OF NEW ZEALAND. 1193 



Mr. T. Chalnier, who has done so mueli to increase our knowledge 

 of this genus. 



^112. C. brevicornis, n.s. [Sharp; Trans. Boy. Dub. Soc, 

 1886, p. 422.) Dense palHde griseo-squamosus, fusco-variegatus ; 

 prothorace minus elongato lateribus cequahter rotundatis ; elytris 

 apiceni versus fere enodulosis, apice obHque albido. 



Long., 4iram. 



Rostnim densely squamose, not visibly carinate. Thorax rather 

 short and small ; strongly transverse ; much narrower than the 

 elytra ; the sides rounded, the greatest width near the middle ; the 

 front margin a little constricted, and rather narrower than the base ; 

 the surface densely squamose, a little variegate, there being a vague, 

 abbreviated lateral white vitta, and within this at the base a dark 

 fuscous spot. Elytra also variegate, the sutural region being in 

 great part fuscous, and the lateral pallid-grey, nearly white ; the 

 third interstice has a very minute obsolete nodosity in front of the 

 declivity, but there is none at all on the fifth ; the setosity is well 

 marked. The antennce are dark-red, the third joint shorter than the 

 second ; the eiglith not so long as broad. 



Allied to C. ohliquisignatus, but much smaller, with shorter 

 thorax and antennae. 



Otago, Professor Hutton ; Auckland, Lawson. 



2113. C. semulator, n.s. Short, opaque ; densely clothed 

 with pale and dark reddish-brown and greyish scales, the first 

 predominate, the second most numerous on the sides of the thorax, 

 the last form a broad subapical fascia, a small humeral spot, and 

 irregular vitta-like spots on thorax in front of the shottlders ; 

 yellow scales are disposed in a line along the base of thorax ; 

 elytral nodosities blackisii ; legs pale-brown, antennae red ; setae 

 variegate, the coarser ones white on elytral declivity, on the disc 

 very fine and slender. 



Rostrum short, indistinctly keeled, squamosity variegate, there 

 being a dark-brown patch before each eye. AnteiuKB short and 

 thick ; scape unusually thick, very gradually increasing in thickness, 

 nearly similar to that of Aporolobus irritus (No. 754), its setae 

 fuscous ; second joint of funiculus almost as long as the first, 

 third but little longer than broad, 4-6 submoniliform, seventh 

 transverse, much larger than sixth ; club elongate, acuminate. 

 Thorax obliquely depressed in front towards the sides, otherwise 

 quite even, sides almost regitlarly rounded. Scutellum triangular. 

 Elytra oblong rather than cordate, striate-punctate, the punctures 

 fine and regular ; third and fifth interstices hardly more convex than 

 the others, third nodose behind. Tibicf bttt little bent. 



Evidently allied to C. brevicornis ; the thorax is not strongly 

 transverse, and the coloration is difl'erent. 



Length (rost. inch), 2 lines; breadth, | line. 



One, found near Dunedin by Mr. T. Chahner. 



