1106 COLEOPTEEA 



1963. T. antennale, 'J-*'- Subopaque, nigro-fuscous ; base of 

 thorax with three rufescent spots, and some of similar colour, but less 

 distinct, on the elytra ; legs reddish-brown, the knees paler, tarsi 

 fulvesceut ; pubescence greyish and yellowish, vmevenly distributed, 

 not forming distinct bands. 



Head closely, not coarsely, but rather indefinitely sculptured, 

 appearing granulate or punctate. Antennce moderately short, the 

 basal joint stout, pitchy-red ; 2-4 pale-castaneous, the third ex- 

 tremely small, only about one-third the bulk of the contiguous ones ; 

 joints 6-10 transverse, articulated near the middle ; eleventh large, 

 ovate. Thorax of the usual form, lateral margins well developed, 

 closely and moderately coarsely punctured. Elytra finely and 

 rather closely sculptured, apparently minutely granulate, not at all 

 well defined. 



T. snffusa is more like this species than any other ally. The 

 abbreviate third antennal joint will enable it to be identified. 



Length, 1^ lines ; breadth, % line. 



Taieri. One individual, from Mr. S. Fulton. 



Group -BYRRHIDiE . 



Nosodendron. 



1964. N. zealandicum, >i-$. (Shmp ; Trans. Ent. Soc, 1882, 

 Part i., p. 81.) Ovale, convexum, nigerrinmm, sat nitidum, anteu- 

 nis tarsisque piceis, vix pubescens, dense punctatum, et in elytrorum 

 parte basali punctis seriatis parum conspicuis. 



Long., 5-6mm. 



Head rather elongate, densely punctate. Thorax short and 

 broad, very closely applied to the elytra, and continuous in outline 

 with these, very transverse, regularly narrowed from the base to the 

 front. The surface very densely pi;nctate. Punctuation of elytra 

 finer and not so dense as that of the thorax, so that the surface is 

 distinctly shining, although, when carefully examined, a very fine 

 minute pubescence is found to exist ; and, in addition to this diffuse 

 punctuation, there exists some abbreviated series of fine punctures 

 on the basal portion. Undemurface rather regularly and distinctly 

 punctate, the head more densely than the other parts, and with a 

 longer and more conspicuous pubescence. Antennce obscure-red, 

 with darker club ; the first joint concealed under the side of the 

 head ; second joint short and stout ; third very slender and elongate, 

 as long as the three or four following together ; eighth excessively 

 short, lenticular ; 9-11 forming an elongate club, very densely 

 covered wdth fine sensitive pubescence. 



Species of this genus are widely distributed in both hemispheres. 

 Broun {Manual, p. 242) has described a Nosodendron ovatum, which 

 is no doubt a very distinct species from that here described, and 

 may even be generically distinct. The New Zealand insect has the 

 tibiae less remarkably formed than in any of its allies I have seen. 



Greymouth. Helms. 



