174 COLKOPTKIIA. 



Thorax about a tliiid biuader than h)ii<j;', distinctly margined, 

 bisiuuate at the base, sti'oiigly rounded and almost ti ansparent in front, 

 its pnnctation line and rather distant. Scutellum lai^ge, curvilinearly 

 triangular, spai'ingly punctured. Elytra oblong, nearly double the 

 length of the thorax, as wide as it is at the base, finely margined, gently 

 narrowed posteriorly, witli broadly rounded apices; finely but quite 

 definitely punctuied, with a sliglit impi-ession Ix'liind the scutellum, biit 

 without sutund stiiae. 



I iMk'rsidc with slenck')- ashy puljeseenee ; breast and basal segment 

 of abdomen fuscous, finely and modei-ately chjsely punctate, remaining 

 segments more or less testaceous. Prosternal process acuminate in 

 front, the coxae distinctly but not widely separated. Mesosternum 

 well developed, transverse, its fine pusterioi- suture truncate between the 

 •widely distant coxae. Metastevnum large, rather broader than long, 

 quite straiglit behind : tliL- coxne furthei apart than the intermediate 

 ones and witli a shallow elongate imi)iession in front of each. Basal 

 ventral segment not quite as large as the metasternuUi, 2-4 about equally 

 slioi-t, nth feebly emarginate. evideui^iy hmger than the 4th in the male, 

 6tti short md bi'oad. 



Antennae and liead invisible from above, liasal two joints stout and 

 elongate, 3rd slender, the following four indistinct; club rather large, 

 triarticulate. its basal joint triangular, the next shorter, the terminal 

 suboblong. 



Femora robust, tibiae sim])le ; teiininal tarsal joint rather longer 

 than the others taken together; claws minutely appendiculate at the 

 base. 



Shorter and relatively broader tlian S. ohlonga, 11)1.'), witli finer and 

 darker pubescence. 



Length, IJ mm. ; breadth, quite | mm. 



Bell Kock and other places near Methven. Seven specimens found 

 by Ml'. T. Hall in February and Septembci-, 1912. 



Gioup COLYDIIDAE. 



3541. Ulonotus proprius s]i. nov. Ulonotvs Erichson, Man. N.Z. Coleopt., 

 p. 186. 



Elonuate-oblong, transveisely convex, opaque; the thorax and eleva- 

 tions on the elytra of a slightly rufescent fusco-testaceous hue; the 

 remainder of the elyti-a, the head, and legs moie or less infuscate ; 

 antennae fulvescent. tarsi (kiiker ; spai-ingly and iri'egularly clothed 

 witli short, somewhat eui'Vate, sti'a w-eo]oured s(_'tai' and greyish scale- 

 like nuitter. 



Head large, nearly plane, obtusely exjtanded, but not elevated, at 

 tlie antenual insertion, its surface with granular sculpture. Eyes small 

 but prominent. Thorax, exclusive of lobes, of about equal length and 

 breadtli, irregularly and indistinctly granuL'.te, witli a i-ather broad and 

 die). I'hannel along the middle; anterior lobe large, extending from the 

 middle of each side to the front of, but widely separated from, the eye, 

 the 2nd vei-y short yet projecting outwardly almost as far as the othei'. 

 the posteiior angles apparently formed of or armed with a pair of 

 minute uneipial sjdnes. Elytra more than double the length of the 

 thoi-ax, i-ather broader than it is at the base, with nearly straight dis- 

 tinctly and regularly dentieulat<' sides, they are gradually rounded 

 behind, with simple apices; alongside the sutur(> they are moderately 

 coarsely seriate-punctate but irregularly elsewliei-e ; on each elytron a 



