradually thickening ; club oblong-oval, acuminate and 

 articulated. Prothorax sub-transversal, cylindrical, truncated at its base 

 and apex. ScuteUnm small, sub-quadrate. Elytra rather convex, oval, 

 a little compressed and acuminate behind, slightly wider than the 

 thorax, slightly emarginate at their base, with the shoulders obtuse. 

 Legs moderate, somewhat robust, thighs incrassated, anterior tibice a little 

 arched and inwardly produced and pointed at the apex; tarsi moderate, 

 ciliated, sponge-like underneath, with the third joint notably wider than 

 the second and first, fourth moderate, as well as its claws which are free. 

 Intercoxal process moderately wide, truncated in front. 



Body oval, densely squamose and rough. 



750. 0- Obliquis, Schcenh. Body obscure red, the ground-colour 

 concealed by the dense covering of small depressed round pale 

 brown scales intermingled with short pallid setse. Prothorax about as 

 long as broad, widest before the middle, very gradually narrowed 

 posteriorly and slightly constricted anteriorly; it is broadly but not 

 deeply impressed near the front angles. Scutellum nude, shining. The 

 elytra do not greatly exceed the thorax in breadth, have oblique 

 shoulders, sub-parallel sides as far as the hind thighs, and from thence 

 are gradually narrowed ; they are but little convex, the most elevated 

 part is behind the posterior femora, from that point they become 

 declivous ; each has six discoidal strise with elongate punctures in them, 

 distinctly separated from each other ; the two inner are continued to the 

 apex, the eighth stria is deep and unites before the extremity with the 

 second, which being broad and deep insulates the intermediate ones and 

 causes the sutural interstices to appear prominent ; the third and fifth 



