OF NEW ZEALAND. 753 



Length, 9 lines ; breadth, 3. 



Some specmiens of this species, both sexes, were found under 

 logs on Mount Arthur, by Messrs. Cheeseman and Combes. 



1336. H. catenulata, n.s. Narrow, elongate, sub-parallel, 

 slightly convex, glossy-black ; palpi and antenna3 blackish. 



Head moderate, uneven above, with prominent eyes, mandibles 

 wrinkled. Prothorax but little broader than long, base incurved, 

 slightly wider before the middle than elsewhere, regularly but not 

 strongly rounded laterally, and gradually narrowed towards the blunt 

 posterior angles ; a little uneven, distinctly wrinkled transversely on 

 the disc but longitudinally in front, the basal foveae deep and sulci- 

 form ; dorsal line distinct, with a curved impression extending from 

 one anterior angle to the other. Scutellum striate. Elytra elongate- 

 oblong, their sides but little curved, humeral angles scarcely pro- 

 tuberant, sinuated behind ; striate, having small punctures in the 

 grooves ; the sutural, third, fifth, seventh, and eighth^ interstices 

 simple to beyond the middle, from thence irregular, the others more 

 or less contracted and interrupted at uncertain intervals, all finely 

 lineated across ; the seventh strioe bear some punctiform impressions, 

 and the margins several larger ones. Legs moderate, femora robust 

 but not dentate. Underside pitchy-black, flanks of the sternum more 

 or less rugose and punctate. 



Allied to Nos. 74 and 83, as well as to H. cribrale; yet readily 

 enough identified by the obtuse hind angles of the thorax and the 

 chain-like sculpture of the alternate interstices of the elytra. 



Length, 8 lines ; breadth, 2-J-. 



Described from a male found by Mr. S. W. Fulton, of Outram, 

 Otago. 



Cerabilia (p- 44)- 



1337- C pmictigera, w-s. Body elongate-oblong, sub-depressed, 

 moderately shining, pitchy-black; trophi and antennse infuscate, legs 

 rufo-piceous, tarsi rufescent. 



Head short and broad, bi-sulcate ; labrum transverse, widely but 

 not at all deeply hollowed ; eyes convex, prominent. Prothorax a'little 

 longer than broad, apex nearly truncate, base considerably emar- 

 ginated, sides obtusely rounded, gradually incurved posteriorly, h"nd 

 angles nearly rectangular but not j)rotruding, lateral margins entire ; 

 disc almost plane, with a distinct median groove, and two elongate, 

 sulciform, basal ioxese situated midway between the middle and 

 sides. Scutellum triangular, smooth. Elytra elongate-oblong, 

 slightly rounded laterally, feebly sinuated apically; striate, inter- 

 stices flat, third tri-punctate ; the striae are obsoletely punctured, 

 and the intermediate pairs unite near the apices. Antenncs longer 

 than head and thorax conjointly, their three basal articulations 

 destitute of pubescence. Underside black, sparingly punctured. 

 The mcntum, as described by Count de Castelnau, is toothless ; the 

 viandibles are short and robust, but greatly curved and acute at the 

 extremity ; the terminal joint of the maxillary _2ja/jji is rather longer 

 than the penultimate and slightly obtuse at the apex ; the front tarsi 



