OF NEW ZEALAND. 1435 



AntcnncE. with the five basal joints slender and elongate, the 

 sixth though longer than broad is hardly at all wider at the apex 

 than it is at the base ; seventh, ninth, and tenth a little shorter and 

 broader, but distinctly longer than broad ; eighth joint only about 

 one-third shorter than the seventh, and not mucla narrower, dis- 

 tinctly longer and narrower than the corresponding joint in C. monti- 

 cola. 



Length, 1^ lines ; breadth, quite ^ line. 



Hunua Eange. One pair, on the ground, amougstleaves. 



Allocatops. 



Nov. gen. 



Body oblong-oval, only moderately convex. Prostcrnum widely 

 and deeply emarginate, the anterior angles touch the eyes. Meso- 

 sternum raised in front ; the middle coxae contiguous, but with a 

 small intervening triangular process. Mctasternum moderate, its 

 anterior part sharply defined, its edge forming the hind margin of 

 the coxal cavities, which extend nearly to the sides. Posterior 

 coxce distinctly separated. Epiplciinc broad at the base, linear 

 behind, their external margin cariniform. Femora stout ; the tibige 

 gradually expanded, on the outer face bearing numerous slender 

 spines, the calcar at the apex of each distinct. Tarsi slender, 

 pubescent, five-jointed, with slender claws. Mentwm transverse. 

 Palpi short, the terminal joints longer than the preceding, narrowed 

 towards the extremity. Antennce stout, 11-articulate ; the basal 

 two joints cylindrical, the second the shorter; joints 4-6 nearly 

 equal, subquadrate, these much more slender than the opaque, 

 pubescent terminal five ; eighth very small, ninth and tenth trans- 

 verse. 



2491. A. OValis, '''•s- Glabrous, shining, pitchy-brown, extre- 

 mity of elytra paler ; the legs, and the six slender basal joints of the 

 antenna?, red, the terminal joints piceous. 



Head broad, not trigonal ; the forehead emarginate, limited by a 

 fine line, which, near the sides, is directed to the eye, the anterior 

 portion yellowish, or membranous. Mandibles red, robust, almost 

 wholly exposed. Eyes transverse, slightly prominent. Thorax 

 broader than it is long, somewhat curvedly narrowed towards the 

 front, lateral margins fine, base and apex subtruncate, the angles 

 obtuse but nearly rectangular, its punctuation fine and rather dis- 

 tant. Scuiellmn small. Elytra with fine sutural strite not attaining 

 the apices, there are also several series of distinct punctures which 

 become obsolete behind ; interstices plane, minutely and distantly 

 punctured. 



Underside shining-brown, and, including the legs, finely and 

 sparingly pubescent. 



Length, 1^ lines ; breadth, -| line. 



Moeraki. Mr. Sandager found one mutilated female, which he 

 placed at my disposal. 



