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decreasing in length; club laxly articulateil, its teiiiiinal joint longer 

 than oitlier of the preceding ones. 



Underside fusco-rut'ous, the liead and last four abdominal segments 

 more rufescent or paler, with depressed greyish haiis; nietasternuni and 

 basal ventral segment distantly punctate. 



Somewhat similar to C. enjihrncephaht, 160."), much more distantly 

 and finely punctured, with less prominent eyes, mucli narrower liind- 

 body, and different coloration. 



Length, I'-V mm. ; breadth, i imi). 



Ardagh, near Methven. A single individual found near the resi- 

 dence of'W. J. Dickie, Escp, M.P., on the 2r)th Maich. 1912. bv Mr. T. 

 Hall. 



Ohs. — From the same source 1 liave three specimens of ('. melnsoma, 

 .')()()!, originally found on .Mount Mauiigatua, in southern Otago. 



3554. Corticaria castanea sp. nov. 



Subovate, slightly shining; jmle castaneous, legs and antennae testa- 

 ceous, club infuscatc; tlie elytra Avith numerous distinct, subdecumbent, 

 yellowish-grey setae. 



Head broader than the front of the thorax, distinctly but not closely 

 punctured, with large, prominent eyes. Thorax broader than long, 

 rounded and widest behind the middle, broadly impressed towards the 

 sides in front of the base, somewhat flattened but not foveate on the 

 middle near the front, moderately coarsely liut not closely punctate. 

 Scutellum broad. Elytra oblong-oval, slightly broader than the thorax 

 at the l)ase, thrice its length, in some cases with feebly raised shoulders 

 and indefinite sutural stiiae, their punctation moderately coarse and 

 regular yet not quite seriate. 



Antennae as long as the head and thorax, their 2nd joint nearly as 

 long l3ut not as stout as the 1st, joints 3—7 slender, longer than broad; 

 I'^tli shoitest; basal joint of the club very slightly longer than the next, 

 the terminal oviform, longer than the intermediate. 



Underside somewhat nitid, fuscous, the head reddish, finely and dis- 

 tantly punctate, with slender greyish pubescence. 



Distinguishable from C. ptiher, 415, and its ;;llies by the concolorous 

 body and pale legs, &c. 



Length, L'? mm. ; breadth, quite |- mm. 



Methven and Ardagh. Six specimens from Mr. '1. Hall dui-ing 

 Januni'v and Februaiy, 1012. 



3555. Corticaria robusta sp. nov. 



Elongate, slightly convex and nitid; rufo-fuscous, the tliorax, elytral 

 declivity, and slioidders usually more rufescent, tai'si fusco-testaceous. 

 iintcnnae re<ldish, the club darker; evenly but nnt thickly covered with 

 •listinct. moderately elongate, subdecumbent, yellowish-grey setae. 



Head i-atliei' 7)arrower than the thorax, moderately coarsely but not 

 closely );"nctured. Eyes large, with coarse facets. Thorax nearlv a 

 iliird biMiider tlian long, its sides rounded and distinctly denticulated, 

 the ba^al margin contiacted and dcpi-essed; its punctation rather deeper 

 than that of the head, the basal fovea large l)ut not deep. Scutellum 

 bi-oad. Elytra ol)long-oval, rather l)r<^ader than the thorax at the base, 

 more thnn thrice its length, without degression or liumeral plicae: thev 

 ai-e modei'ately coarsely but not seriately punctured ;;tid appear feeblv 



