530 COLEOPTERA. 



Head with coarse flattened granules. Thorax of about equal length and 

 breadth, its sides nearly straight, rounded towards the obtuse front angles, 

 apex only moderately sinuate behind the small eyes, base widely but not 

 deeply bisinuate, with obtusely rectangular angles ; disc only moderately 

 convex, covered with coarse, subrotundate, somewhat flattened granules, 

 the broad but not at all concave sides less coarsely granulate. Elytra not 

 double the length of thorax, as broad as it is at the base, with oblique 

 shoulders, very, gradually narrowed backwards ; they are seriate-granulate 

 or punctate ; the suture is very slightly elevated on top of the declivity, 

 and outside it, a little farther in advance, on each elytron, there is a similar 

 short elevation which represents the usual first costa ; the declivity is 

 concave in the middle and has a thick, somewhat curved costa near each 

 side. 



Antennae short, finely setose, second joint stout and subquadrate, third 

 a little longer but thinner, longer than either fourth or fifth, joints 6-8 

 transverse, ninth slighter broader, symmetrical ; club not distinctly dilated 

 inwardly. 



A small species with simple sculpture, oblique shoulders, and different 

 antennae. 



Length, 2i mm. ; breadth, 1 mm. 



HoUyford ; 16th February, 1914. Mr, Hall has been unable to secure 

 more than one. 



-1054. Vitiacus suturalis sp. nov. 



Elongate, subopaque, fusco-rufous, with fine flavescent setae. 



Head gradually narrowed in front of the antennae, with coarse flattened 

 granules and distinct fulvous setae. Thorax slightly broader than long, 

 deeply sinuate behind the indistinct but coarsely facetted eyes, with some- 

 what rounded front angles ; its sides nearly straight, only slightly curvedly 

 narrowed anteriorly, base bisinuate, with rectangular angles ; disc bicostate, 

 most evidently in front, the intervening space with double series of coarse 

 flattened granules, the sides a little concave, with nearly similar sculpture. 

 Elytra double the length of thorax, very slightly wider at the base, with 

 obtusely rectangular shoulders, they are a little broader before the hind 

 thighs but gradually narrowed posteriorly ; their sculpture apparently 

 consists of a combination of seriate granules and punctures, the suture is 

 elevated along the declivity, the dorsal pair of costae enclose duplicate 

 series of granules between each and the suture, they are distinct as far as 

 the summit of the declivity, rather less so behind ; outside each of these, 

 behind the posterior femur, there is an abbreviated costa. 



Smaller than V. posticalis, the sides of the thorax concave, the granula- 

 tion different throughout, the elytral suture and costae also differ, and the 

 lateral dilations near the apices of that species are obsolete or altogether 

 absent. The ninth antennal joint is not oblique, and the club is less, 

 though distinctly, dilated inwardly. It differs, too, in several details from 

 the older species, 1937, 2501, and "2774. 



The tibiae are destitute of spines, but, like other members of the genus, 

 are furnished with a cluster of fine setae at the extremity. 



Length, 3 mm. ; breadth, l^mm. 



Mount Owen. A single individual found by Mr. T. Hall on the 27th 

 December, 1914. 



