338 COLKOPTERA. 



rather longer than broad, joints 4-6 short and head-like ; club densely 

 pubescent, as long as the funiculus. 



Underside with greyish setae. Basal ventral segment flattened. 



The dark, somewhat shining sides of the elytra, bordered above by 

 squamose pale vittae, will lead to its recognition. 



Length (rostrum e.xclusive), 3^ mm. ; breadth, nearly 1.^ mm. 



Longwood Range, Southland. A single specimen obtained by Mr. A. 

 Philpott in January, H)13. 



Group Belidae, 



3770. Pachyura aenescens sp. nov. Pachyura Hope, Gen. Ins. (Wytsm.), 

 Belinae, 1909, p. 7. 



Elongate, slightly convex, nitid ; dark aeneous, head and rostrum rufo- 

 violaceous, antennae and legs castaneo-rufous ; elytra sparingly clothed 

 with fine, rather short, infuscate hairs, but on the basal and apical portions 

 there are some coarser, depressed, cream-coloured setae, similar setae form 

 an irregular interrupted fascia between the hind thighs, and another farther 

 back ; on the head and thorax the setae are slender and elongate and thinly 

 distributed, but the sides of the latter, as well as the under-surface of the 

 body are thickly covered with setae like those composing the elytral fasciae. 



Rostrum glossy, subcylindrical, gradually and slightly dilated anteriorly, 

 angularly prominent at the sides near the base, it equals the thorax in length, 

 is very finely punctured in front, more closely and coarsely behind, it is with- 

 out any basal carina, but is distinctly bidentate at the apex. Head broad, 

 subquadrate, very coarsely and closely punctured, with a short slender 

 frontal interocular carina. Eyes large and prominent. Thorax a third 

 broader than long, curvedly narrowed towards the truncate apex, strongly 

 bisinuate at the base ; coarsely, closely, and somewhat transversely rugosely 

 punctate. Scutellum subrotundate, closely punctured. Elytra very slightly 

 and gradually expanded posteriorly, with simple apices, five times the 

 length of thorax and, owing to the oblique shoulders, not any wider than 

 it is at the base ; each elytron is medially rounded at the base so as to 

 overlap the thorax there ; their sculpture consists of distinct, slightly irre- 

 gular, transverse rugae and punctate intervals : on eacli there is a shallow 

 broad impression near each shoulder. 



Antennae longer than the head and thorax, straight ; their 2nd joint 

 rather longer than broad yet shorter than the subpyriform 1st, joints 3-7 

 elongate and rather slender ; 8th rather longer than 9th or 10th, all elongate 

 and narrowed towards the base, but broader than preceding ones, the terminal 

 longer than 10th, subacuminate. 



Legs elongate, distinctly pubescent ; tibiae nearly straight, finely serrate 

 inwardly, the hind pairs bicalcarate at the inner extremity. Tarsi stout, 

 basal joint of the anterior oblong-oval, the next elongate-triagular, pen- 

 ultimate broad and deeply bilobed, 4th fully as long as the 1st. 



Most nearly allied to the considerably smaller P. alboconia, 2172, which 

 for the most part is coppery-red with quite white scale-like hairs. The 

 rostrum is carinate behind, the head and thorax have granular sculpture, 

 and the thorax is relatively narrower and longer. 



Length (rostrum inclusive), 10.^ mm. ; breadth, 3 mm. 



Ben Lomond, Otago. One example from Mr. M. 0. Pasco, of Queens- 

 town, labelled 7th December, 1912. Another specimen sent previously for 

 inspection, so far as I can remember, is more brilliant and iridescent. 



