$4^ COLEOPTERA 



Length, 5|- lines ; breadth, 2^. 



Described from one individual brought by Mr. Cheeseman from 

 the Wangapeka Valley, Nelson. 



Group— DIAPERID.^ . 



Menimus (p. 360). 



1497. M. Striatulus, n.s. Oval, moderately convex, almost 

 nude, having only a few fine greyish hairs ; rufo-castaneous, not very 

 glossy, legs and antennae ferruginous. 



Head finely and distantly punctured, its whole surface very finely 

 S3ulptured. Prothorax transverse, of exactly the same width as the 

 elytra at the base, narrowed, yet but little curved, anteriorly ; apex 

 incurved towards each angle, with dense minute sculpture and some 

 fine distant punctures. Scutellum broadly triangular, punctate. 

 Ehjtra gradually curvedly narrowed posteriorly, the lateral margins 

 as distinct as those of the thorax, but a little incurved in line w^ith 

 the hind thighs ; each elytron has seven or eight broad shallow striae 

 free from punctation, interstices finely and distantly punctured, their 

 whole surface with fine sculpture like that of the thorax. Legs 

 normal ; tihioi straight, and, like the antennee, clothed with fine 

 fulvous hairs. 



Exactly similar to M. batcsi in outline ; the eyes are equally small, 

 but the elytral striae are distinctive. 



Length, 2 lines; breadth, i. 



I took one from a log on the Waitakerei Eange. 



1498. M. sinuatUS, '^-s. Oviform, almost oblong-oval, rather 

 broad and convex, almost nude, somewhat nitid, rufo-piceous, femora 

 fulvous, tarsi, antennae, and palpi ferruginous, and bearing fine 

 yellow hairs, its whole surface densely but finely sculptured. 



Head rather broad, finely and not closely punctated ; eyes of 

 moderate size. Prothorax much broader than long, convex ; apex 

 rather deeply incurved near the sides, so that the anterior angles, 

 though not acute, seem unusually prominent, the base slightly 

 narrower than the humeral angles, the sides rounded anteriorly, but 

 almost straight behind ; it has a few fine punctures, not so easily seen 

 as those on the head. Sc2iteUum triangular, punctulated. Elytra 

 a good deal narrowed behind, obsoletely striate, more distinctly 

 punctured than the head, the punctation irregular. Legs stout ; two 

 front pairs of tibics moderately arcuated externally ; the posterior 

 straight inwardly, but, on the outside, a little emarginated beyond 

 the middle. 



Eather broader but less convex than No. 660, the thorax more 

 transversal, less depressed in front, and with protuberant anterior 

 angles ; larger than M. crassvs and of different shape ; the thorax 

 scarcely narrowed till near the front 



Length, 2 lines; breadth, i-|. 



I found one near Helensville, Kaipara. 



