OF NEW ZEALAND. 1191 



interstices a little elevated, nodose behind, nodosities brown in front 

 but grey behind ; posterior declivity not abrupt. 



Quite distinct from C. Iiumcralis. In that species the head and 

 front of thorax form a continuous outline, owing no doubt to the thin, 

 so to speak, thoracic margins ; here the width of the head is evidently 

 less. The basal portion of the elytra is broader and the sides more 

 parallel. The antennae are rather longer but the second joint of 

 the funiculus is thicker and shorter than the corresponding one in 

 C. huvicralis, being about one-third shorter than the first. The 

 scutellum is not depressed. There is no subapical fascia. The 

 apices, though divergent, do not cause a sutural gap. 



Length (rost. inch), 3J ; breadth, IJ lines. 



Named in honour of the gentleman, Mr. T. Chalmer, to whom I 

 am indebted for many interesting Coleoptera. It was found at 

 Hooper's Inlet. 



2109. C. asperellus, ^'•■^•- Nan-oir, convex; squamosity dense, 

 principally fuscous or ash-coloured, but with a few paler scales ; 

 setse pallid, coarser on the sides and apex of hind-body than else- 

 wdiere ; derm blackish, tarsi and antennae pitchy-red. 



Rostrum finely carinate. Antenna' moderate, second joint of 

 funiculus slender, and shorter than first ; club ovate, acuminate. 

 Thorax not so broad as long, widest before the middle, broadly and 

 obliquely impressed in front, indistinctly sulcate near base, irregu- 

 larly rugose. Scutellum oblong, depressed. Elytra rather narrow, 

 wider than thorax, shoulders slightly curvedly na.rrowed, sides 

 slightly rounded, posterior declivity gradual, apices divergent but 

 not acute ; striate-punctate, here and there with small irregular 

 raised intervals between the distant punctures ; third and fifth in- 

 terstices iiot appreciably elevated near the base, and only feebly 

 nodose behind. 



This, I think, can only be compared with No. 1517 (C. piloselhis) 

 and its nearest allies. The beak is more obviously carinate along 

 the middle. The base of the elytra is closely adapted to that of the 

 thorax, sq that the scutellar incurvature noticeable in that species is 

 absent, the elytra are somewhat narrower and more uneven above. 

 The form of the hind tibiro is different, being bent forwards (inwards) 

 pretty much in the same w'ay as in No. 1519 (C. tibialis), which 

 species is, however, quite dissimilar, having a minute scutellum 

 without the least swelling of the wing-cases alongside it. 



Length (rost. inch), 3 lines ; breadth, 1 line. 



From the same source as the preceding one. 



2110. C. cheeseniaili, "••5- Opaque, black, antennae red, legs 

 fusco-rufous, tarsi paler ; densely covered with round, depressed, 

 pale-brown scales and pallid erect setae, these latter most con- 

 spicuous in rows on the elytral interstices, on apical portion of 

 suture, aiid on the small nodosities on top of hind slope on third 

 interstices. 



nostrum as long as thorax, feebly carinate. Antenna; elongate, 



