IC, COLEOPTEHA. 



narrowed towards the liasc ol)li(|uoly truncati' towards tlio suture at the 

 extremity, witli sutural striae only, the puhoscence very scanty and quite 

 indistinct. Ilitnl-hixhi el<ni<iate. rnf)derately transversely convex, not niar- 

 "inated. tlosely sculptured, the terminal se^'inent (ihconical. tin- others coii- 

 colorous and sul)e(|ual. 



I), hrnioii Fauvel is rather larijer, the Itli alulominal segment is invari- 

 ably much darker than the others; the hasal thoracic ))unctures (<)) are 

 sharplv defined ; the nnindibles are anjiulatc, or dentate, at the l»ase. but the 

 inner median tooth of each is hardly half the len<rth of the corresponding one 

 of D. stilhiis. 



Lenu'th (mandibles excl.). IJ line ; breadth. | line. 



W'aimarino. January, 1909. My specimen was found anioiii>st decay 

 ing leaves, on the ground. 



:}038. Lithocharis granipennis sp. ii(i\. (Jen.. .Man. \./. Culropt.. p. 11:5. 



Elongate, onlv siiglitlv nitid ; head and thorax darl< red : ehi^ra and 

 .ibdome.n sonunvhat pitchy-red ; legs and intermediate antennal joints in- 

 fuscate ; tarsi, palpi, and basal 2 joints of the antennae fusco-testaceous. 

 terminal joint flavescent ; tlui pubescence mostly dark fuscous. 



Head as large as thorax, rounded behind, closely and finely punctate. 

 Thorax similarly sculptured, without any definite smooth median line ; it is 

 rather longer thai\ broad, with rounded angles. Elytra about a third shorter 

 than thorax, gradually narrowed towards the base, apices subtruncate. 

 without distinct sutural striae, their surface finely granulate. Ilind-hody 

 clouiiate. finely .sculptured but not distinctly granulate, basal 1 segments 

 about equal and broadly marginated. 5th longer. 



Antennae moderately elongate ; basal joint cylindric. stout, about as 

 long as the following 2 combined, these 2 elongate-obconical ; 6th and 7th 

 moniliform, 8-10 loosely articulated and transverse, 11th ovate and acumi- 

 nate. Leijs closely sculptured and pubescent. Anterior tarsi with 4 dilated 

 ioints, the 1st of the posterior longer than the 2nd. 



The coloration, and the granulation of the elytra, difierentiate this 

 from Redtenbacher's L. zealandicus. 



Length. 1^ lines; breadth, I line. 



Waimarino. .lanuary. 1909. One. 



rar.- -Hunua Range. Basal 2 segments of .iIkIomhmi with a pale apical 

 band of minute dense favose-like sculpture. 



Group ()ss()Riii»Ai:. 

 3039. Holotrochus laevigatus sp. nov. (ien., Lac<»rdaire. Hist, des Ins. 

 Coleopt., toni. ii, p. 113. 



Cylindric, moderately shining, nearly nude, there being only some dark 

 slender setae distinguishal)le along the sides ; rather smooth, piceo-rufous. 

 hind-bodv darker, antennae and tarsi fulvescent. 



Head narrower than thorax, v ith very few fine punctures. Eyes small 

 and flat. Thorax (piadrate. base and apex truncate, its sides almost straight, 

 being onlv feebly rounded in front, postericn- angles rectangular, lateral 

 margins definite; basal impre.s.sions elongate and shallow, situated near 

 the sid4's ; there are oidy a few fine distant punctures on the surface. 

 Scutrlluni nearly smooth. Elytra much abbreviated, the width double the 

 length, apices subtruncate, shoulders closely applied to the hind angles of 

 the thorax : sutural striae indistinct or obsolete, they are very remotelv 

 punctured. Ilind-hody without lateral margins, elongate. ">th segment 

 Jonge-st. there are but ;i. few fine punctures. 



