OF NEW ZEALAND. 839 



femora stout ; tibicB slightly expanded, and oblique at the extremity ; 

 tarsi stout ; claivs thickened at base. 



A varietal form exists about two-thirds the size of the type. 



Near Nos. 630, 633, and 634, but easily recognized by its 

 coloration. 



Length, i^ lines ; breadth, ^. 



My specimen was found at Taieri, by Mr. S. W. Fulton. 



1493- C. obesulus, ''IS. Convex, short and broad, con- 

 tracted medially, slightly glossy, infuscate-black ; legs red, tarsi 

 pale-ferruginous ; palpi and first two joints of the antennae rufo- 

 testaceous, the other joints gradually become darker ; sparingly 

 clothed near the sides with short, erect hair-like set®. 



Head not distinctly sculptured, a little uneven, the sides of the 

 forehead obviously carinated. Eyes prominent, distinctly facetted. 

 AntenncB pubescent, the first two joints stout, the second the smaller 

 of the tw^o, third slender and elongate, about as long as the follow- 

 ing three conjointly, fourth longer than broad, fifth shorter than the 

 preceding one, sixth and seventh transverse, club large, laxly tri- 

 articulate, tenth (last) joint largest. ProtJiorax large, transversal, 

 marginated and obtusely rounded laterally, depressed-emarginate 

 behind the eyes, angles not acute, base finely marginated throughout 

 and widely, but only slightly, bisinuate ; its surface moderately finely 

 and distantly punctured, rather more closely and coarsely near the 

 sides, the intervening spaces excessively finely sculptured. Scutel- 

 lum minute, triangular. Elytra not twice the length of the thorax, 

 with distinct lateral rims, considerably curvedly narrowed pos- 

 teriorly, humeral angles rounded, somewhat depressed along the 

 suture ; their punctation much closer and coarser than that of the 

 thorax. Legs robust and hairy ; tibice compressed, the anterior a 

 little dilated apically, the outer and inner extremities produced so as 

 to form a cavity for the reception of the basal tarsal joints, but with- 

 out furrow for the reception of the whole foot ; front tarsi short, 

 their terminal articulation as long as the other three taken together ; 

 clmvs well developed. 



Obs. — The broadest of the New Zealand species, allied to Bhopalo- 

 dontus. Nos. 637, 638, 639, and 1400 are rather short and broad 

 insects nearly related to the present one ; the others are more cylin- 

 drical. 



Group— HELOPID-ffi . 



Adelium (p. 386). 



1494- A. indagator, n.s. Elongate, sub-parallel, moderately 

 convex; shining, body bronzed-black, sometimes brownish, legs 

 (except the knees and extremity of the tibiae) piceous, tarsi fulvous, 

 antennae infuscate but with the two basal articulations shining-cas- 

 taneous, palpi variegate ; underside piceous, coxae rufous. 



Head moderately punctated on the middle, epistome less so ; 

 labrum nearly smooth, infuscate. ProtJiorax quadrate, sides ex- 

 planate, apex trisinuate {id est, with a slight triangular median 



