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arc nearly as prominent below as they are ab<jve, the aiiteiiiiae ai-e 

 ll-joiiited, and the sides of the head are sinipk'. 



Group Dekmestidai:. 



3560. Trogoderma puncticoUe sp. nov. Trogoderma Latreille, Man. N.Z. 



Coleopt., p. 2i0. 



Oblong, sliglitly transversely convex, subopacpie; fusco-piceous, with 

 a few indefinite, obscurely rufescent spots, legs fusco-rufous ; irregularly 

 clothed with distinct greyish-yellow and finer cinereous pubescence. 



Head rather small, closely punctate. Eyes moderately large. Thorax 

 much broader than long, curvedly narrowed towards the front; the 

 base widely bisinuate and, at the middle, obtusely angulate and partly 

 covering the scutellum, posterior angles acute and slightly directed 

 backwards; its surface closely and distinctly punctured. Elytra of the 

 same width as the base of the thorax, slightly narrowed near the ex- 

 tremity, with broadly rounded apices; they are feebly transversely 

 impressed before the middle, rather finely and indefinitely punctured, 

 more distantly and finely behind. Legs moderately slender, finely setose, 

 with straight tibiae. 



Antennae short, basal two joints short and stout, joints 3-6 slender 

 and more or less testaceous, the 6th shortest; 7-10 infuscate, not at all 

 produced inwardly, evidently broader than the preceding ones, 9th and 

 10th transversely quadrate, 11th conical, hardly twice the length of the 

 penultimate. 



Underside piceo-fuscous, sparingly clothed with slender yellowish 

 hairs. 



T. ^-fasci'itum, 1692, from Mokohinau Island, is the nearest species, 

 but in it tlie thorax is distantly and finely punctate, and its vestiture is 

 entirely different. 



Lengtli, 3^y mm. ; breadth, l|nim. 



Methven and Rakaia Gorge. Apparently rare. Found by Mr. T. 

 Hall at an elevation of about 1,100 ft. 



Group Byrrhidaic. 



3561. Synorthus substriatus sp. nov. Synorthus Broun, Bulletin No. 2, 



N.Z. Inst., p. 9. 



Convex, subrotundate, or broadly oval, moderately shining; fusco- 

 castaneous, legs light fusco-rufous, tarsi and antennae fiavescent ; pubes- 

 cence yellowish-grey, slender and elongate and mostly decumbent on 

 the elytra, rather coarser and irregularly disposed on tlie head and 

 thorax. 



Head about as broad as the thoracic apex, moderately finely, closely, 

 and somewhat irregularly punctured, the forehead very broadly rounded 

 but not perceptibly margined. Thorax fully twace as broad as long, its 

 sides finely margined and gradually narrowed towards the deflexed and 

 subacute anterior angles; the apex widely, yet only very slightly, sinuate 

 near each side, finely margined there, the base truncate, with acute 

 angles; its surface moderately finely but not closely punctate. Scutellum 

 absent. Elytra of the same width as the thorax at tlie base, more than 

 double its length, curvedly narrowed and deflexed ])osteriorly ; their 

 punctation fine and distant for the most part, the basal portion with 

 shallow, coarser, and slightly rugose sculpture, there are no sutural 

 striae, but on each elytron there are 4 or 5 oblique, obsolete grooves on 

 the basal half. 



