626 COLEOPTERA. 



'sliifhtly broiidt'i than long, subquadrate, only a little wider before the 

 middle than behind ; slightly uneven, with a ridge along the middle, and 

 four shallow frontal depressions, without visible punctation. Scutellum 

 transverse, flavescent. Elytra fully double the length of thorax, about 

 a third broader near the middle, a little broader than it is at the base, 

 slightly narrowed behind the shoulders, more obviously narrowed and 

 curvedly deflexed posteriorly ; they are moderately coarsely subseriate- 

 punctate, without granular elevations, third interstices slightly elevated 

 at the base ; there is a small greyish patch near each hind thigh, the external 

 crests are a little larger than the others on the top of the declivity, which is 

 variegated. 



Scape straight, very gradually thickened, reaching the back of the eye ; 

 basal two joints of funiculus subcqual, 3-7 short and moniliform ; club 

 elongate-oval. 



Underside dark fuscous, irregularly punctured, covered with slender, 

 depressed, somewhat brassy scales. Prosternum subtruncate, coxae con- 

 tiguous, their cavities open in front ; posterior coxae more distant than 

 the middle pair. Basal ventral segment flat, truncate between the coxae, 

 longer than the next, their suture sinuate, third and fourth together shorter 

 than fifth, which is rugose. 



This should be placed near H. cordipennis (3125) : the squamae are 

 less rufescent, the shoulders are more prominent, joints 3-7 of the funiculus 

 bead-like, club longer, &c. 



Length (rostrum inclusive), 6 mm. ; breadth, 2g- mm. 



Wadestown. One, from Mr. A. C. O'Connor, of Wellington ; 21st August, 

 1916. 



Catoptes Schoenherr. Man. N.Z. Coleopt., p. 428. 

 4199. Catoptes lobatus sp. no v. 



Elongate, only moderately convex, opaque ; nigrescent, antennae fusco- 

 rufous, scape and club dull, tarsi castaneo-rufous ; densely covered with 

 fusco-fulvous squamae and decumbent greyish setae. 



Rostrum about a fourth shorter than thorax, gradually dilated 

 anteriorly, obtusely carinate along the middle. Thorax slightly broader 

 than long, widest and rounded before the middle ; a little uneven, with 

 a moderately broad channel from base to apex, deeper behind than in front, 

 and an oblique frontal impression towards each side, its punctation appa- 

 rently is rather fine, near each side of the base there are a few coarse obtuse 

 rugae. Scutellum small. Elytra elongate-subcordate, 2| times the length 

 of thorax, a fourth broader, but with oblique shoulders so that the base 

 is scarcely wider than that of the thorax, considerably narrowed and 

 subvertical behind, with slightly dehiscent, obtuse apices ; dorsum a little 

 uneven, moderately seriate-punctate, third interstices moderately elevated 

 near the base, nodose on top of the declivity, fifth slightly elevated from 

 before the middle backwards, its terminal nodosity much smaller than 

 that of the third, both of them infuscate but ])aler behind, the suture 

 moderately prolonged beyond these. 



Legs elongate, with numerous setae, anterior tibiae distinctly mucronate. 



Scape setigerous, very gradually thickened, attaining the thoracic apex ; 

 basal joint of funiculus rather stouter but not longer than the next joints 

 3-5 obconical, longer than broad, sixth and seventh rather shorter ; club 

 elongate-oval, indistinctly quadriarticulate. 



