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near tlie base ; median groove broad and deep, extending 

 almost from the apex into the large basal depression, which, 

 however, is not distinctly united to the large lateral fovese. 

 Elytra about as long as broad, more or less narrowed towards 

 the shoulders, rather finely and distantly but not very defi- 

 nitely punctured ; the sutural and dorsal stride are broad, 

 with subcarinate intervals. Hind body as broad as tlie 

 elytra, indistinctly punctate ; third segment in the middle 

 slightly longer than the second or first^ the others deflexed 

 and attenuate. 



Legs stout and elongate, front and middle femora stouter 

 than the posterior ; intermediate tibice distinctly curved and 

 thicker than the others, notched at the extremity, the outer 

 angle somewhat prolonged, the inner prominent but not 

 exactly calcarate ; the extremity of the anterior is of nearly 

 similar structure, but less distinctly so. 



Antennce nearly as long as the head and thorax, basal 

 joint red, punctate, cylindrical ; second ovate-oblong, not 

 quite so thick as the first, but as long as the third and fourth 

 combined ; fiftli slightly longer than adjacent ones, eighth 

 moniliform, evidently smaller than the ninth or seventh, tiie 

 tenth distinctly broader than its predecessor, narrowed 

 apically, the terminal large, conical, and acuminate. 



Underside shining, the pubescence rather more conspicuous 

 on the middle of the second and sides of the last segments. 

 Prosternum longitudinally carinate in front. Metasternum 

 with a large median impression and a short, thick, longitu- 

 dinal carina at its base. Basal ventral seoment concealed 

 by the femora, segments 3-5 nearly equal, sixth rather 

 longer than fifth, medially arcuate-emarginate, the operculum 

 of the seventh oblong and in some lights appearing foveate 

 or impressed at each side. Intermediate trochanters sub- 

 triangular and distinctly spined ; the posterior prominent, 

 with a rather thick process, not a spine, situated behind and 

 close to the coxa3. 



Female. — Very similar. Head rather more distinctly 

 punctured. Joints 6 and 8 of the antennae rather smaller 

 than the contiguous ones, as is sometimes the case in the 

 other sex, 3-5 also vary a little, being either bead-like or 

 obconical. 



The type of the genus, Z. ohscurus, 2478, is a very diflferent 

 insect, being subopaque, much smaller, with rather dense 

 distinct punctation, but rather feeble thoracic impressions. 



Length 2 ; breadth quite ^ mm. 



Erua, elevation 2400 feet. Both sexes found by me in 



