912 COLEOPTERA 



defined dark spaces on the sides and back part of the disc ; head 

 and thorax bearing fine felongate golden hairs, those on the wing- 

 cases more slender, paler, and less easily seen. 



Bostnmi nearly as long as thorax, slightly narrowed behind, ex- 

 cessively finely sculptured, the anterior punctation much finer and 

 more distant than that on the head ; occiput (or neck) nearly 

 smooth. AntenncB springing from just before the middle, long and 

 stout ; club densely pubescent. ProtJiorax abruptly contracted and 

 constricted in front, rounded laterally ; apex nearly smooth, the 

 the rest of its surface sculptured in the same way as the head {id 

 est, punctation neither close nor coarse), the dorsum longitudinally 

 impressed, with a more or less evident smooth linear space dividing 

 the impression into two. ScuteUum glossy. Elytra broader than 

 thorax, base sub-truncate, shoulders almost rectangular but not 

 acute, sides nearly parallel to beyond the hind thighs, from thence 

 much narrowed apically ; plane above, almost crenate-punctate- 

 striate, interstices appearing rugulose. Legs long and robust, finely 

 and closely sculptured, the anterior tibiae fringed inwardly and api- 

 cally with yellow hairs. 



The largest species of the genus found as yet. Easily identified 

 by the coloration. 



^ . Length, ii lines ; breadth, nearly f . 



I found it at Tuakau (Waikato) . 



Proconus (p- 807). 



1631. p. crassipes, '^-s. Shining, pale-castaneous ; head and 

 irregular marks on elytra darker, beak reddish, antennae and tarsi 

 fulvescent ; depressed, sparsely clothed with minute, semi-erect, 

 greyish hairs. 



'Rostrum longer than broad, narrowed behind ; with an indistinct 

 longitudinal impression furcate in front ; more finely punctured than 

 head, back part of the latter nearly smooth. Antennce inserted 

 medially, bearing fine yellow hairs ; scape shorter than funiculus, 

 incrassate ; second joint of the funicle a little longer than thu'd, 

 joints 3-5 transverse ; club stout, ovate, iDubescent. ProtJiorax 

 widest behind, posterior angles rounded, sides a good deal curved, 

 narrowed anteriorly, constricted at apex ; moderately finely and 

 distantly punctm-ed ; dorsum rather fiat, but not impressed. 

 Scutellum smooth. Elytra as broad as thorax, parallel, narrowed 

 apically ; not deeply punctate-striate, interstices simple, none raised 

 behind. Legs robust ; penultimate tarsal joint not bilobed, apical 

 joint about as long as the preceding three, and much thickened 

 apically ; claws small but stout. 



Smaller than the typical species (No. 921), and differently 

 coloured. 



Length, li lines ; breadth, J. 



Helensville (Kaipara Railway). 



Group— LAMIID-ffi. 



Xylotoles (p- 592). 



1632. X. sandageri, ns. Sub-cylindrical, glossy, head and 



