232 COLEOPTKRA. 



Mount Hutt, and McCleiinan's Bush, near Methven. Apparently 

 rare, three specimens only having been found by Mr. T. Hall, during 

 March and April, 1912, amongst dead leaves on the ground. 



Colabotelus gen. nov. 



Rostrum slightly arched, fully as long as the head and thorax com- 

 bined, half the width of the head, parallel. Mandibles porrcct, not 

 curvate. Scrobes subfoveiform, visible above, situated between the 

 middle and apex, not perceptibly prolonged backwards. Scape slender, 

 straight, attaining the front of the eye. Funiculus 7-articulate, basal 

 two joints equally elongate, joints 3—7 gradually decrease in length, all 

 longer than broad. (Jlub elongate-oval, triarticulate. Head short. 

 Eyes rotundate, moderately large and prominent, more widely distant 

 from each other than they are from the thoracic margin. Thoi-ax Avithout 

 ocular lobes, base and apex truncate, sometimes broader than long, 

 moderately constricted in front. Scutellum triangular. Elytra broader 

 than thorax at the base, attenuate posteriorly, with rounded apices. 

 Pygidium exposed. 



Femora elongate, moderately clavate, unarmed. Tibiae simple. 

 Tarsi with squamose soles; elongate, their basal joint longer than 2nd, 

 3rd unexpanded, cleft to tlie base, the terminal slender, nearly the length 

 of the others taken together. Claws large, thickened near the base. 



Mentum large, oblong, filling the buccal cavity, but leaving the rigid 

 palpi exposed. Presternum medially convex, coxae prominent and con- 

 tiguous; the intermediate coxae evidently, the posterior widely 

 separated. Metasternum moderately elongate. Abdomen elongate, basal 

 segment as long as the metasternum, slightly longer than the next, sub- 

 truncate between the coxae, medially sinuate behind; 3rd and 4th 

 together longer than the 2nd and as long as the cuneiform oth. 



The exposure of the pygidium is of rare occui-rence even in Eugnonivs 

 and Hoplocneme ; both of these, however, have strongly dentate femora. 

 The mandibles and scrobes differ from those of the ordinary Erirhinidae, 

 in which group, nevertheless, this genus should be located. 



3628. Colabotelus dealbatus sp. nov. 



Ojjaque, moderately convex; piceous, densely covered with de- 

 pressed, mostly circular squamae, greyisli, pale chocolate, and tawny, 

 the dark ones usually cover a large irregular space before, and another 

 behind, the middle of the elytra, and a portion of the thorax; antennae 

 and legs fusco-rufous. 



Kostium Avith a slight carina along the middle, its punctation ratlier 

 shallow and indefinite, its basal half clothed with grey scales. Head 

 closely punctured, subdepi-essed, sometimes concave, and with a longi- 

 tudinal groove between the eyes, near the front and inner part of each 

 of these a minute crest is visible. Thorax sliglitly broader than long, 

 a good deal narrowed or constricted in front, distinctly and closely 

 punctured, with a slight ridge along the middle. Elytra about thrice 

 the length of the thorax, evidently broader tlian it is at the base, 

 gradually narrowed backwards, Avith distiiict, regular, closely punctured 

 striae. 



Scape and basal joints of the funiculus moi-e or less finely squamose, 

 remaining joints sparingly setose. 



Underside piceous, covered Avitli almost (]uite Avhite oval scales, the 

 terminal ventral segment fringed Avith greyish setae at tlie extremity. 



