584 COLEOPTERA 



Long., II mm. ; lat. elyt. basi, i| mm. ; long, anten., 11^ mm. 



Head rather coarsely and closely punctured, of an infuscate reddish 

 or somewhat pitchy colour, with a few short depressed delicate silvery 

 hairs. Thorax elongate and slender, on its dorsum in front of the 

 middle obtusely elevated, the elevation somewhat notched at its summit, 

 behind the middle with a curved elevation extending from side to side, 

 but becoming obscure on the dorsum ; this curved swelling makes the 

 broadest part of the thorax ; the colour and sculpture are similar to 

 those of the head. Elytra of a reddish colour, dull, their sculpture 

 rather coarse and close but indistinct ; along the suture and down each 

 are two lines of somewhat silvery pubescence, and there is also a much 

 less distinct marginal line of such pubescence. Under-siirface reddish, 

 with scanty silvery pubescence. Legs reddish, thickened portion of the 

 femora rather darker. 



A specimen of this interesting species was transmitted to me in 

 spirit by Capt. Broun, and accompanied by the information that two 

 individuals had been found by him on Beech at Tairua. 



Zorion. 



Pascoe ; Lacord. Hist, des Ins. Coleop., Tom. viii.,/. 423. 



Males. — Head projecting, gradually and strongly narrowed behind, 

 the rest similar to Zoedia. Antenfice filiform, very little longer than the 

 body ; first joint elongate, sub-obconical ; third to fifth almost equal, 

 the others gradually decrease. Eyes very narrow or contracted, nearly 

 divided. Prothorax elongate, greatly constricted in front and at its 

 base, the middle convex, and obtusely tuberculated laterally. Scutellum 

 triangular. Elytra short, slightly convex, parallel, rounded behind, 

 each furnished at the extremity with an oblong elevation. Legs mode- 

 rate. Front coxce conical, not angular, contiguous ; femora pedunculate 

 at their base, then strongly clavate, the posterior scarcely longer than 

 elytra ; first tarsal Joint of the latter a little longer than the following 

 two. Mesosternal process very narrow, elongated, and parallel. Body 

 smooth and brilliant. 



Females. — Head less prominent ; antennae a little shorter than the 

 elytra ; thorax less narrowed, scarcely tuberculated laterally. 



102 1. Z. minutum, Fabr. (Callidium); Syst. Ent., p. 192; 

 = Obriiim fabricianum, IVestw., Arc. Ent.., p. 28. Body shining, rufo- 

 testaceous, the tip of the antennal joints three to seven, and the whole 

 of their successors, infuscate ; the slender basal part of the femora, and 

 a spot on each elytron, which sometimes takes the form of an abbre- 

 viated fascia not reaching the suture, are whitish ; the tibiae, tarsi, and a 

 portion of the femora, fusco-testaceous. The head is apparently im- 

 punctate, with a depression between the antennae, and a feebly-marked 

 continuous, dorsal line. The thorax is sub-cylindrical, constricted near 

 the front and again at the base, and dilated laterally at the middle, 

 behind which it is narrowest ; its disc is uneven, being considerably 

 elevated near the centre, depressed anteriorly, and much more so 



