OF NEW ZEALAND. 1081 



along tlie middle not far from the front. Ehjtra oblong, closely and 

 rather coarsely sculptured in series ; these series appear in some 

 lights to consist of punctures, in others of granules, at any rate 

 from each puncture or granule there arises a distinct curled seta, 

 brown or yellowish, similar setae can be more easily seen along the 

 lateral margins, which seem as if finely crenulate ; there are two 

 short basal elevations, and ten small ones behind, five on each 

 elytron, clothed with bright fulvous seta?. Antenncr '^whe^ceni, joints 

 5-8 small, ninth not quite as broad as the tenth. 



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



Moeraki. My specimen was found by Mr. Sandager. 



1926. U. dissimilis, n.s. {Sharp; Trans. Boy. Dich. Soc. ,1886, 

 p. 387.) Oblongus, angustulus, subdepressus, fuscus, supra sordide 

 fusco-rufus, anteunis pedibusque rufis, illis clava, his tibiis externe in 

 medio fuscis ; iirotlwrace subsequali, lateribus anguste explanatis, 

 integris, elytris brevissime setulosis, tuberculis parum elevatis 

 seriatim dispositis. 



Long., 4^5mm. 



Third joint of antouiCB slender and elongate, nearly twice as 

 long as the third (?) ; club large, the ninth and tenth joints darker 

 than the others, the ninth three times as broad as the eighth. Head 

 elongate, without any elevations over the insertion of the antennae, 

 the surface opaque, densely sculptured ; but the sculpture is ver}^ 

 obscure, owing to depressed minute squam® concolorous with the 

 surface. Thorax strongly transverse, the sides iiearly straight, but 

 with a very slight emargination in the middle, the anterior angles 

 rather strongly prominent, the posterior nearly rectangular ; the 

 surface is covered with granules, the disc very slightly depressed, 

 and, though the surface is slightly uneven, there are no definite 

 elevations. Elytra rather elongate and narrow, with three series of 

 very slightly elevated tubercles, and with very indistinct series of 

 small punctures. The legs are rather slender. 



Though this is, apparently, a not uncommon insect in New Zea- 

 land, and I some years ago received an example from Captain 

 Broun, I cannot find any description in liis Manual, or the supple- 

 ments, to agree with it. It was found in numbers at Bealey and 

 Picton by Helms. Eeitter sent me an example some time ago from 

 Greymoutli, and it was represented in Murray's New Zealand col- 

 lection. There seems to be little to distinguish it from the type of 

 Uloiotus, exce2:>t the longer head, without elevations over the 

 antenna\ 



Bitoma. 



1927. B. sellata,, n.^. (Sharp; Trans. Boy. Dub. Noc, 1886, 

 p. 385.) Angusta, oblonga, subdepressa, fusco-rufa, supra fusco- 

 ochracea, elytris plaga commune post scutellum nigro-fusca, an- 

 tennis pedibusque testaceis ; prothoracc lateribus profunde excisis, 

 lobis angustis longe separatis ; elytris tuberculis parum elevatis, sub- 

 seriatim dispositis. 



Long., 3Jmm. 



