690 COLEOPTERA. 



Head distinctly and closely punctate. Thorax of almost equal length 

 and breadth, evidently contracted in front and behind, the somewhat 

 flattened, obtusely curved middle portion of its sides half of its whole 

 length; its surface irregularly, rather finely, but quite visibly punctured. 

 Scutellum dull. Elytra thrice the length of thorax, a third broader behind, 

 with large obtuse basal elevations, their punctation as far as the posterior 

 fasciae quite distinct, rather distant and subseriate, each elytron at the 

 base is more coarsely tripunctate, and near the apex there is a large 

 shallow impression. 



This, no doubt, is most nearly allied to Sharp's P. hilaris (609), found 

 only near Christchurch ; but, besides being larger, the sculpture seems 

 materially different, and the dilatation of the sides of the thorax occupying 

 half of its length seems sufficient to justify specific separation. 



Length, 9 mm. ; breadth, 3 mm. 



Ohakune. My specimen was found by Mr. A. E. Brookes on the 1st 

 January, 1917. 



Group Anthicidae. 

 Cotes Sharp. Man. N.Z. Coleopt., p. 410.- 



4290. Cotes halliana sp. nov. 



Elongate, very slightly convex and nitid ; elytra fusco-fulvous, the 

 liead, thorax, and antennae more rufescent, legs and palpi testaceous ; 

 elytra covered with depressed and erect, elongate fulvescent hairs, head 

 and thorax more thinly clothed. 



Head, eyes inclusive, rather broader than thorax, indistinctly punctate. 

 Thorax slightly longer than broad, very deeply and rather sharply con- 

 stricted behind the middle ; its punctation shallow, moderately coarse, 

 but not very close. Scutellum subtriangular, rather short. Elytra quite 

 thrice the length of thorax and twice its width, curvedly narrowed towards 

 the base and scarcely any broader than the thorax there, apices broadly 

 rounded but not covering the pygidium ; their punctation subseriate, 

 coarser and deeper than that of thorax but becoming finer and indistinct 

 behind the middle. 



Of about the same size as C. distincta (2070), which, however, is more 

 rufescent and has the basal portion of the thorax piceous, its punctation 

 also, of the thorax particularly, is much finer, and the antennae are longer 

 and more slender. In C halliana the basal articulation is stouter but scarcely 

 longer than the third, which is slightly longer than joints 4-6, joints 7-10 

 are about equal to one another, each longer than broad and narrowed 

 towards the base, the terminal elongate-oval. 



Length, 5 mm. ; breadth, quite 1| mm. 



Trentham ; 5th November, 1916. One of the last species discovered 

 })y th<' late Mr. T. Hall just ])rior to his embarkation for France, where he 

 was killed in action on the 20th August, 1917. 



4291. Cotes bullata sp. nov. 



Elongate, slightly convex, nitid ; elytra fulvescent but evidently yellow 

 near the base ; head and thorax pale castaneous ; antennae, palpi, and 

 legs flavescent ; pubescence elongate, slender and suberect, and of the 

 same hue as the derm on the elytra, more decumbent and much more 

 scanty on the head and thorax. 



