96 (.oI.Kol'TKltA 



wide ^Mj) l)L'tvvcL'ii it iijul the small 'Jiid ; tiio ."{iil lube i.s still smaller and 

 much less juDiniiieiit, it is diret-ted outwards and is distant from the 

 shoulder. Siiitfllum subiiuadrato. Klytra oblong, rounded at the ex- 

 ticmitv, of jibuut the same widtii as the tlioiax, and (piite twice its 

 lenjzth ; thev are coarsely seriate-punctate, more finely behind, with 

 sli^ditly uneven but not distinctly j^'ranular inteivals between the punc- 

 ture's, these parts are neaily bare; on each elytron theie are '5 dorsal 

 streaks of fine, decumbent, fusco-fulvous setae, and along the bart 

 intervals usually 3 rounded spots of gieyish setae; the hindmost is 

 slightly prominent, as are 2 or 3 on the post<'rior declivity; the sides 

 as well as the ilisc liave numerous erect, but not vei'y coai'se, fuscous 

 setae. 



Antennae si>aringly setose, their "Jiid joint oblong;, about as long 

 but not as thick as the Isl, .'5rd more elongate and sl<;nder, joints 4-6 

 obconical, 7th and 8th moniliform; club abruptly enlarged, oblong, 

 its basal joints strongly transverse, the terinimd bngc aiid sub- 

 rotundate. 



A second (damaged) specimen measures 4 mm. In' H mm. The elytia 

 ar<- dull fusco-piceous, but the tliorax is sliglitly rufescent. The nearest 

 species are 1706, 1707, 1708, and 1710. each of which, however, has 

 nodose elytra, and may therefiu-e be readily separated fiom Ji . p/iil/iotfi. 



Length, .J mm. ; breadth, 2 mm. 



Tisbury, Southland. The name of its discoverer, .\Ii-. Alfred Phil- 

 pott, lias been given to it. 



340."). Notoulus crassulus sp. no\-. Notoulus Broun. M;'.n. N.Z. Coleopt., 

 j). IH:] (Abldbus). 



Oblong, inoassate, evidently transversely convex; variegate, fuscous, 

 with an angular l)lackish mark behind the middle of each elytron but 

 not attaining the suturo, slightly I'ufescent before and behind these 

 dark spots, legs and Itasal joints of antennae ferruginous, i-emaining 

 joints and the tarsi testaceous; the setae .short and slender, greyish- 

 yellow, utieveidy distributed, somewhat concentiated on the raised ]iarts, 

 but along each side of the elytral suture there is a line of fulvous 

 setae; the head and thorax are without distinct granulation or ptinc- 

 tation, and there is no definite seriate sculpture on the elytra. 



Head smaller than tlie thorax, antenna! tubercles only .slightly 

 elevated. Labrum jirominent, reddish. P]yes moderate. Thorax 

 rather broader than long, its sides a little ex])lanate; the fiontal lobe 

 about half of the whole length, curvedly narrowed, and forming a sub- 

 acute angle which extends to the middle of the eye; the next obtu.sely 

 angular, and separated from the former l)y a notch only; the basal 

 lobe forms the posteiior angk-, but does not extend outwardlv neailv 

 as far as the others; the median impression is large, but narrower in 

 front, with iirogularly elevated borders; a jiair of foveao are situated 

 near the l)ase and another close to the scutellum. Elytra about twice 

 the length of the thorax, and broader tlian it is at the base, narrowed 

 and vertical behind ; on each there is a moderate basal elevation, and 

 a pair of nodosities on t<.i> of the apical declivity; the other inequalities 

 are inconspicuous. 



Underside fuscous, with fine yellowish setae; the ]>rosternum, mcta- 

 sternum, basal ventral ,segn:ent, and the middle of the 2nd ari- distinctly 

 but not closely granulate, the remaining segments are nearly smooth. 

 Prnsternal process bisulcate. 



