coi,Kor"i i;i!A. 



(OI.EOPTKRA. 



Group ANr!TOMK\n)A i;. 

 'M^'2'2. Tarastethus pretiosus sp. iiov. Ot'nus, Man. N.Z. Coh^jpt., p. 10u;5. 



(Jlt)ssy. licad rufcsccnt, lliorax dark fiis((tiis l)iit lu'oadly testaceous at 

 the sides ; elytra rufo-fuscous but bccominji darker l)eliiiid, their sides 

 and apices broadly testaceous : the le<is, palpi, and hiisal joint of the 

 antennae also yellowish, reniainini; articulations ant! tlic til)ia<' slifihtlv 

 rufescent. 



Ih'nd oviform, much narrower than the thorax, smooth, frontal impres- 

 sions eloiij^ate ; there are 2 well-marked setiperous punctures on the fore- 

 head and 1 near each eye. Thorax about a third broader than long, its 

 sides distinctly maruinated and rounded, but evidently sinuate and narrowed 

 towards the sliiihtly projectinji posterior angles, which are without setae ; 

 disc slightly convex, its central furrow well marked, as are also the basal 

 fossae ; the base is a little uneven, but has only very few j)unctures. 

 Scutelhim obsolete. EUftm moderately convex, much broader than the 

 thorax, rather short, regularly rounded, and therefore less nariowed 

 posteriorly than in T. puncticollis ; they are distinctly striate-punctate ; 

 the sutural 2 striae on each are well marked, the others are less so on the 

 middle but become deeper behind, the punctures are moderately large ; 

 the 3rd interstices are indistinctly bipunctate. the a|)ical plicae niodcratolv 

 developed. 



IhulcrsiiU' shining, infuscate, paler near the sides of the abdomen, almost 

 quite smooth. 



This is a rather small, very distinct, and rather pretty species, with 

 somewhat Hattened and finely granulated eyes, but without any definite 

 dilatation of the tarsi. 



Length. 2 lines : breadth. | line. 



Kauriniu. January, 11)09. Three specimens. 



(iroup Fkk().\ii).\k. 

 3')23. Trichosternus dissentaneus sp. nov. (len.. .Man. .\.Z. Culcopt.. j). 31. 



Robust, nitiil, aene<j-niger ; the elytral margins, the heatl, and thorax 

 viridescent ; labrum fusco-piceous. with rufo-castaneous apical and lateral 

 borders ", legs and basal 4 joints of antennae ])ice(iiis. remaining joints fusco- 

 riifous. 



llfad large, mucli conti'acted l)eliin(l the protninent eyes, with well- 

 marked frontal foveae. T/iunij- U lines in wiiltli. in the middle 3 in length, 

 a])ex arcuate-emarginate, base sulttruncate. widest before the middle, its 

 sides almost regularly rounded, so that the posterit)r angles, though nearly 

 rectangular, are not in the least prominent ; disc convex, its median sulcus 

 altbreviated in front, near which there is a slight curvate impression, basal 

 fossae large and deep, the intervening space rpiite Hat and de])re.ssed ; 

 marginal ihannels well developed, distinctly broader behind than in front. 

 Scutclhtni striate at the base. Kh/tra oblong-oval, with dentiform shoulders, 

 tUc lateral channels somewhat explanate, and twice as broad behind the 

 ]iosterior femora as at the base : thev are much narrowed and sinuated near 



