856 COLEOPTERA 



but scarcely divergent ; striate-punctate, but appearing striate, the 

 suture and alternate interstices slightly elevated behind. Legs 

 clothed with scales and set£e. Underside clothed like the upper. 



The fifth interstices are most elevated and terminate abruptly 

 half-way do^YU the declivity, but not so as to be tuberculate. In 

 one small specimen the scales are quite yellow. 



Length (rost. inch), 2f lines ; breadtla, quite i. 



Six specimens were sent from Dunediu by Mr. T. Chalmer. 



1522. T. OSCUianSj n-s- Sub-ovate, moderately convex ; 

 obscure brownish-red, closely covered with small fiat scales and 

 erect slender setce, the former varying from yellow to grey, antennas 

 and tarsi red. 



Bostrum shorter than thorax, more or less finely keeled, except 

 the apex, squamose. Prothorax rather longer than broad, obsoletely 

 bisinuate at base, widest near the middle ; its punctation concealed. 

 ScutcUicm distinct. Elytra sub-cordate, shoulders oblique, apices 

 slightly and rather obtusely produced, striate-punctate, the suture 

 and alternate interstices a little raised posteriorly. 



Intermediate between T. caudata and the following species. 

 From the former it differs in having a rather longer and narrower 

 thorax and hind-body, with less, and quite obtusely, produced apices. 

 The structure of the legs and antennge is precisely similar in both 

 species. It is somewhat variable in form and coloration. 



Length, 2|— 2-| lines (rost. inch) ; breadth, f. 



Discovered by Messrs. T. Chalmer and S. W. Fulton, near 

 Outram, Taieri. 



1523- T. certa, '>^-s. Fuscous, covered with small fusco-testa- 

 ceous scales, and fine erect greyish and fuscous setce ; legs and 

 antennae ferruginous. 



Bostrum longer than head but much shorter than thorax, with a 

 fine central carina, squamose. Scajjc with greyish hairs ; club 

 pubescent. Prothorax quite as long as broad, constricted anteriorly, 

 but little rounded laterally, base sub-truncate ; it is a little uneven 

 above, with a medially-interrupted ridge on the dorsum; its puncta- 

 tion is hidden by the scaly covering. Elytra cordate, apices pro- 

 duced and divergent, a little sinuate at base, shoulders oblique, the 

 sides but little curved, narrowed and deflected posteriorly ; striate- 

 punctate, but appearing quite striate ; the suture and the third and 

 fifth interstices elevated just before the top of the hind-slope, the 

 fifth ending in a tubercular (small) elevation near the apex ; they are 

 marked with an indistinct, pale, obliquely-curved fascia behind the 

 posterior femora. 



Broader than T. caudata, more uneven above, the elytra with 

 divaricate apices. Tibiae denticulate. 



Length (rost. inch), 2^ lines; breadth, ij. 



Described from one example from Mr. S. W. Fulton, Outram. 



1524. T. grisea, n.s. Obscure fusco-rufous, covered v^ith 



