COPIUDAK 1 05 



iiiodei-ately rounded sides, their apical portion almost abruptly narrowed 

 and dcflexed; each elytron with 6 very thin, lightly impressed striae, the 

 sutural two, how<'ver, become jjerceptibly l)roaded and deepei' behind the 

 middle. 



Anterior tibiae moderately curvate, quite oblique at the apex, 

 obtusely inwardly prominent there, tridentate externally; the inter- 

 mediate very gradually expanded; the posterior slightly flexuous. 



'Hie abnormal form of the thorax will at once lead to the discrimina- 

 tion of this species. 



Length, 4 mm.; breadth, quite 2^^ mm. 



Great Barrier Island. A single specimen found amongst leaf-mould 

 collected for me in March, 1911, by Mr. Frank Flynn. 



Group Dascyi.lidak. 



3418. Atopida impressa sp. nov. Atopida White, Man. N.Z. Coieopt., 



pp. 311 ;^nd 1141. 



Oblong, modo'ately convex, nitid, with di.stinct yet ratlier sliort 

 yellow pubescence; head and thorax rufo-fuscous ; elytra and legs 

 testaceous, the former with a broadly triangular basal area slightly 

 infuscate; antennae infuscate from the 3rd joint onwards, the basal 

 ones paler. 



Head subtruncate between the antennae, di.stinctly jjunctate-granu- 

 lose, more closely near the eyes; labrum deeply medially emarginate and 

 but little exposed, Avith elongate yellow pubescence in front; mandibles 

 uncovered, apparently obtusely quadridentate inwardly; eyes pro- 

 minent. Thorax somewhat uneven, narrower than the elytra, yet twice 

 as broad as it is long, sliglitly sinuate behind the eyes; the sides finely 

 margined, a little curved towards the subacute anterior angles, nearly 

 straight behind, posterior angles rectangular ; there is a broad oblique 

 impression at each side of the middle, and a pair in front of the 

 scutellum ; the disc is distinctly but not closely punctate, but towards 

 its sides the sculpture nearly resembles that of the head. Scutellum 

 large, subcordate, finely punctured. Elytra four times the length of the 

 thorax, distinctly and irregularly punctate. 



Antennae finely piibescent, i-ather elongate, their basal joint stout 

 and oblong, 2nd slightly longer tlnm broad, joints 3-10 about equally 

 elongate, 11th longer. 



There is no similar species. The uneven thorax is peculiar. 



Length, 5i^mm.; breadth, 2^ mm. 



SeaAvard Moss, Invercai-gill. Describeil froin a specimen on card- 

 board sent by Mr. A. Philpott. 



3419. Veronatus punctipennis sp. nov. Veronatiis Sharp, Man. N.Z. 



Coieopt., p. 314. 



Oblong, slightly convex, nitid, nearly glabrous, the sides of the head 

 and thorax only with some slender yelloAvisli pubescence; castaneo-rufous, 

 most of the thoracic disc piceo-fuscous ; the legs, antennae, and palpi 

 f usco-test aceous . 



Head nari-ower than the thorax, finely punctate, a little more coarsely 

 and closely behind the eyes. Labrum medially notched and distinctly 

 ciliate in front, separated from the truncate forehead by a transversal 

 membrane. Thorax a fourth of (he lengtli of the elytra, about tAvice as 

 broad as it is long; broadly medially rounded in front, Avith obtuse 



