OF NEW ZEALAND. 1207 



■stern n.'in not at all emarginate. Mctasternnui short, with a straight 

 suture just in front of the widely-separated hind coxte. Abdomen 

 large, basal two segments about equally large, intervening suture 

 distinct throughout, angulated at the middle and directed obhquely 

 towards the sides ; third and fourth very short. Tibia- mucronate ; 

 tarsi short, third joint excavated but not lobate. 



I have pointed out the chief characters. Plirynixus, Bradypatce, 

 and Dermotriclms are allied forms. The middle coxae are further 

 apart and more prominent than they are in Plirynixus. 



■ 2134. C. aurisetifer, n.s. Convex, bearing long and short 

 setiform scales, of a bright - yellow colour; hind -body opaque, 

 fuscous, other parts more or less fusco-rufous. 



liostruvi finely punctured in front and slightly wider than be- 

 hind the antennal insertion, hind portion not carinate but with three 

 lines of decumbent setae. Head of the same width as front of thorax 

 but narrower in front, sparsely squamose, more densely near inner 

 margin of eyes, depressed between these, vertex convex. Scape 

 red ; first joint of funiculus thicker but hardly at all longer than 

 second, both of similar form, joints 3-6 transverse, seventh some- 

 what quadrate ; club ovate, not perceptibly articulated, with fine 

 hairs. Thorax oviform, the middle widest, somewhat constricted in 

 front ; a little uneven above, tliere being a broad dej^ressio)! at each 

 side behind the middle, four small crests in a row across the juiddle, 

 two smaller apical ones, and many coarse scales along the sides ; 

 there is no visible punctation. Elytra broadest near the middle, 

 from thence curvedly narrowed towards the base, which is widely 

 but slightly arcuated and closely fitted to the thorax ; scutellar 

 legion depressed, much narrowed and declivous behind ; striate- 

 punctate. but when examined sideways they appear to have four or 

 five dorsal striae on each ; on the basal half the scales are very fine, 

 small, and distant, but on the shoulders, a curved line between the 

 liind thighs, and, again, further back, as well as along the sides, the 

 scales are coarse and often form tufts. Legs and tarsi clothed 

 with rather fine but not erect scales. 



Underside fuscous, a little shining, sparingly squamose, abdomen 

 without punctures, depressed between the hind coxae. 



Sometimes the squamosity is less brightly coloured, and not so 

 definitely arranged. 



Length (rost. excl.). If lines ; breadth, f line. 



Mount Cook. Found under logs on the ground, near the 

 Hermitage, by Mr. H. Suter. 



Dolioceuthus. 



Nov. gen. 



Rostrum of normal thickness behind where the antennae are in- 

 serted, about one-third of the entire length from the apex ; the 

 frontal portion almost suddenly expanded so as to be nearly twice 

 the breadth of the hind portion, which, above, has four distinct, 



