936 COLEOPTERA 



squamose behind. Antennce, inserted before the middle, short and 

 stout, pilose ; the- two basal joints of funiculus about equal, neither 

 elongate, club ovate. Prothorax abruptly contracted and depressed 

 in front, coarsely punctate. Scutelkim distinct. Elytra slightly 

 broader than thorax, narrowed and declivous behind ; each with 

 three interrupted costee, interstices apparently striate-punctate. 

 Legs squamose. 



In form like S. testudo, but smaller. 



Length (rost. excL), i^ lines ; breadth, f. 



"Waitakerei Kange, near Auckland. 



Group-CNEMACANTHID-ffi. 



Oopterus (p. 54)- 



1684. O. fulvipes, ^i-s. Subovate, not broad, moderately 

 convex ; shining, pitchy-black ; elytral margins and suture rufescent ; 

 legs fulvous, sometimes testaceous, palpi fulvous, antennse rufous. 



Head rather narrow, frontal furrows elongate. Antennce stout, 

 the two basal joints nude. Thorax as long as broad, margin- 

 ated, widest just before the middle, rounded laterally towards 

 the front, somewhat sinuously narrowed behind ; posterior 

 angles rectangular, scarcely prominent ; discoidal groove shal- 

 low; basal fossae large, and, when viewed sideways, apparently 

 divided, they are indistinctly punctate, the intervening space bears 

 some distinct punctures, and there is a carina outside each fovea. 

 Scutellmn triangular. Elytra quite oval, much larger than thorax, 

 slightly sinuated posteriorly, side rims broad but much reduced 

 apically ; feebly striate, the striae quite obsoletely punctated, sutural 

 groove well niarked and recurved at apex, where it is bordered by a 

 fine carina, third interstices slightly tri-punctate. 



(J . Two basal articulations of anterior tarsi a little produced 

 at inner apex, first largest ; armed with elongate spiniform hairs. 



5 . Tarsi stout, basal joint of front pair elongate-oblong, clothed 

 like those of the other sex. 



In form resembles the figure given by Lacordaire of 0. clivi- 

 noides, but with the anterior angles of the thorax more rounded 

 and the sides less sinuously narrowed behind. 



Length, 2^ lines ; breadth, i-J. 



Midhirst, base^of Mount Egmont. One pair. 



1685. O. SObrinus, n.s. Shining, pitchy-black, lateral margins 

 and suture of the elytra reddish, femora testaceous, tibiae, tarsi, 

 palpi, and antennas rufescent ; body oblong-oval, moderately convex. 



Head moderate, the ocular furrows sharply defined, the inner 

 broad and shallow ; middle of forehead foveate. Prothorax rather 

 longer than broad, widest at the middle, rather slightly and gra- 

 dually rounded laterally and but little narrowed behind, posterior 

 angles rectangular and not at all projecting nor acute ; mesial sulcus 

 fine ; basal foveas large, obsoletely divided, the carina beyond each 

 not well marked, the base a little depressed and impunctate, but 

 there are two punctiform impressions near the middle of the disc. 



