306 COLEOPTERA. 



Head densely ciliate and distinctly yet gradually narrowed heliind the 

 prominent eyes, more abruptly contracted and parallel in front ; with a 

 distinct fovea near each eye, the channel between the horizontal antennal 

 tubercles moderately deep and broad and extending as far as the front of 

 the eyes. Thorax slightly longer than broad, a little contracted in front, 

 its sides nearly straight ; with a curved transverse groove before the base 

 extending to the fovea at each side. Elytra with some fine scattered punc- 

 tures, a third longer than thorax, twice its breadth, gently curvedly narrowed 

 towards the base, apices tuncate ; sutural striae well marked throughout, 

 deeper at the base, and with a large impression, which does not attain the 

 middle, near each slightly raised shoulder. Hind-body as long as elytra, 

 gradually narrowed and deflexed posteriorly, somewhat convex along the 

 middle, its basal three segments marginate and equal, the 4th longest. 



Legs stout and elongate, finely pubescent ; intermediate tibiae distinctly 

 arched externally and slightly bent inwardly at the extremity ; the posterior 

 on the inside, at a third of the length from the apex, with h stout spiniform 

 process. 



Antennae stout, a third longer than the head and thorax, evidently 

 pubescent ; 2nd joint oblong and quite half the length of the basal, 3rd 

 and 4th longer than 2nd yet somewhat shorter than tlie 5th or 6th, both of 

 which are quite twice as long as broad ; 7th longei- than the subquadrate 

 8th, but obviously shorter than the preceding ones ; 9th slightly wider 

 than 8th at its base, distinctly broader at its apex ; 10th more transverse ; 

 the terminal conical, broader than and double the length of its predecessoi', 

 with a fovea underneath. 



Underside chestnut-red, with yellow pubescence ; metasternum broadly 

 medially depressed, with a thick spiniform tubercle just behind each of the 

 intermediate coxae. Abdomen rather longer than the metasternum, seg- 

 ments 2^ about equal, 5th much longer at the sides than in the middle, 

 unimpressed there ; 6th lai'ge, smooth and concave in the centre, pubescent 

 at the sides, the supplementary very short. 



More robust than the Auckland H. sternaUs, 2744, with differently 

 formed antennae. Metasternum broadly impressed instead of longitudinally, 

 with abruptly upright frontal tubercles ; 5th ventral segment without a 

 median transverse depression. 



Feni. — Metasternum with a shallow rotundate depression behind the 

 middle ; 5th ventral segment rather longei- than 4th, 6th at the apex 

 obtusely angulate in the middle. 



Length, 2| mm. ; breadth, quite 1 mm. 



Rose Hill, near Methven. Another of Mr. T. Hall's numerous novelties. 

 Both sexes found amongst dead leaves on the ground on the 20th November, 

 1912. In one male, joints 3-7 of the antennae are nearly alike, the 5th and 

 6th being slightly longer and the 7th rather shorter. 



3727. Hamotulus fuscipalpis sp. nov. 



Shining, head and thorax piceo-rufous, elytra rufescent, abdomen, legs, 

 and antennae fusco-rufous, tarsi and jjalpi infuscate ; pubescence yellow, 

 more or less erect and elongate. 



Resembles H. rohustus. The outstanding and more convex eyes are 

 separated from the deeper foveae by the more sharply marked sides of the 

 head. Elytra with large intrahumeral impressions, extending nearly as far 

 back as tlie middle. Spines of posterior tibiae slightly thickei'. Basal joint 

 of antennae more than twice as long as broad, joints 2 to 7 elongate, 5th 



