NITIDULIDAE. 525 



Fern. — Posterior tibiae quite as thick, gradually narrowed towards the 

 subtruncate extremity, hardly at all curved ; tarsi with rather less dilated 

 basal articulations ; elytral apices subacute and somewhat prolonged. 



Length, 5^ mm. ; breadth, 2| mm. 



Mistake Basin, 20th October, 1913 ; Mount Algidus, 3rd December, 

 1913 ; Routeburn, 11th Ferbuary, 1914. Four males and one female, 

 two of the former sex damaged. The first specimen was taken from a 

 kea's nest at the end of a rocky cavern. I have much pleasure in attaching 

 the discoverer's name to this species. 



4046. Inopria notata sp. nov. 



Oblong-oval, slightly convex, somewhat nitid, finely and closely punctate ; 

 fusco-castaneous ; legs and mandibles testaceous, sides of thorax in- 

 terruptedly so, as are also, on each elytron, a median basal sjoot, a 

 transverse undulate ante-median mark, and a less definite one behind : 

 antennae light brown, club dark and opaque ; pubescence slender, obscure 

 yellowish, mingled with some coarser depressed setae. 



This differs materially from the female of I. halli in coloration and 

 vestiture. The elytra are more numerously substriate and their apices 

 equally acuminate. The lateral channels of the thorax are moderatelv 

 broad and concave, which is not the case in 7. halli, and the anterior tibiae 

 are more distinctly serrate along the outside. 



$. Length, 5^ mm. ; breadth, quite 2h mm. 



BuUer River flat, near Glenhope. One, found by Mr. T. Hall on the 

 17th January, 1915. 



Group COLYDIIDAE. 



Ulonotus Erichson. Man. N.Z. Coleopt., p. 186. 



4047. Ulonotus discalis sp. nov. 



Oblong, subopaque ; fuscous, antennae and legs fusco-rufous ; clothed 

 with decumbent, obscurely fulvescent squamiform setae. 



Head gently narrowed anteriorly, finely granulate. Eyes moderately 

 large and prominent. Thorax, lateral lobes exclusive, slightly longer than 

 broad, deeply sinuate behind the eyes ; disc convex, with rather indistinct 

 flattened granules ; the central large angular depression is somewhat 

 narrowed near the apex, sulciform behind but slightly expanded at the base, 

 which is bi-impressed near the middle ; frontal lobe entire, not half the 

 whole length, obliquely narrowed anteriorly and acutely projecting as far 

 as the front of the eyes ; second narrow, placed behind the middle, 

 equidistant from the first and the rectangular basal angle. Scutellum 

 subquadrate. Elytra oblong, rather broader than thorax, lobes inclusive, 

 fully double its length, with obsoletely crenulate margins ; on each elytron, 

 between the suture and side, there is an oblong elevation tipped with grey 

 setae, inside this there is a narrower one ; in line with the former and the 

 hind femur there is a nodosity, and another at the commencement of the 

 posterior declivity ; outside these there are three equidistant nodules, the 

 first is at the middle, the last on top of the declivity, which is also uneven : 

 the sculpture consists apparently of irregular series of small granules. 



Legs moderately slender, tibiae nearly straight, with fine curled setae. 

 Antennae shorter than thorax, finely setose ; basal joint stout, half hidden 

 above, the next subquadrate, third elongate but not twice as long as fourth, 

 joints 5-8 submoniliform ; club oblong. 



