230 C'Or.lHU'TKUA. 



Kosti'Uiii iiiii(l('iiit( ly stdiit and arclinl, Miliparalld, as Iniig as the 

 thorax, iieaiiv siiUHith in front, seriatr-iMiiirt ate bcliind. Hrail inserted 

 up to the ryes. 'Thorax nearly as loiin^ as hioad, a little narrower in 

 t'lont than behind, its sides l)ut little rounded, base and apex truncate; 

 its punctation close but only moderately eoai-se. Scutelluni oblong, 

 punctate. Elytra oblong, with obtuse shoulders, broader than the 



thorax, more than double its length; regulai-ly and distinctly sti-iate- 

 piiuctate, the iiiterstiees with fine serial punctures. 



Femora unarmed, tibiae mucronate, the anterior lathcr longer than 

 tJie hind i)aii-; penultimate t.ii'sal joints \vi(?vly bilol)rd ; claws ai)pen- 

 diculate. 



Scape lather slender, implanted near the apex and attaining the 

 front of the t'ye; l)asal joint of the funit'le largest, joints 2-5 succes- 

 sively decrease, all, howev<'r, are longer than broad, the 2nd shorter 

 thaii the 1st. Gth and Ttli UKUiiliform liut not transverse; eluli elongate- 

 oval, (piadriart ieulate, densely pul)eseent and fuscous. 



Underside fusco-testaceous, moderately but not closely punctate, with 

 greyish setae. Metasternum )-athei- longer than the basal segment of the 

 abdomen, which latter is subangulate between the coxae and somewhat 

 sinuate l)eh!nd, 2nd rather shoiter, hardly longer than the 3rd and 4tli 

 together. The median emai-ginati(ui of the pidstenium, in front, has 

 dentiform angles. 



Eyes rotundate, rather large, just f:ee, witli distinct facets, situated 

 almost entirely on the upper surface. Ocular lobes absent. 



Moie robust than .4. rufus, 2.'?!)9, the coloration altogether paler, 

 and <lifferentiated from all the si)ecies of closely allied genera by the 

 nigrescent lower half of the anteiior tibiae. 



Length (rostrum exclusive), .'U mm. ; breadth, H mm. 



Hump Ridge, near Invercargill. Two examples found by Mr. A. 

 Pliilpott m I'^ebruary, 1!)12. 



3626. Simachus cuneipennis sp. nov. Simachus Broun, Man. N.Z. 

 Coleopt., p. 963. 



Elongate, subfusiform, only slightly convex and nitid; castaneo- 

 fuscous, rostrum rufescent, legs and antennae more or less fusco-rufous, 

 club piceous; pubescence grey, distinct and (Ucumbent, more slender and 

 disposed transversely on the tliorax. 



Rostrum arched, slender, longer than the thoi'ax, st riate-punctate 

 behind, more finely and distantly punctured in front. Head immersed 

 up to the eyes, globose underneath. Thoi-ax tiMincate at the base and 

 apex, rathei- broader than long, its sides moderately lounded, widest 

 near the middle; <listinetly punctuicMl, m(n-e closely near the sides than 

 on the middle. Scutellum small. Elytra nearly tlirice tlie length of 

 the thorax, rather widei- tlian it is at the base, giadually narrowed 

 towards the obtuse extremity; th.y a"re distinctly and moderately closely 

 substriate-jninctate, with simple interstices. 



Femora subclavate but unarmed; tibiae gently expanded towards 

 the extremity, quite mutic there. Tarsi finely setose underneath, pen- 

 ultimate joints moderately dilated and bilolied, the terminal longer than 

 the basal ; claws appendiculate at the base. 



Scape slender, incrassate at the apex, implanted just before the 

 middle and reaching the eye. Funiculus (i-articulate, basal joint stout, 

 twice as long as l)road, narrowed towards tlio base; 2nd smaller, vet 

 rather longer than 1in>ad, 'ird subpiadratr, ttli and -Ith moniliform 



