OF NEW ZEALAND. 537 



horizontali) armatis, ad externum baud uncinatis tamen (pr?ecipue in 

 posterioribus) subito ampliatis, parte ampliata dense spinulosil ; tarsis 

 art" i"^° elongate, 3*'° vix latiore sed minute sub-bilobo at subtus longe 

 piloso. 



(Genus inter Cossonidas valde anomalum, tibiarum structura necnon 

 abdominis segm*''^ 1"^° et 2'^" inter se profunda divisis cum Hylesinidis 

 melius congruens, tamen, nisi fallor, ad banc familiam vere pertinens. 

 Prsecipue exstat unco tibiali obsoleto, tamen tibiis versus apicem exter- 

 num abrupte spinoso-ampliatis, necnon ad internum calcari robusto, in 

 anticis elongate sub-horizontali, munitis. Inter alia distinguiter corpore 

 crasso parallelo latiusculo sub-depresso piceo-ferrugineo ac dense argu- 

 teque sculpturato, elytrorum interstitiis costiformibus, sed costis quasi 

 e duabus efformantibus, rostro breviusculo parallelo necnon a fronte 

 conspicue diviso, prothorace magno sub-quadrangulari, abdominisque 

 segm*^'" i'"" et 2'^° minus elongatis et distincte divisis, illo convexo sed 

 hoc in planum inferiorem adjecto). 



Hab. Novam Zealandiara (ab Auckland missa). 



953. X. spinipes, IVoll.; Gen. Cosson., p. 648. X parallelo- 

 ob/onga, crassa, depressiuscula, subnitida, piceo-ferruginea ; rostro brevi- 

 usculo, robusto, parallelo, densissime rugoseque punctulato, a capita 

 (nitidiore et fere impunctato) linea distincta diviso; ociilis prominentibus; 

 prothorace magno, elongato, sub-quadrangulari, ad latera subrecto, antice 

 profunda constricto, densissime et argute punctato sed in linea media 

 postica leviore ; elytris sub-parallelis, basi recte truncatis, postica minute 

 fulvo-pubascentibus, profunde et grosse punctato- (fere crenato-) sulcatis, 

 interstitiis sub-depressis ac obtuse costiformibus, costis in medio linea 

 dense punctulata divisis (quasi a costis duabus efformantibus) ; antcnms 

 pedibusque breviusculis fere concoloribus. Subtus sat grosse sed baud 

 valda profunda punctata. 



Long. Corp., lin. i§. 



Habitat Novam Zealandiam ; in Auckland collegit Dom. Lawson. 

 A Dom. Sbarp ad describendum amice communicata. 



Note. — Tbis insect lives on Daminara australis. 



FAMILY— SCOLYTIDES. 



Head of variable form ; terminating in a short muzzle, often almost 

 obsolete. Mentum prominent, its base generally received into a hollow 

 of the under-cbin ; the ligula placed behind it and projecting, or not, 

 beyond its front margin. The maxilkz with one lobe. Palpi very 

 short ; the labial with one to three, the maxillary with three or four, 

 joints. Mandibles seldom projecting, arched at the extremity, often 

 wide, and more or less denticulated inwardly. Antenn(e inserted on the 

 sides of the muzzle or between the eyes and mandibles ; short, genicu- 

 lated, with from three to twelve apparent joints, the last forming a club 

 of variable form, sometimes pectinate. Eyes variable, ordinarily large 

 and transversal. The pronotum frequently confounded with the flanks 

 of the prothorax. Anterior coxoi contiguous or not. their cotyloid cavi- 



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