70 COLEOPTERA. 



spot near the middle of each and 4 or a near the aide behind the posterior 

 femora ; nearly covered with small rounded and oviform depressed scales, 

 which are Havescent or ^ireyish : >:rey scales form an almost continuous 

 vitta near each side of the thorax and elytra, t-ndinj,' in a curvate prolonga- 

 tion towards the suture, in line with the hind thi|.'lLs. 



Rntitruin widely narrowed medially, deeply notched close to the eyes : 

 basal half punctate and stjuamose. the frontal apparcntlv impunctate, and 

 bearin'T minute brassy setae. Thorax about as long as broad, slightlv 

 bisinuate ard widest at the base, regularly and gradually narrowed 

 anteriorly ; without superficial inequalities, distinctly and closelv punc- 

 tured. fJh/tra of the same width as thorax at the base, oviform, widest 

 at or just before the middle, very < oiivex. vertical behind : on each there 

 are .'i rather irregular striae, and on top of the roujided ])osterior declivitv 

 a nodiform elevation covered with greyish erei t elongated s(|uamae ; 2nd 

 interstices just perceptibly thickened and elevated before the middle. 



L<ys with coarse setae. Tami with broadly expanded penultimate 

 joints. Antenna f medially inserted. Funiculus longer than the scape, its 

 2nd joint slender and rather shorter than the basal one. 3-7 become shorter. 

 7th transverse. Club oblong-oval, its basal joint as large as the following 

 3 ; usually it appears solid. 



Z. Irpidulus has nearly similar posterior nodosities, but in other respect* 

 is very different. The other described species are dissimilar. 



Length (rostrum excl.). |-1 Une ; breadth, | | Une. 



Waimarino. 1 found two. amongst leaves on the ground, along with one 

 of Z. ran' us. 



Group CossoNiUAK. 

 3140. Eucossonus antennalis sp. nov. Gen., Man. N.Z. Coleopt., p. 870. 



f* undepressed, elongate, narrow, with distinct aureate setae disposed 

 lengthways on the elytra but transversely or irregularly on the thorax and 

 rostrum ; opacjue. dark fusco-rufous. antennae and tarsi much paler. 



Rostrum a third shorter than thorax, slightly arched, parallel, or slightlv 

 narrowed behind, moderately but not deeply punctured, with minutelv 

 sculptured intervals. Thorax nearly twice as long as broad, deeplv con- 

 stricted near the front, so that the apex appears swollen, it is oviform behind 

 the constriction ; the broad median longitudinal impression is almost bare, 

 »nd not as deeply or closely punctured as the sides, the whole derm is 

 minutely sculptured. Elytra slightly broader than thorax at the base, 

 elongate, gradually contracted behind, their surface densely and minutelv 

 scul})tured, so that the rather shallow punctate striae are rendered some- 

 what indefinite. 



Leys elongate, the femora especially ; 3rd joint of the tarsi cleft to the 

 base, with elongate lol)e8. 



Antrnnac inserted at or just before the middle; scape robust, elongate, 

 flexuous, and a good deal thickened towards the extremity ; funicuhut 

 scantily pubescent ; basal joint stouter but only slightly longer than 2nd, 

 3rd and 4th rather longer than broad. 5th submoniliform ; club elongate- 

 oval. 



Vndersidr subo])aijUe. nigro-fusious, with very scanty fine pubescence, 

 den.«ely and minutely sculptured, and with coarse shallow punctures ; the 

 suture between the basal 2 ventral .segments distinct and sinuous, the frontal 

 sutures of the 3rcl and 4th deep and ncarlv as Iar'_'e as the segments. 



