1176 COLiEOPTERA 



than the first, and the chib is shorter than in C. fumosa; the thorax 

 is less constricted but more narrowed in front, with shorter and 

 thicker setee ; the corbels are studded with spiniform setae, some of 

 which appear transparent ; and the elytra are scarcely at all dilated 

 behind the shoulders. 



Length (rost. inch), 2^ ; breadth, 1^ lines. 



Hokianga Harbour. Three examples, from Mr. P. Sandager. 



Stygeopetes. 



Nov. gen. 



Body subcylindric, setigerous. Bostrum shorter than thorax and 

 one-third its breadth, parallel-sided. Scrohcs deep, extending from 

 near the apex to the eyes, quite lateral. Antcniicp short; scape 

 short and thick, incrassated towards extremity, attaining the front 

 of the eye ; funiculus 7-articulate, first and second joints nearly 

 equal in length, joints 3-6 about equal, transverse, seventh also 

 transverse, nearly twice the breadth of the sixth and nearly as 

 broad as the compact, short, ovate club. Head short, immersed 

 almost to the eyes. Eyes small, obliquely oval, coarsely facetted, 

 but little convex, situated on the sides, more on the lower than on 

 the upper surface, and, therefore, very widely separated above. 

 Tliorax subcylindric, its sides obliquely contracted in front, without 

 distinct ocular lobes. Scutellum invisible. Elytra a little broader 

 than thorax, and widely bisinuate, at base, very gradually narrowed 

 posteriorly. Prosternum moderatelj^ emarginate in front ; anterior 

 coxse prominent and contiguous ; middle coxae almost contiguous. 

 Metastcrmiin short, in the middle not quite as long as the mesoster- 

 num ; hind coxse widely distant. Abdomen large, first and second 

 segments comiate, without a trace of suture at the middle, but witli 

 an elongate depression near each side ; third and fourth well 

 developed, their sutures straight and deep. Legs stout ; femora 

 simple ; tibiae slightly flexuous, unarmed, expanded apically, the 

 anterior broadly produced inwardly so as to cover a portion of the 

 basal tarsal joint, posterior somewhat truncate along the extremity 

 but without visible ciliae ; front tarsi widely dilated, first three 

 joints strongly transverse, third iobate. 



I am disposed to place this genus near Cccyropa , though it may 

 perhaps be more nearly related to Aphela. 



2085. S. littoralis, n.s. Fnsco-testaceous, slightly shining; 

 the setae most obvious in rows on the elytral interstices, where they 

 are erect. 



Bostrum more or less rugosely sculptured. Tliorax rather 

 broader than long, widest before the middle, gradually narrowed 

 behind, more abruptly in front ; rather coarsely and rugosely punc- 

 tured, but with a narrow smooth space on the middle. Elytra with 

 seven dorsal rows of punctures, appearing striate when viewed side- 

 waNS ; interstices but littJe broader than striae, with numerous 



