Coleoptera from New Zealand. 193 
Obs. I have not had an opportunity of comparing many 
examples of the European species, so that it is difficult to 
estimate the exact value that may be attached to the differ- 
ences in sculpture and coloration presented by the New- 
Zealand species or varieties; at any rate they seem distinct 
from one another so far as superficial appearance goes, and I 
feel sure that considerable disparities will be apparent on the 
lower surface when more material is available for careful 
comparison. ‘They are of very similar outline, and the third 
joint of the tarsi is prolonged below the fifth in the shape of a 
large membrane. ‘The following are congeneric :— 
P. coruscans, Pascoe. 
P. gemmeus, Broun. 
P. letus, Broun. 
Morychus granulatus, sp. n. 
Convex, very broadly oval, slightly shining ; piceous, legs 
red, tarsi and antenne yellowish; the clothing consists of 
erect infuscate sete. 
Head finely and moderately closely punctured. Thorax 
strongly transverse, about twice as broad as it is long, very 
much narrowed anteriorly, base truncate; its surface with 
fine and rather close granular sculpture; a considerable space 
near each front angle is much depressed. Scutellum obsolete. 
Elytra broadest at the base, attenuated posteriorly, slightly 
uneven, the suture a little raised behind; their sculpture 
resembles that of the thorax. Tibie fringed with short 
moderately coarse sete ; the anterior nearly straight, abruptly 
obliquely narrowed towards the apex, with tarsal furrows; 
the intermediate slightly curved. Tars? finely setose, their . 
third joint prolonged below the small fourth, with apparently 
a very short membranous appendage. Antenne with red, 
stout, cylindric basal joint, second conical, 3 to 5 slender, 
decreasing in length, sixth slightly broader and shorter than 
fifth, seventh and eighth broader, ninth and tenth sub- 
quadrate, eleventh conical, about as long as the preceding 
two. 
Underside piceous, rather densely covered with decumbent 
tawny hairs: prosternum thickly ciliate in front, its sides 
hollowed out for about two thirds of their whole area; its 
central piece does not extend laterally beyond the coxa, its 
process is flat and curved behind. Mesosternum with a deep 
semicircular cavity in front. Middle coxe widely separated, 
the intervening suture straight. Hpipleure broad and 
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