'iH COI.KOl'TKHA. 



<{rou|) LArmuDiiMAi:. 

 .5058. Holoparamecus tenuis Roitter. (ieii., Muu. N.Z. Cuk'opt., p, 231. 



KlonjiJitc. iijirrow, ])ale yellowish-red, legs and antennae testaceous. 

 Anirnndr II -artiiiilate, clul) 'i-jointcd. Head trigonal, somewhat narrower 

 than thorax. Tlioids almost as long as hroad. cordate, considerahlv con- 

 stricted and transversely bisulcate near the hase. the frontal one narrow, 

 hifoveolate. tiie basal crenate. tlic sul)lateral carinae distinct, coarsely 

 and distinctly punctured. I'Jh/lid < <)nv<'.\. oliloii<i-o\ al. broader than thora.x, 

 sutural .striae finely impressed. 



Length. 1-5 mm. 



(Jreymouth. Mi. H. Helms. 



3(»r)!t. Corticaria illustris Reitter. (len., Man. N.Z. Coleopt.. p. 234. 



Oblong, convex, fusco-ferruginous. pubescence griseous. A ntcnnnc v(}.ry 

 slender, black, basal joint reddish, tarsi and apices of tibiae fuscous. Iliad 

 slightly narrower than thorax, coarsely and closely punctate. Thorax sub- 

 trunsverse, closely and coarsely punctured, disc longitudinally bifoveolatc. 

 the anterior the larger, the sides with 1 fovea. Ehjtra much broader than 

 thorax, oblong-oval, strongly punctured, with a well-detincd fuscous fascia. 

 the sutural striae almost distinct. (7m6 S-jointed, the basal 2 joints some- 

 what pyriform. the last oval and ])ointed. //Cf/.s ferruginous, the tibiae 

 l)ecoming gradually darker towards the extremity. 



Length, 1-2 1-5 mm. 



GreyTnoutli. Mr. K. Helms. 



306U. Corticaria longula sp. nov. 



Elongate, slightly transvensely convex, slightly nitid. with slender yet 

 distinct ash-coloured pubescence ; fusco-castaneous. the legs and antennae 

 paler. 



Head finely l)ut not closely punctate. Eijcs large and coarsely faceted. 

 Anlcnnac elongate, basal joint thick, ."ird as long as 2nd but much more 

 slender. 4th and 5th eijual and evidently longer than broad, 6 8 small and 

 liead-like ; club elongate, its 3 joints subrotundate. Thorax rather broader 

 than long, moderately rounded laterally, and minutely or obsoletely denti- 

 < ulated, but with 2, sometimes 3, small yet distinct denticles at each side 

 n<'ar the l)ase ; its surface distinctly, finely, but not closely punctured, and 

 with a median fovea near the base. Scutcllum broad, seemingly ridged 

 acro.ss the middle. Kli/lra distinctly broader than the thorax and (piite 

 twice its length, their sides indistinctly nuirgined and only slightly rounded ; 

 they are moderately finely sul)striate-piuictate, with minutely ])unctured 

 interstices, the sutural striae are well marked behind, but the otliers are 

 obliterated there amongst the fine irregular punctation, in some lights the 

 basal sculpture appears subgranular. 



Underside infuscate, shining, and finely pubescent, /'nitihrnaiti mode- 

 rately coarsely punctate, and with a well-marked transverse depression at 

 each side, in front. Metaslennnn with shallow, moderatelv coarse punctures, 

 and a median linear impression behind. Alidoimn more tinelv sculpt ured, 

 segUK'nts 2 I <'<|nal. the basal largest. 



This is the most elongate-oblong species that has Itecn under n>y oliscrva- 

 tion. 



Length. I line ; breadth, g line. 



W'aitakerei Range. Two found by myself in 1H75. and, .some years 

 later, as many bv Mr. S. W. Fulton in Otajio. It has also been found 



