822 COLEOPTERA 



beneath, the head and elytral interstices somewhat blackish, legs 

 and antennae rufo-piceous, palpi rufescent, paler at the extremity ; 

 oblong, moderately convex. 



Head of moderate size, with the usual frontal impressions, more 

 or less marked with fine irregular strife ; eyes convex. Prothorax 

 transversely quadrate, base and apex incurved, the sides rounded, 

 sinuously narrowed behind, posterior angles rectangular, not pro- 

 jecting ; basal fossae large, united by a depression, median groove 

 well-marked, terminating in the more or less obvious curved frontal 

 impression ; disc smooth or nearly so. Scutellum striate at base. 

 Elytra oblong-oval, humeral angles distinct, moderately sinuated 

 behind ; their seven punctulated dorsal grooves distinct ; the inter- 

 vals but little elevated, the third with three, the seventh with several 

 large hispid punctures ; marginal sculpture similar to that of the 

 other species. 



Differs from T. icaihoityensis in coloration, in the sides of the 

 thorax being less abruptly and altogether less contracted posteriorly, 

 and in the elytral striae being finer. It is larger than, and other- 

 wise different b:on\,F. fultoni, and quite distinct from No. 71 and its 

 congeners. 



Length, lo^ii lines; breadth, 3^. 



Found on Mount Maungatua, Taieri, by Messrs. S. W. Fulton 

 and T. Chalmer, at an elevation of some 3,000ft. 



1460. T. aeruginosus, us. Oblong, moderately convex; 

 black, tinged with bright bluish-green, the latter colour most con- 

 spicuous on the depressed parts ; legs and antennae pitchy-red, 

 underside black. 



Head rather narrow, frontal impressions not very deep, bearing 

 many very fine irregular linear marks behind, more rugose in front; 

 eyes prominent. Prothorax transversal, quadrate, base and apex 

 arcuated, not at all strongly rounded laterally, sinuously narrowed 

 behind, posterior angles slightly projecting ; the dorsum bears some 

 feeble linear impressions, a well-marked median groove, and basal 

 foveas. Scutellum blackish, its base striated. Elytra sub-oblong, 

 wider behind than in front, but little curved laterally, moderately 

 sinuated apically, their shoulders dentate ; each with the usual 

 scutellar and seven finely -punctured discoidal striae; interstices 

 nearly plane, the third with three, the seventh with four, hispid 

 punctures besides the common marginal sculpture ; fifth interstices 

 widest. Antennae and legs according with the orthodox pattern. 



Distinguished from T. monticola and T. u-aihourensis by its colour, 

 by the sides of the thorax being less curved, but with more pro- 

 tuberant posterior angles ; the wing-cases are less oviform, with less 

 distinctly punctated striae and much flatter intervals. 



^ . Length, 10^ lines ; breadth, 3! . 



My specimen was caught on Mount Maungatua by Mr. Sydney 

 W. Fulton. 



1461. T. asperatUS, "••5- Z?or?// rather narrow, sub-depressed, 

 aeneous, legs rufo-piceous ; tarsi, antennae, and palpi rufescent. 



