OF NEW ZEALAND. 114o 



Head rather large, yet narrower than back part of thorax, 

 densely punctate-granulose ; eyes rather convex, distinctly facetted. 

 Antennm moderate, third joint a little shorter but niirch more 

 slender than the contiguous ones, joints 4-6 each rather longer than 

 broad. Protliorax transverse, its sides nearly straight, all the angles 

 rectangular but not pointed, its sculpture similar to that of the 

 head. Scutellum granulate. Elytra impressed before the middle, 

 suture elevated, more or less evidently granulated near the base, the 

 rest of their surface punctate. 



Although broader than C. signatus, and differently coloured and 

 clothed, the two are, undoubtedly, nearly related. The subocular 

 line is absent, and the genal space is asperate. The granulation is 

 distinct, and there is a minute puncture in each granule. 



Length, li lines : breadth, f line. 



Mount Arthur. One example only. 



2032. C. ornatus, "•«• Co?2(T.r, broad : nitid, densely covered 

 with fine, depressed, ash-coloured hairs, but having also on the wing- 

 cases a curved apical, and two other very irregularly formed fasciae, 

 composed of silvery hairs ; body black, three basal joints of antennse 

 rufescent, the other joints, and all but the paler terminal joint of the 

 palpi, fuscous ; legs rufo-fuscous, tarsi paler. 



Head large and broad, but not so wide as the base of thorax ; its 

 sculpture indefinite, appearing minutely granulate or punctate ac- 

 cording to the light in which it is viewed, invariably minute and very 

 distant. 



Anteniu^ stout, third joint slender, barely more than half the 

 length of the elongate fourth joint. Protliorax as broad as elytra at 

 base, narrowed anteriorly, sides scarcely curved, its angles blunt, 

 base and apex much sinuated tov/ards the sides, its sculpture ill- 

 defined. Elytra large and broad, each elytron with an oblique or 

 curved impression near the scutellum, this is prolonged backwards 

 close to the suture, so as to appear furcate ; they are finely punctate, 

 quite obsoletely behind. 



The best-marked species of tlie group. The whice elytral fasciae 

 are distinctive. The genal space is broad, smooth, and shining, and 

 bears no elevated line. 



In one example the body may be said to be of a variegated- 

 castaneous colour. 



Length, lf-2 ; breadth, l-a-lj lines. 



My two specimens were found on the Waitakerei Range and 

 near Tuakau. 



2033. C. variegatus, n.s. {Sharp; Trans. Ent. Soc, 1882, 

 p. 87.) Latus, sat convexus, subrotundatus, nitidus, parcius sub- 

 tiliter pubescens, testaceus, capite thoraceque rufo-testaceis, elytris 

 nigro-signatis, antennis ultra medium fere nigris. 



Long., 3i-mm, 



