•126 COLEOPTERA, 



The legs and thorax are like those of H. sqnamvpes, hut the punctation 

 is coarser, the rostnmi is longer, and the tarsi are just as broad. 



Antennae more slender and elongate, 2nd joint of funiculus as long as 

 tlie basal, joints 3-6 ratlier longer than broad, 7th broader. 



The almost foveiform elytral sculpture and more elongate antennal arti- 

 culations render its identification a comparatively easy matter. My speci- 

 men is somewhat abraded ; quite fresh samples, therefore, may possess 

 more crests. 



S- Length (rostrum inclusive), 8| mm. ; breadth, 3| mm. 



Mistake Basin, west of Mount Algidus. Found on the 9th October, 1913, 

 hy Mr. T. Hall. Unique as yet. 



.3902. Halliella longicollis sp. nov. 



Elongate, rather narrow, opaque ; nigrescent, antennae, tibiae, and tarsi 

 obscure fusco-rufous ; squamae scanty, depressed, elongate, and incon- 

 spicuous on the dorsum, more erect, but not coarse, on the front and sides 

 of the thorax, and forming about 6 small flavescent crests on top of the 

 posterior declivity ; tibiae with numerous setae only. 



Rostrum almost as long as thorax, without crests, finely squamose, with 

 a distinct median carina. Thorax oblong, nearty a fourth longer than 

 broad, a little narrowed in front ; rather coarsely and closely punctured, 

 with narrow rugose intervals, impressed longitudinally at the iDase. Elytra 

 truncate and of the same width as thorax at the base, twice its length, 

 subvertical behind, rather broader behind the posterior femora than else- 

 where, gradually narrowed towards the base ; they are coarsely seriate- 

 punctate, with a pair of elongate basal elevations, the shoulders nearly 

 similarly raised, each elytron indistinctly trinodose on the disc. 



The essential characters are in accordance with H. squamipes, but the 

 body is more elongate and narrower. The antennae are quite as slender 

 as those of H. antennalis and of similar structure. The tibiae bear setae 

 only, they are slightly curved externally, distinctly bent inwardly near the 

 extremity and mucronate ; the tarsi are less expanded, and the basal 

 ventral segment is relatively longer. 



In its natural condition the type was covered with a tough film, which 

 had to be scraped off with the point of a needle before the sculpture could 

 be seen. 



Underside dark fuscous. Prosternum only moderately incurved. 

 Metasternum rather longer than that of H. squamipes. Abdomen more 

 elongate, basal 2 segments connate but with an obsolete suture which is 

 oblique towards the sides, both are of about equal length, and are very 

 distinctly and moderately closely punctured and minutely setose, 5th nearly 

 double the length of 3rd and 4th combined, finely and closely punctate. 

 Tarsi finely setose. 



Fem. — 8 mm. by 2| mm. 



cJ. Length (rostrum inclusive), 7 mm. ; breadth, 2^ mm. 



Ben Lomond. Found by Mr. T. Hall amongst decaying vegetable 

 matter, at a height of 4,000 ft., on the 3rd March, 1914. One of each sex 

 only. 



3903. Bantiades morosus sp. nov. Bantiades Broun, Man. N.Z. Coleopt., 

 p. 1371. 

 Suboblong, narrowed anteriorly, a little uneven, opaque ; fuscous, the 

 dorsum sparingly clothed with depressed straw-coloured setae, those on the 



