CKYPTORHYNCHID.AE. 341 



Kose Hill, near Methven. I'nique ; detected by Mr. T. Hall amongst 

 decaying leaves on the ground on the 30th March, 1913. 



3774. Zeacalles sparsus sp. nov. 



Compact, very convex, ovate, subopaque ; rostrum and thorax pitchy- 

 red, elytra and legs paler, antennae and tarsi obscurely fulvescent ; vestiture 

 variegate, thorax thinly covered with decumbent, fulvescent and greyish, 

 elongate squamae, and with coarse curled setae at the sides ; on the elytra 

 the clotlnng for the most part is fulvescent, but there is a small nigrescent 

 spot on the base at the suture, a straight elongate mark between the middle 

 and each shoulder, and a few other less definite dark spots ; some erect, 

 grey setiform scales, some of which are much smaller than others, form a 

 transverse spot near the middle of each side and 5 minute crests near the 

 top of the posterior declivity ; there are also a fev: erect scattered blackish 

 setae ; the legs bear erect greyish squamae. 



Eostrum as long as thorax, moderately broad, rather closely and dis- 

 tinctly punctate, more finely in front. Thorax of equal length and breadth, 

 subtruncate and widest at the base, gradually narrowed anteriorly, closely 

 and rather coarsely punctate. Elytra almost double the length of thorax, 

 of the usual form, with deep and broad sutural striae, the others indistinct. 



Not at all like Z. scaber. More nearly resembling the larger northern 

 Z. varius, 2957, which, however, is without visible sutural striae ; it is 

 quite differently clothed and marked, unabraded specimens having, on each 

 elytron, a distinct semicircular nigrescent band extending from inside the 

 shoulder to the suture, and a pair of slightly raised dark spots between the 

 middle and each side of the thorax, &c. 



Length (rostrum exclusive), 1| mm. ; breadth, nearly 1 mm. 



Pudding Hill, near Methven. One, amongst other terrestrial Coleoptera 

 collected by Mr. T. Hall and Mr. L. Burrows on the 13th April, 1913, at a 

 height of about 3,200 ft., during a heavy thunderstorm. 



Group Lamiidae. 



3775. Hybolasius sculpturatus sp. nov. HyhoJasius Bates, Man. N.Z. 



Coleopt., p. 609. 



Elongate, subdepressed, only slightly nitid ; rufo-castaneous, the middle 

 of head, thoracic disc, base of elytra, and tarsal claws somewhat fusco- 

 piceous ; pubescence slender, for the most part decumbent, feather-like, and 

 greyish, forming on each elytron an irregular curve fi-om the shoulder to the 

 suture but not as far back as the middle, an oblique fascia near the hind 

 thigh extending backwards towards the side, and a large apical patch ; the 

 intervals bear slender, inconspicuous infuscate pubescence ; the whole sur- 

 face is closely and finely punctate. 



Head depressed along the vertex. Thorax of a])out equal length and 

 breadth, with a large obtusely rounded prominence at the middle of each 

 side ; disc convex and a little uneven but not at all tuberculate, with a 

 transverse depression near the base and apex. Scutellum large, pubescent. 

 Elytra evidently broader than thorax, thrice its length, parallel for three- 

 fourths of their length, with strongly rounded, somewhat dehiscent apices ; 

 there is a broad impression behind the scutellum with obtuse but not at all 

 tubercular lateral borders ; the suture is broad and slightly elevated from 

 before the middle to the extremity, and alongside it, on each elytron, a broad 

 impression is bordered externally by a feebly raised obscure costa ; there 



