'JO CO I, I :() I'll: It. a. 



3398. Onialiuiii hilaruni sp. iiov. 



Siiljdi'piisscd, L'loii^atr ; pubL'sceiicc distinct, iiioii' slfiid<r. less orc-ct, 

 and (tl" a biii^litcr yclldw on the olytia than on tlie abdomen; body 

 sliinitij;; the head, thorax, and base of elytia rusco-rut'oiis; the bright 

 fulvous hinder portion of these hist marked oti in front by a fuscous 

 depression; Jiind-body rufo - castaneuus, U-^^s and palpi testaceotis, 

 antennae fusco-fulvous. 



Head nearly as large as the thorax; including tiie i>rominent eyes, 

 fully as broad as it is; much narrowed behind; frontal impressions 

 broad and deep, basal fi^veae small, the ocelli placed close behind tlieni ; 

 its jiunctation distinct Init tine, rather closer near the eyes than along 

 the middle, foreliead smooth. 'J'horax subcordate. almost as long as 

 broad, widest and rounded at or just l)efore the middle, contracted 

 near the base, but not narrower tliere than at the ajicx; disc strongly 

 bi-impressed, more deeply and broadly l)ehiiid than in fiont, but not 

 reaching the base or apex; its ])unctation rather coarser than that of 

 the head, but somewhat irregular, so that the hinder part of the central 

 space as well as the base apj)eai- nearly smooth; tlie lateral impressions 

 are rather shallow. Scutellum tii angular, quite smooth. Elytra 

 oblong, broader than the thorax, scarcely twice its length, slightly 

 narrowed towards the base, with truncate apices; their punctation a 

 little finer than that of the thorax, still finer and more distant behind; 

 ah'iig each side of the suture there is a well-marked im])ression, so that 

 the suture itself appears distinctly elevated fiom the extiemity to near 

 the base; l)efor€ the middle a dark imjuession is bent, and extends 

 forwards inside each shoid<ler, so that the enclosed basal space seems 

 to be obtusely elevated. Ilind-body about as loTig and broad as the 

 wing-cases, broadly margined, rather indistinctly punctured. 



Antennae latlui- longer than the head and thorax, with ek)ngate 

 slender setae; their 3rd joint slender and evidently shorter than the 

 1st; 4th and 5th small and moniliforni, distinctly smaller than the 

 tliick 2nd; joints G— 10 subipiadrate, broader than the jn-eceding ones, 

 the terminal ilongate-conical, not twice the length of the pi-nultirnate. 



This beautiful species may l)e mistaken for 0. t^ai/oloKh., 1851, only. 

 It> descii|ition indicates a narrower, differently coloured insect, with 

 a transverse dej^ression near the base of the elytra. In the present 

 species the somewhat curvate im])iession near each shoulder is liardly 

 more definite, thou<.,di much <larkoi-, than that running ]»arallel with 

 the suture. 



bength, 2i mm. ; breadtli, 5 mm. 



Krua, neai- Waimarino. T^nii|ur. I-'muikI in l-'cbniai \ . IDII, 

 amongst decaying leaves, on the ground. 



3399. Omalium sanguineum sp. nov. 



Shining, dark r\ifous. the elytra just a little lighter, legs and 

 antennae ftdvesceiit, tiie bitti'r more obscui'ely so, )>al])i and tarsi 

 yellowi.sh. 



Head as broad, iiiclu<iiiig the eyes, as the middle of the tlioiax; 

 fin«'ly but nf>t clo.sely jmnctured, forehead smooth; fiontal imjiressions 

 large, occijtital foveae punctiforni and well niarked, the ocelli placed 

 close to them and very distinct. Thoiax of al)out e(]ual length and 

 breadth, widest before the middle, more al)ruptly nan-owed behind than 

 in front ; the disc strongly bi-impressed, the intervening spac<' nearly 

 smnnth. its Jiunctation ro.irs«'r than tlmt of the head, not close, ;ini! 



