OF NEW|ZEALAND. _^ _ 917 



narrowed behind. Prothorax transverse, quadrate, moderately- 

 convex, apex slightly incurved, base emarginated, the lateral 

 curvature regular and not very strong till near the base, where the 

 sides are sinuously narrowed, the hind angles appearing somewhat 

 protuberant ; the disc is very even, the basal cavities moderately 

 elongate but not very broad, so that there are no very evident 

 depressions between or beyond them ; dorsal groove distinct ; the 

 surface presents no well-marked impressions except the fovea-like 

 expansions at the ends of the usual frontal mark. Scutcllum striate 

 at base. Elytra quite oblong, rounded laterally, convex, widest 

 behind the middle, shoulders dentate ; punctate-striate, the punc- 

 tures small but distinct ; interstices a little raised, very regular, 

 third tri-punctate, seventh sex-punctate. Legs simple. Underside 

 black. 



A rather broad insect, not exactly like any other known species. 

 When compared with the female of T. fultoni the differences in the 

 length and breadth of the hind-body become very obvious ; it is, 

 moreover, more convex, the posterior sinuation of the thorax is 

 much shorter, so that the angle seems to be turned outwards to a 

 greater extent, the elytral interstices are more elevated, and the 

 colour is pure black. 



$ . Length, 8|- lines ; breadth, 3^. 



Found on the Eock and Pillar Mountains, Strath-Taieri, by Mr. 

 S. W. Fulton. 



1642. T. SUSpicax, ii-s. Oblong, convex, glossy-black, legs 

 and antennse rufo-piceous, tarsi and palpi piceo-rufous. 



Head smooth, eyes prominent, with large orbits. Prothorax 

 transversely quadrate, apex slightly incurved, base widely, but 

 not deeply, arcuate-emarginate, widest before tbe middle, sides 

 moderately and regularly rounded, gradually narrowed posteriorly, 

 hind angles not in the least turned outwards ; disc convex, its 

 median furrow distinct, basal fossse large, with two more or less 

 obvious intervening impressions, the frontal curved impression 

 moderate. Scutelhun striate at base. Elytra convex, shoulders 

 dentate, quite oblong, very little rounded laterally, widest after the 

 middle ; punctate-striate, the punctures small but distinct ; inter- 

 stices slightly elevated, third and seventh with large punctures, the 

 former with three, the latter with four only. Legs simple. Under- 

 side rufo-piceous. 



The general contour resembles that of the preceding species (T. 

 curtulus) rather than any other, but the hind-body is slightly longer 

 and less rounded, though the apical sinuosities are similar. The 

 sides of the thorax from the middle backwards are very gradually 

 narrowed, without the least sinuation (so that the angles are barely 

 rectangular) : in that respect it most nearly approaches T. temukensis, 

 but in it the posterior angles are protuberant, and its hind-body is 

 widest before the middle, with the alternate interstices reduced in 

 width. 



? . Length, 8 lines ; breadth, 3^. 



From the same source as the last (T. curtulus). 



