78 ■"toi.eoi'tkha. 



thun th<' procrdin^' .*)n(is. (ilxoiiical. loiij^cr tluiii Itroitd . lltli lonjicr tlian 

 lOtli. Thorax rufo-fuseous, hut Ijcroinin*; much paler iwiir the sides ; it 

 is twice as broad as it is lon<i. widest at the l)ase. which is hisinuate. jfvadu- 

 ally naiTowod anteriorly, with rather fine frontal and hitera! margins ; the 

 punctation distinct, distant, and irreguhir. iiner in froiit. obsolete or absent 

 at the sides. ScutcUuni oblong, smooth. Elytra with much of the dorsum 

 testaceous, broadly infuscate along the middle ; at the base nigro-fuscous. 

 with an oblong scutellar and a broad lateral prolongation cxtendiug to the 

 posterior femora equally dark : they arc of about the same width as the 

 thorax at the base, l)roador behind it. a little rounded and gradually nar- 

 rowed posteriorly, with fine margins : their punctation line, obsolete on 

 some parts, not elTaced at the apex, one hiteral series distinctly marked, the 

 other scries indefinite. 



Legs ferruginous ; the tibiae, the hind \y,i\Y particularly, widely dilat<>d 

 externally below the middle. 



('. plagiatus Sharp, judging l>y its d(\scripti(»n. is undoubtedly the 

 nearest species. 



Length, If lines ; breadth. 1 J lines. 



Waimarino. Notwithstanding my exerti(U)s. 1 could not find more than 

 one. amongst fallen leaves, on the ground. 



(iroup Erotvlidae. 



3155. Tritomidea rubripes Reitter. 



Elliptical, deep black, glossy, glabrous, obsoletely jMinctate. antennae 

 and legs rufescent. 



Allied to T. translucida Motsch.. scarcely visibly punctured al)ove. 

 Head brownish in front. Thorax twice as broad as long, narrowed anteriorlv. 

 apex slightly arcuatc-emarginatc. posterior angles rectangular. Ehjtra as 

 wide as thorax at the base, widest before the middle, apex brownish. l')iilrr- 

 sidf almost smooth, hardly visibly punctured. 



Length, 2-8-3 mm. 



Greymouth. Mr. R. Helms. 



3156. Cryptodacne ferrugata Reitter. Gen., Man. N.Z. Coleopt.. y. 640. 



Suboblong. convex, shining, almost glabrous : castaneous, legs slightly 

 dilute. 



Head smooth on the middle, strongly and closely punctured laterally. 

 Thorax nearly quadrate, not quite as long as broad, only slightly rounded 

 laterally, somewhat reflexed near the scutcUum. sjiar.sely and moderately 

 coarsely pimctured. Scutrllutn smooth. Elytra elongate-oval, as broad as 

 the thorax at the ba.se ; distantly and very finely seiiate-punctate. inter- 

 stices with punctures which arc scarcely smaller than those in the rows. 



Antninar robust, with griseous hairs, with roundish joints, the first '1 of 

 the club slightly transverse. 



Length, 4 mm. 



Greymouth. Mr. H. Helms. 



JoH>J M*. K«v <:nvomment Printer. Wellington. I !tU>. 



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