578 COLEOPTERA 



Length, 32-4^ lines. 



I am indebted to Miss Alice Aubrey for this species, as well as speci- 

 mens of a few others, which she found in the neighbourhood of Whan- 

 garei Heads. 



Astetholida. 



Nov. gen. 



The species on which this genus is founded, I had, at first sight, 

 intended to refer to Astetholea ; the structure of the head, palpi, anten- 

 nae and thorax, however, forbid such an association, though the two 

 forms, apparently, have some resemblance to each other. The palpi are 

 of moderate length, with the apical joints strongly securiform. The 

 head is rather short, deflexed, and laterally rounded anteriorly, widest in 

 line with the eyes, where it is nearly as broad as the elytra, and curvedly 

 narrowed behind ; it bears a deeply impressed central line on the ver- 

 tex. The eyes dixe large, reniform, and coarsely facetted. The antennce 

 are eleven-jointed, scarcely longer than the body, inserted close to the 

 front part of the eyes ; scape curved and gradually incrassated ; second 

 articulation short ; the fourth shorter than all except the second ; the 

 rest about equal, and sparingly pilose. The thorax is oviform, slightly 

 convex ; dilated laterally at the middle, but tumid rather than tuber- 

 cular ; and slightly constricted close to the base. The elytra are three 

 times longer than the thorax, with prominent but rather obtuse shoul- 

 ders ; their sides are almost parallel with the suture, and the apices are 

 obtusely rounded. The legs are moderately long, the femora incras- 

 sated, and the two posterior pairs of tibise are somewhat flexuose. 



loii. A. lucida, 'i.s. Body bright, dark-rufous; antennae, palpi, 

 and legs fulvous. Head coarsely punctured. Thorax with the base 

 and apex finely margined ; the disc is shining, almost smooth, having 

 only a few small punctures. The elytra are closely and coarsely punc- 

 tured from the base to the middle, from thence the punctation becomes 

 finer, so that they appear quite smooth towards the apex. The legs are 

 pubescent, the fibuB are armed at the extremity with two short slender 

 spines ; the basal joint of the tarsus is longer than any of the others. 



Length, 3^ lines. 



I could only find one specimen of this species at Tairua ; it is an 

 exceedingly active insect. 



Blosyropus. 



Redtenbacher ; Voy. Nov., Zool. 



Corpus alatum, valde elongatum, supra depressum, lateraliter com- 

 pressum. Caput porrectum, postice elongatum, inter antennas bi-spino- 

 sum. Oculi oblongi, parum emarginati. Ante^intz undecim-articulatae, 

 in fronte ante oculos insertte, dimidio corporis vix longiores, articulo 

 primo magno, apice clavato, tertio multo longiore. Thorax cylindricus, 

 quadri-spinosus. Elytra apice truncata, bi-spinosa. Pedes breves, tenues, 

 antici coxis globosis, acetabulis extus angulatis tibiisque simplicibus, fili- 

 formibus. 



