Coleoptera from New Zealand. 187 
Epistranus hirtalis, sp. n. 
Body transversely convex, much narrowed medially, slightly 
shining, obscure chestnut-red ; legs and antenne red, tarsi 
valer. 
Head with some small granules. Antenne sparsely pubes- 
cent, club more distinctly ; first joint but little visible from 
above, second thick, cylindric, nearly twice as long as broad, 
third nearly twice the length of the following one; joints 4 
to 7 small, eighth and ninth transverse, tenth very broad, 
eleventh about as broad, rounded. Thorax about as long as 
broad, greatly narrowed near the base, widest near the 
middle ; it is covered with tubercles, these are larger near 
the middle than elsewhere, at the sides they cause the margins 
to appear denticulate ; along the middle of the disk there is a 
‘ smooth linear space, between the middle and the apex there 
seems to be a transverse depression, owing to the tubercles 
being nearly absent there; each tubercle bears about six 
short fine yellow setw, and from the centre of these there 
arises an erect elongate fulvous hair. lytra rather longer, 
but not broader, than the thorax, the shoulders rounded, the 
sides a little curved and denticulate ; they bear regular series 
of tubercles, about six in each row ; between the tubercles 
there seem to be coarse punctures ; on the posterior declivity 
there are about four series, and as these are much smaller 
than the tubercles on the dorsum, the interstices appear broad 
and smooth; their clothing is like that of the thorax. Tibice 
densely ciliate with yellow sete; on the anterior above the 
middle the sete are most conspicuous. 
Underside rufescent, sparsely setose. Prosternum deeply 
and broadly concave at each side from the front angles to the 
femora; from each coxa there extends forwards a curved row 
of tubercles, five or six in each, along the middle in front 
there are some smaller ones, the intervening space appears 
depressed. Between the middle cove there is a large deep 
cavity, and just behind this there are two fover. The meta- 
sternum is deeply transversely depressed behind; the space 
between the posterior cox is broadly raised, a cavity behind 
this is limited by raised borders. The sides of the basal 
segment of the abdomen are depressed; the second has a 
curved elevation across it, but behind it is much depressed ; 
the next two have very broad deep sutures ; the fifth is rather 
flat and as long as the preceding two. 
This cannot be £. Lawsoni, Sharp, which has short sete 
above. It is near #. valens, but it has a considerably larger 
terminal joint to the antenne. ‘lhe clothing of the tubercles 
is remarkable. The specimen described above has been 
