lUti I'UMHJl'TKHA 



Ik'inl <'vi(lfiitlv iiai TitULi- iliaii tin- tlmra.x, tiiiimtcly, indistinctly, 

 aiul distantly granulate. 'iMioiax ncaily twice a.s l)i(iad as long, oidy a 

 fourth oi tlif liiiLTtli dl", and liaidly as hioad at tlu- liaso as, the elytra; 

 its sides linoly iiiaiL(ined and sli<;htly loMiided, witli suhicctanj^idai- 

 angles; its base vi'ry distinctly margined, ruundeil at the middle, and 

 sinuated towarils the sides; the sculi»tnie like tliat of the iiead. Scutel- 

 linn triangular. Klytra oblong, sligiitly dilated behind the middle, dis- 

 tinctly and modciately closely i)UTictured in front, nmch more Hik-Iv 

 towards tlie extremity, the disc only feebly impressed or flattened. 



Antennae longei' than the head and thora.x, stout, finely jiube.scent, 

 with their 2nd joint nearly as long and thick as the 1st, the 3rd slondei' 

 an»l evidently shorter tlian the 4th, the terminal longer than the 10th. 



Underside fuscous, tinely sculptured and j)ubescent. Stdiocular line 

 absent. 



Ihis l)elongs to the same sectioji as ('. i/rmi'i/cf. 7)f<\. and f'. pii-l \il h^ ^ 

 585, but differs from I)oth. 



Length, '2\ nun. ; breadtli, 1 mm. 



Hump Ridge, Okaka. Two from Mr. A. IMiiljJutt. A tliirc) lias the 

 thorax entirely fuscous, and tlie daik basal mark of the elytra extends 

 alon<r the suture. Tlie Lrrnnulat ion is rather more definite. 



C 1(111 ji ('i,KHTn.\i:. 



3424. Phymatophaea sculptipennis sp. nov. P/iymatophaea Pascoe, Man. 

 N.Z. C'oh'opt., p. 334. 



Subdepressed, elongate, opaijue; nigrescent, tiie leg.s ami antennae, 

 except the densely pubescent club, slightly nitid; sparingly clothed with 

 suljerect, inconspicuous, dark-cinereous pubescence; the hairs along the 

 sides and those on the legs thicker and more elongate; claws castaneous. 



Head, including the large and prominent eyes, as broad as the 

 thorax, very clo.-^ely and coar.sely but not deeply punctured. Thorax 

 of about equal length and breadth, widest and lounded Ijehind the 

 middle, its sculpture slightly dcejH-r than that of the head. Elytia 

 rather broader than the thorax at the base, gradually dilated posteriorly, 

 with luoadly rounded apices; thi'ir surface plane, distinctly but very 

 much less coar.sely punctured than the thoiax, the punetuies ilistinctly 

 separated from <uie another and l)ecoming obsolete near the apices, the 

 intervals didl, with dense minutt- .sculpturi'. 



Antennae evidently longer than the luad and thorax, basal joint 

 stotit ancl curvate, 2nd unsymmetrical and shoit, 3rd cylindrical, rather 

 longer tiian 4th, joints 4-6 similar, 7th slightly shorter than 6th, 8th 

 but little longer than broad; club as long as the preceding joints com- 

 bined, basal joint longer than the elongatt'-triaiigular intermediate on*-. 

 the terminal elongat«'-ovate. 



Tarsi with the basal three aiticulations pidlong«'d, and with more 

 or less flistinct menibranous appendages inideineath, 4th minute, the 

 terminal slendei' and in the anterior ]»air almost as long a.s the others 

 taken together; claws obviously tiiickened, l)ut not dentate at the base. 



/'. afnifd, 1202, is moderately shining, an<l has the «'lytial punctu- 

 tion lather elo.se. coarse, and deep. 



/'. n/mriifo is easily separable by its rufo-violaoeoiis coloration. 



Length. .")i mm. ; breadth, nearly 2 mm. 



Karori. \\ t llinLrton. My specim<'n, mounted on caidboard. is one 

 f'f Mr. tl \ TfmKoii's discoveries. 



