406 Capt. T. Broun on new 



and mostly fuscous, the few that are greyish are not con- 

 spicuous ; on top of the posterior declivity there is a tx-ans- 

 verse, much interrupted, pitchy space ; below this the colour 

 is only slightly paler than that on the dorsum. In one 

 example the squamfe on the surface are somewhat rufescent. 



Bostrum quite one tliird shorter than the thorax, but little 

 expanded apically, with a central carina ; vertex convex. 

 Scape elongate, attaining the front of the thorax. Funiculus 

 with the basal two joints equally elongate ; third slightly 

 longer than the fourth ; seventh rather longer than broad ; 

 club elongate, acuminate. Thorax about one fourth broader 

 than it is long, slightly wider before the middle than it is 

 elsewhere ; feebly obliquely impressed towards the sides in 

 front, obsoletely channelled along the middle, without aspe- 

 rities. Scutellum minute. Elytra evidently broader than 

 the thorax; the shoulders, however, do not exceed the base of 

 the thorax in width ; disk slightly convex, with regular series 

 of moderate punctures ; interstices broad, the third and fifth 

 but little, and rather irregularly raised, and ending in nodi- 

 form elevations behind, those on the third are distinct, the 

 others are often indistinct ; the sutural region is moderately 

 convex behind. Legs fusco-rufous, with scales and greyish 

 setge ; tibia? slightly flexuous ; third joint not very broad. 



Underside with yellowish-grey decumbent setse ; the meta- 

 sternum and basal segments with fine sponge-like grey 

 clothing ) the suture between the first and second segments 

 strongly sinuate, fifth longitudinally impressed. Prosternum 

 deeply emarginate in front. Head black, opaque, densely 

 transversely strigose. 



The posterior corbels are not at all cavernous. The ocular 

 lobes are broad but well developed. The eyes are oblique and 

 rather flat. The swelling alongside the scutellum is quite 

 indistinct. 



The minute scutellum at once distinguishes this from 

 Nos. 2591 and 2592. The longer antenna?, broader form, 

 and the vestiture of tlie lower surface differentiate it from 

 C. obh'quisignatus. The lines of pallid setffi so conspicuous 

 in No. 2110 are here absent. 



? . Length (rostr. inch) 3^-4, breadth If-lf line. 



Ashburton. Five examples were found by Mr. W. W. 

 Smith in the seed-pods of Phormium tenax. 



Var. — Squamosity much darker, quite fuscous near the 

 sides and on the summit of the hind slope, with a few grey 

 specks here and there. Thorax nearly as long as it is broad. 

 Scutellum more distinct, longer than broad. Elytra narrower 



