302 On new Coleoptera from New Zealand. 
outside there are erect sete, but along the inside there are 
numerous long pale hairs; posterior tarst with the basal joint 
rather slender, the third lobate. Scape flexuous, slender near 
the base, with outstanding sete. First joint of the funiculus 
longer than the second, both elongate, third rather longer 
than broad, 5 to 7 bead-like ; club ovate, its fourth joint very 
small. ; 
Underside reddish, more or less closely punctate. Meta- 
sternum short, depressed in the middle, and with a large 
fovea behind. Abdomen elongate, the two basal segments 
rather broadly and deeply depressed, the sides of the depres- 
sion near the coxe seem elevated, the second is at least one 
third shorter than the first, fifth punctate, as long as the first ; 
sixth well-developed, transversely concave. 
@. Hind tibie moderately thick, without long hairs on 
the inside, not swollen at the extremity. The elytral striz 
less evident, sometimes looking like series of ill-defined 
punctures. Underside fuscous, shining, with yellow hairs ; 
metasternum nearly plane; first segment flattened in front, 
fifth punctate, simple; there is no supplementary segment. 
The more robust legs, the differently formed and clothed 
tibie, the shorter thorax, and broader elytra distinguish the 
male of this species from the typical one, No. 2550. 
6. Length (rostr. incl.) 13, breadth 2 line. 
Mount Pirongia. ‘Two males and three females, December 
1892. 
Obs. No. 2559 (Nestrius serripes)—Having found two 
males and a female, and as it is a distinct genus, I think it 
will be useful to define the sexual characters. 
6. Legs robust, the front and hind femora much swollen 
beyond the middle; the posterior tcbice serrate along the inner 
face and strongly angulate and prolonged at the inner extre- 
mity, the intermediate less so. Claws large, much bent 
downwards. The metasternum and two basal segments are 
depressed, the suture between these segments is obsolete, 
third and fourth short, fifth nearly truncate and minutely 
ciliate at the apex; between this and the end of the elytra 
the supplementary segment, which is concave at the base, is 
quite exposed. ‘The vestiture of the ¢ars?, though slender, is 
very conspicuous. 
9. Metasternum with a transverse depression behind, so 
that the middle appears elevated. ‘The suture between the 
two basal ventral segments is distinct, the third and fourth are 
less abbreviated, the fifth (the last) is broadly impressed. 
Posterior tibie not serrate and not prolonged at the apex. 
The legs are more slender. 
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