Species of New-Zealand Coleoptera. 65 



Tychanas verrucosus. 



2'. ovatus, niger, subfusco-squamosus ; rostro modice arcuato, pro- 

 thorace vix breviore ; antennis ferrugineis ; funieulo articulo 

 secundo quam primo paulo longiore; prothorace subtransverso, 

 pone apicem modice constrieto, apice ipso bifascieulato, in medio 

 transversim quadrifasciculato ; elytris brevibus, convexis, sub- 

 stnato-punctatis, tuberculis fasciculatis dispersis, postice decli- 

 vibus; femoribus infra dente parvulo instructis ; tibiis brevi- 

 uscuhs. Long. 3 lin. 



Hab. Taima. 



Sympedius. 

 Acalli vicinum, sed prothorace basi bisinuato et scutello manifesto, 

 a lychano elytris baud caUosis, et femoribus inermibus. Rostrum 

 arcuatum, basi crassms. Elytra ^quata, prothorace baud latiora. 

 larsi articulo penultimo late bilobo, secundo angusto. 



This genus differs from the last in the form of its elytra 

 and the mutic femora. "^ 



Sympedius testudo. 

 S. brevis, squamis silaceis griseisque varius ; rostro prothorace bre- 

 viore ; antennis ferrugineis ; funiculo articulo primo quam secundo 

 tere duplo longiore ; clava ovata, breviuscula ; prothorace valde 

 transverso, antice abrupte constrieto, apice fasciculis duabus nigris 

 et pone medium quatuor transversim dispositis, instructo : scutello 

 parvo; elytris subcordatis. vage fasciculatis, striato-punctatis. 

 interstitiis plus ramusve elevatis, striis squamis elongatis instructis, 

 lateribus plaga hniiiata alba notatis ; abdomine segmentis tribus 

 ultimis, secundoque in medio, nigris. Long. 1^2^ lin. 

 Hab. Tairua. 

 Varies considerably in size and also in coloration. 



Sympedius vexatus. 

 ^'.oblongus, fuscus, squamis griseis tectus ; rostro prothorace vix 

 breviore; antennis ferrugineis ; funiculo articulo secundo quam 

 primo breviore, clava oblongo- ovata ; prothorace valde transverso 

 antice fortiter constrieto, apice bi- in medio quadrisubfasciculato • 

 elytris parallelis postice rotundatis, impresso-punctatis; femoribus 

 mfra canaliculatis. Long. 2| lin. 



Hab. Tairua. 



Differs from the last in being longer, and the femora being 

 grooved beneath for the reception of the tibi«. In some ex- 

 amples there are owing to the dense squamosity, two pale 

 oblique spots at the sides of the elytra. ^' F 



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