194 cc)ij;(ii"ii:i!A. 



The sleiuU'i' incon.si>icu(»us imbcscence and unilnriiily blackish sui-face 

 are distinctive Teatures. 



Lengtli, 2g mm. ; breadth, ^ "i"i- 



Rakaia Gorge. Two cxaui])k's from .Mr. T. Hall on the i'th October, 

 1912. 



(!i(Mi|i ( 'i.i':i;n).\K. 



3572. Phymatophaea oconnori sp. nov. Phymatophaea Pascoe, Man. 



N.Z. Coleopt., p. -dU. 



Shining, moderately elongate, without inequalities of surfaci.' ; tliinly 

 clothed with eiect, slender, elongate jjubescencc; dark-bluish or bronzed 

 green, the tibiae, tarsi, and antennae cyaneous, club piceous. 



Head distinctly punctate, more closely between the eyes than behind. 

 Thorax of equal length and breadth, moderately rounded and widest 

 behind the middle, much, but more gradually, narrowed anteriorly than 

 it is licliindj distinctly punctured near the sides, more distantly and 

 rather hnely along the middle, with an angular impression in front of 

 the subcoi-date scutellum and a transverse l^asal one near each side. 

 Elytra thrice the length of the thorax, evidently broader than it is at 

 the base, very gently expanded posteriorly ; ^ each with a more or less 

 well-marked intrahumeral impi-ession, their surface with dense coi'iaceous 

 sculpture, and therefore rather less glossy than the thorax. 



Antennae finely pubescent, basal joint stout, 2nd oblong, joints 3-7 

 elongate, 8th much shorter; club large, opaque, finely and densely pubes- 

 cent, its basal joint lather longer tlian the next, the terminal oviform. 

 Claws not dentate. 



Vnr. — Femora chestnut-red, except at the e.\f lemity. 



No i-ecorded species is at all similar. 



Length. 8^ mm.; breadth, 3 mm. 



Silvei-stream, near Wellington. Two specimens have been ]n-esented 

 to me l)v Mr. .\ . C. O'Connor, who captured them during November, 

 1911. 



f!l-oll]i PriXIDAK. 



3573. Ptinus plagiatus sp. nov. Ptinus Linne, Man. N.Z. Coleopt., 



p. 337. 



Convex, slightly nitid; fusco-rufous, but with a large subangular 

 blackish spot, on each elytron, about a third of the whole length, ex- 

 tending from the middle of tlie side but not reaching the suture; legs 

 ■and antennae chestnut-)-ed ; thickly covered with depressed, tawny, and 

 longer rufo-fulvous setae, those on tlie thoiax more erect, irregularly 

 disposed, and coarser. 



Head smaller than tlie tlioi-ax. ])i-oL>nged in front of the prominent 

 eyes, apparently punctate. 'I'horax of alxmt ecjual length and breadth, 

 widest before tlie middle, a good deal narrowed behind, apex rounded; 

 the median channel extends from tlie apex, and bi-eomos somewhat fovei- 

 form at the base, its ])unctation is iiiegular, for the most part hidden by 

 the rough vestiture, but in one example there is a scries of punctures 

 across the base. Scutellum oblong. Elytra twice the length of the 

 thorax, a third broader, shoulders curvedly nariowed. sides nearly 

 straight, apex rounded ; tliey are distinctly and closely seriate-punctate 

 along the centre, indistinctly elsi'whero. l)ut the darl; areas seem im- 

 punctate and bear only a few .slender fulvous hairs. 



