8 NEW ZEALAND HYKHHIDAK. 



Hrnd latluT short, apparmtly minuti'ly and closely liTaiiulate. Thorax 

 more than twice as broad as it is long, its sides slightly explanate. consider- 

 al)ly narrowed anteriorly, the apex broadly rounded medially and finely 

 margined, base widely Insinuate and very closely fitted to the elytra ; its 

 surfaee closely and finely yet distinctly punctured, it is laterally depressed 

 in front. SattcUuni elongate-triangular, but not easily seen. A7</<m parallel- 

 sided, but much narrowed, and rather abruptly declivous behind ; on 

 each there are 6 sharply impressed, impunctate. discoidal striae which 

 become irregular behind, the sutural are broad and deep near the extremity ; 

 there are also 4 lateral striae, the dorsal grooves scarcely reach the base, 

 where the sculpture is minutely rugose ; the 3rd interstit-es are rather 

 broader than the others, and the 5th are slightly and obtusely jirominent 

 near the top of the declivity. The teiniinal joint of the maxillary palpi is 

 acuminate. 



Length, head excl.. 1^ lines; l)rea(lth. 1 1 lines. 



Parua. \Vhanij;a.rei. Mv somewhat damaged specimen was found bv 

 xMr. T. Beasely. 



Curimus vestitus Broun. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., July, 1904. 



Convex, subovate, slightly nitid, fusco-piceous, legs dark rufous, an- 

 tennae and palpi piceous ; densely covered with small, flat, greyish-yellow and 

 grey scales, these latter predominate on the head and near the liind angles 

 of the thorax, they also form irregular spots near the sides of the elytra ; 

 there are also numerous short, erect setae, w^hich are fuscous on the dorsum, 

 but grey near the sides, and nearly quite white but more slender on the 

 forehead ; tibiae with setiform denticles along the outside. 



Head suboblong, rather fiat. Eyes quite lateral and longitudinal, 

 narrowed backwards, not prominent. Thorax strongly transverse, gradually- 

 narrowed towards the acute anterior angles, its punctation concealed, 

 shallow. ScuteUum triangular. Elytra wnth simple, sharply defined striae, 

 interstices plane. 



Underside opaque, sparingly studded with short, suberect grey setae, 

 the punctation rather coarse and shallow. 



Antennae sparsely hispid, 2nd joint nearly as long as the exposed portion 

 of the 1st, 3rd and 4th equal, about twnce as long as broad, the next 2 

 longer than broad but shorter than the preceding, 7th short, 8th and 9th 

 transverse. 10th evidently broader than 9th, 11th oblong, large, closely 

 united to the 10th ; these terminal 2 ther<'for(> appear to form the oblong 

 club. 



Rather smaller than its two predecessors, and at once distinguishable 

 by the dense palUd vestiture. 



Length, If lines ; breadth, 1 line. 



Ophir. Otago. Discovered by Mr. .1. H. Lewis. Two examples. 



Curimus zeelandicus Redtenbacher. Voy. " Novara," Zool. 



Breviter-ovatus, valde convexus, niger, supra cinereo iiigroque squamu- 

 latus, setis erectis, clavatis nigris in interstitiis alternis elytrorum in fasci- 

 culos longitudinales irregulares condensatis, maculatjue transversa post 

 mediana elytrorum albido squamosa. 

 , Long., ^ Un. ; lat. f*^, lin. 



