Coleoptera from New-Zealand. 385 
Considering the difficulty in identifying the numerous 
species of this group, I think advantage may be taken of the 
structure of the scape, together with other details, to locate 
the species described below in a distinct genus, to be placed 
between the two genera cited above. 
Camptoscapus SAaNGUINEUS, Sp. ll. 
Subdepressed, with some minute, hardly perceptible, greyish 
hairs ; moderately shining, dark red, the head and suffused 
spaces on the elytra piceous. 
Rostrum about one half the length of the thorax, moderately 
broad, subparallel, finely punctured in front, more closely and 
coarsely behind. Head punctate, not twice the width of the 
‘ rostrum ; behind the eyes the punctuation suddenly ceases, so 
that the short broad neck is smooth and shining. yes large, 
almost lateral, not prominent. Scape rather elongate, 
flexuous, gradually and only slightly inerassated. Funiculus 
sparsely pubescent, second joint about as long as it is broad, 
third and fourth equal. Club paler, pubescent, ovate, indis- 
tinctly jointed. Thorax evidently longer than broad, widest 
behind the middle, rounded there, gradually curvedly nar- 
rowed anteriorly, constricted near the front; the apical portion 
slightly raised and smooth, the disk flat, moderately finely 
punctured, much more closely near the sides. Scutellum 
small. lytra almost as broad as the thorax, only very 
slightly and gradually narrowed posteriorly; their striae 
regular, rather deep, closely punctured; interstices plane, 
with fine serial punctures. Legs pubescent ; tibize but little 
dilated, not triangular, the front pair with yellow pubescence 
along the inner face and near the extremity; claws very 
small. 
Pentarthrum planiusculum and P. conicolle must be placed in 
this genus. All-three species are represented by single speci- 
mens. LP. conicolle is a female, the others are males. 
dé. Length 14, breadth quite } line. 
Mount Pirongia (Waikato). December 1892. 
All my measurements of Cossonide include the rostrum. 
Obs. Novitas nigrans, a minute and interesting Cossonid 
which was described from a femaie that I found about twenty 
years ago, was figured on plate 138 of ‘ Aid to the Identifica- 
tion of Insects.’ In November 1892 I was fortunate enough 
to find a male, whose characters may be recorded here. 
Rostrum as long as thorax, slightly and gradually narrowed 
towards the apex, opaque, densely and finely sculptured, 
