g(3 On New-Zealand Cvleo^tera. 



Ckisius. 



Rostrum modice elongatum, arcuatum ; scrohes praemedianffi, rectse. 

 Antennce tenues, funiculo articulo secundo elongato. Prothorax 

 conicus, apice productus. Elytra subcordata, basi quam protho- 

 race miilto latiora. Femora clavata, infra dentata ; tihtce rectse, 

 postic^ extus arcuatse; tarsi articulo penultimo late bilobo. 

 Bima pectoralis ad coxas intermedias postice extensa. 

 This is obviously an Acalles-ioxm ; but the elytra greatly 



exceeding the prothorax in breadth, and other characters, will 



not allow it to be referred to any known genus. 



Crisius hinotatus. 

 C fuscus, squamis obscure griseisvestitus; rostro prothorace longiore, 

 versus apicem sensim latiore ; antennis ferrugmeis ; funiculo 

 articulo secundo quam primo duplo longiore, sequentibus sensim 

 brevioribus ; clava ampla, distincta, pubescente ; prothorace apice 

 bi- in medio quadrituberculato, basi nigro-binotato ; scutello parvo ; 

 elytris convexis, sparse fasciculato-tuberculatis, substriato-punc- 

 tatis, apice rotundatis, basi utrinque juxta scutellum macula atra 

 notatis ; pedibus squamoeis. Long. 3 lin. 



Hah. Tairua. 



Pactola demissa. 

 P. anguste ovata, fusca vel silacea, griseo-squamosa ; rostro lato ; 

 antennis tenuatis ; prothorace quadrato, supra baud tuberculato ; 

 elytris basi quam prothorace fere duplo latioribus, baud tubercu- 

 latis, striato-punctatis, pone medium fascia fusca notatis ; femo- 

 ribus posticis minus clavatis, et nigro-annulatis. Long. I4 lin. 



Hab. Tairua. 



Much narrower than P. variabilis^ and apparently an ex- 

 treme form of the genus. 



Xylotoles Traversii. 



X anguste ellipticus, nigro-viridis, nitidus, antennis pedibusque 

 'ferrugineis, subtiliter pubescens ; prothorace l8e^agato, subtilissime 

 sparse punctato ; scutello transverso, sat dense ochraceo-piloso ; 

 elytris basi prothoracis vix latioribus, subcarinatis, dimidio basali 

 solo parce impresso-punctatis, apicibus rotundatis ; antennis sub- 

 annulatis. Long. 3| lin. 

 Hab. Chatham Islands. 

 This species lies between X. costatus and X nud.us in its 



characters ; the elytra carinated as in the former, but in a much 



