14 Mr. C. O. Waterliouse on various 



Crete punctulato ; mandibiilis nigro-piceis, crassis ; oculis 

 parvis, nigris; antcnnis longis, articulo jirimo elongate, 

 clavato. Thorace capite paiihilo angustiori, depresso, post 

 medium paulo constricto, dein ad basin angustato, dorso 

 utrinque parce punctulato. Scutello concavo. Elytris basi 

 capite vix angustiori bus, postice latioribus, obsolete sub- 

 tilissime punctulatis, nigris, basi testaceo, singulo elytro 

 ad apiccm oblique arena tim truncato. Abdomine nigro- 

 piceo, lateribus subtil issime punctulato, segmentis prime 

 secundoque ad apicem testaceis. 



Long. 3.^ lin. ; lat. f lin. 



Hab. — New Zealand. Brit. Mus. 



A single specimen of this beautiful species was sent by 

 Mr. C. M. Wakefield in an interesting series of small 

 Coleoptera, among which were many examples of the most 

 elegant little Longicorn, Zorion guttifjerumy Westw. 

 {Zorion Batesi, Sharp, Ent. Mo. Mag. 1875). 



Note. — From AQ'&CY\\)i\on,Euryplatus lateralis, Motsch., 

 Et. Ent. 1859, is certainly Prognatha decisa of Walker, 

 Ann. and ISIag. N. H. 1858 ( Staphi/linida). Motschulsky 

 is perfectly coiTCct in placing the genus in the Cucujidce. 

 Prognotha tenuis, y^^. (1. c. 1859, p. 52), is Isomalus 

 indicus, Kz., Wiegm. Arch. 1859. Cucujus incommod^is, 

 Wla\, belongs either to Psummcecus or a closely allied 

 genus. 



Btrrhid^. 

 Nosodendron testudinum, sp. nov. 



Statura omnino N. fascicularis, at minor; nigrum, vix 

 nitidum, haud pubescens. Capite vix perspicue ci'ebre 

 punctulatum ; antennis testaceis. Thorace vix perspicue 

 punctate. Elytris distincte striatis, intcrstitiis a striis 

 transversis interruptis, singula quadra hoc mode facta 

 medio puncto sat magno notata. 



Long. If lin. ; lat. 1 lin. 



The very fine and close punctuation of the head, thorax 

 and elyti'a is only visible with a very strong magnif^-ing 

 power. The strire of the elytra are slightly zig-zag, and 

 the transverse stri^ of the interstices, occurring at regular 

 intenals, divide the siu'face into squares, or, on account 

 of the zig-zag longitudinal striie, into hexagons; each 

 square or hexagon is marked in the middle with a some- 

 what strong puncture ; all the stria?, when examined with 

 a microscope, are seen to be composed of minute jiunc- 



