684 COLEOPTERA. 



subparallel ; moderately substriate-punctate, many of the setae con- 

 centrated so as to form several small patches. Tibiae straight, with a few 

 inconspicuous greyish setae. 



Antennae rather shorter than the head and thorax, the exposed portion 

 of the basal joint but little longer than the next, third longer than fourth 

 or fifth, eighth shorter than ])receding one. 



This, owing to the shape of the thorax, should be placed near Dr. 

 Sharjj's larger W. (iisce(h')is (332). 



Length, 4-2- mm. : breadth, If mm. 



Martinborough. A single specimen sent by Mr. A. C. O'Connor on the 

 25th August, 1918. 



4280. Ulonotus aemulus sp. nov. 



Elongate-oblong, slightly convex, subnitid ; nigrescent, thoracic lobes 

 reddish ; the whole surface moderately granulate and apparently nude, 

 the sides and tibiae with short, curled dark setae. 



Head half the width of thorax, with slightly prominent eyes. Thorax 

 a third broader than long, the frontal lobe of each side half of the whole 

 length and projecting as far as the front of the eye ; the next equidistant 

 from the frontal and basal, both of which are dentiform and rather slender, 

 the latter forms the posterior angle ; disc trifoveate at the base, the 

 irregular frontal depression extends from the basal foveae to the apex. 

 Scutellum nearly rotundate. Elytra double the length of thorax, obliquely 

 narrowed behind, lateral margins finely serrate ; near each side of the 

 suture there is an elongate basal elevation, and behind the middle, on each 

 elytron, there are seven distinct though not large tubercles, besides about 

 three indistinct and smaller nodules. 



Antennae with fine dark setae, third joint more slender but as long as 

 the second, the thick basal joint just visible from above, fourth and fifth 

 rather longer than broad, 6-8 moniliform ; club elongate-oblong, triarticu- 

 late. 



This undoubtedly should be located near the North Island species 

 r. asper (335), which it most nearly resembles, but 335 is quite dull, more 

 variegated, and the elytral tubercles are not only less numerous and 

 prominent, but as they bear greyish setae they ap])ear more conspicuous. 



Length, 3| mm. ; breadth, 1|- mm. 



Belgrove. Unique. Found by the late Mr. T. Hall on the 10th Decem- 

 ber, 1914. 



Gathocles Broun. Man. N.Z. Coleopt., p. 1086. 



4281. Gathocles fuscus sp. nov. 



Oblong, moderately convex, subopaque ; fuscous, antennae and tarsi 

 infuscate red ; sjjaringly clothed with short, slender flavescent setae. 



Head half the width of thorax, narrowed anteriorly, finely granulate. 

 Labium transverse, smooth, obscurely rufescent. Thorax moderately 

 granulate, a third broader than long, base moderately bisinuate, lateral 

 margins thick, slightly reflexed, rather more rounded in front than behind, 

 anterior angles ])rojecting as far as the eyes, the posterior rectangular ; disc 

 convex, with a depression extending from base to apex, widest at the 

 middle, the basal portion with a pair of short, somewhat curved elevations. 

 Scutellum small. Elytra oblong, double the length of thorax, slightly 

 broader, much narrowed and depressed behind ; subseriate-granulate, third 



