38 COLEOPTKHA. 



narrowed just before the apices, these hitter sHjihtly })roduced, jvbove un- 

 even, with litanulated or closely punctured striae, witli a tuft of bhick 

 bristles on the suture before the extremity. 



Length. 2.\ 3 mm. 



(Jreymouth. Mr. K. Iblms. 



3085. Phormesa costicollis Kiittcr. 



Rufo fcn'u^inous. donjiale, moderately depressed, subpubcsc cnl . Ic^s 

 Inipht rust-red. 



Head naiTower than thorax, with 2 slight broad impressions, behind 

 closely and distinctly punctured. Thorax transversely quadrate, sometimes 

 narrowed in front, its sides nearly straiglit. anterior angles acutely pro- 

 minent, the posterior straij^ht ; closely ^'ranulated. with fi discoidal costae, 

 the exterior medially arcuated, the interior al)l)reyiated in front, arcuate, and 

 approaching the middle. Eli/tni with several black spots, closely crenate- 

 pimctate-striate ; interstices narrow, the alternate one^ sharply elevated. 



Length. 3-2-3-8 mm. 



Greymouth. Mr. R. Helms. 



The genus was published by Pascoe in the ' Journal of Entomology." 

 ii. l.%3. p. 31. 



3086. Notoulus varicornis sp. nov. Gen., Man. N.Z. Coleopt., p. 183. 

 Convex, oblong, rather short and broad, thicky covered with yellowish- 

 grey sappy matter, legs pale ferruginous. 



Head nearly flat, bearing fine depressed yellow setae, its sculpture indefi- 

 nite, apparently granular. Thorax slightly broader than it is long, its 

 broad frontal portion, in the middle, projecting over the head as far as the 

 i-entre of the transverse eyes, behind these deeply emarginate ; its sides bi- 

 lobate : the anterior lobe extends quite half-way along the side, it is notched 

 behind the middle, and projects as far as the front of the eye ; the 2nd is 

 dentiform ; the posterior angle is almost rectangular, but does not touch 

 the elytra ; on the disc there is a large median angular depression which 

 becomes lu^rrower near the front ; there are 3 smaller, also angular, ones 

 near the base, the central one the smallest ; there are also 2 in front ; all 

 these have thick raised borders ; the setae are like those on the head, and 

 the sculpture is similarly indistinct. Ehilra ol)long. broader than thorax 

 at the base, subparallel, much narrowed and deflexed behind, with obtuse 

 sUghtly divergent apices ; on each, at the base, there is a slight prominence, 

 and, in line with this, behind the middle, there are 3 nodiform elevations, 

 the hindmost being on the top of the declivity, there are 3 more near the 

 side : the seriate .sculpture appears to consist of granules or ])unctures, 

 according to the point of view ; the setae are curled and pallid. Tibiae 

 nearly straight, with line curled .setae. Antrtinar sparsely pubescent ; the 

 l)asal 2 joints and the club rufescent, the others fulvescent ; 2nd joint thick, 

 l>ut considerably narrowed at the base : 3rd slender, distinctly longer than 

 Ith or ")th ; (5 8 bead-like ; llth transverse ; the club l)iarticulate and 

 abruptly enlarged, its basal joint transverse, more than twi( e the size of the 

 '.•th, 11th subrotundate. 



A rather convex thickset species, in form more like J'rotarphiuis indvtt- 

 hilus than anv of its near allies. On a denuded spot the elytra are fusco- 

 testaceous. 



Length. Ijl lines: breadth, ^ hue. 



Dunedin. From Mr. A. IMiilpott's collection. L'nique. 



