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COLEOPTERA 



Mmeralis ; the elytra much less oviform, more strongly and abruptly 

 sinuated apically, and with flatter intervals between the striae. 



<y . Length, 9 lines ; breadth, 3x- 



Named in Jionour of its discoverer, Mr. S. W. Fulton, Outram, 

 Otago. 



1334- T. enysi, n.s. Black, nowhere seneous, shining; legs 

 and antennas piceous. 



Head large, smooth, its frontal impressions rather shallow, a 

 httle dilated round the eyes, these latter prominent. Prothorax 

 sub-quadrate, rather deeply incurved in front, less so behind, sides 

 rounded, sinuously narrowed posteriorly, hind angles almost rectan- 

 gular ; disc almost smooth, dorsal line abbreviated, basal foveas deep, 

 not perceptibly united, there being only a slight impression between 

 thein, curvedly impressed in front. Scutellum striate at base. 

 Elytra oblong, shoulders moderately dentate, sides very slightly 

 curved, apical sinuations moderate ; slightly convex, finely punctate- 

 striate, interstices nearly plane, the third with three, the seventh 

 wdth several large punctures. Legs robust ; thighs strongly inflated, 

 the intermediate abruptly notched and grooved near the extremity, 

 but without forming a distinct tooth below. 



The structure of the middle femora allies this species to T. dif- 

 formipes, but the tibiae, though stout, are simple. 



^ . Length, 9 lines ; breadth, 3^. 



Mr. J. D. Enys, F.G.S., transmitted a mutilated specimen from 

 Canterbury. 



Holcaspis (p- 37)- 



1335. H. cribrale, n.s. Elongate, slightly convex, glossy- 

 black ; palpi, antennae, and legs piceo-rufous. 



Head of moderate size, more or less finely rugulose. Prothorax 

 quadrate, very little curved laterally, and but little contracted be- 

 hind, posterior angles not prominent ; basal foveae deep, Vv'ell-limited, 

 and rather narrow ; the dorsal furrow terminates before attaining 

 the base or apex, the angulated frontal impression ends near each 

 anterior angle in a fovea-like expansion, and the surface presents 

 numerous transversal aciculate marks. Scutelliim striate. Elytra 

 oblong, sub-parallel, shoulders tubercular ; in addition to the mar- 

 ginal sculpture, each elytron bears seven very irregularly-defined, 

 interrupted striae, consisting sometimes of large oblong depressions 

 united by means of very fine linear impressions; at other parts these 

 latter are obliterated, and the cavities assume the form of punctures; 

 the interstices also are irregular, so that the sculpture somewhat re- 

 sembles basketwork ; the sinuations before the apices are rather 

 deep and abrupt, and just at that point the sculpture ends in a 

 broad groove. Male, legs robust ; posterior femora expanded, 

 deeply excised for the reception of the trochanters, and then angu- 

 lated, so'^that the space between that angle and the extremity forms 

 a nearly straight line ; intermediate tibics considerably dilated. 

 Female, legs more slender, 



