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and finely punctate, with a narrow impression along the middle. Scutellum 

 subtriangular, finely punctate. Elytra just five times the length of thorax, 

 rather broader than it is at the base, with rounded shoulders ; they are 

 quite obsoletely costate, closely and finely punctate, but subgranulose 

 near the base, apical sculpture finer and more distant. 



Nearly allied to V. nuhilus (2525), which near the base and sides of the 

 thorax has some distinct, slightly separated granules, each with a central 

 puncture. In V. sternalis the pale membranous space between the emar- 

 ginate labrum and forehead is equally large ; the antennae extend beyond 

 the intermediate femora, and their third joint, though elongate, is evidently 

 shorter than the fourth ; the elytra are only obsoletely costate ; prosternal 

 process, behind the coxae, rather slender, only about half the width of that 

 of V. nuhilus, mesosternal cavity smaller but deeper ; abdominal sculpture 

 indefinite. 



Length, 10 mm. ; breadth, Sf mm. 



Buller River bank, near Glenhope ; 17th January, 1915. Two (one 

 mutilated), found by Mr. T. Hall. 



4065. Veronatus reversus sp. nov. 



Elongate, moderately shining, unevenly covered with rather fine greyish- 

 yellow pubescence, finer and less conspicuous on the elytra ; rufo-castaneous, 

 elytra and basal half of thorax more infuscate, femora fusco-testaceous, 

 tibiae and antennae light chestnut-red. 



Head, mandibles exclusive, nearly as long as thorax, finely punctate, 

 more closely near the eyes than on the middle, with a large, shallow, 

 triangular impression occupying most of its frontal half. Thorax nearly 

 twice as broad as long, very similar to that of F. sternalis in shape, but 

 with more rounded anterior angles, the posterior less rectangular, its central 

 furrow more definite from base to apex, slightly bi-impressed near the base, 

 its punctation not quite as distinct and close. Elytra five times the length 

 of thorax, rather broader than it is at the base, which, like the suture and 

 scutellum, is paler than the dorsum ; they are quite obsoletely costate, 

 their punctation fine and close behind the middle, much finer and more 

 distant near the base and not at all granular there. Antennae almost 

 reaching the posterior femora. 



Underside light yellowish-brown, with fine greyish pubescence, indis- 

 tinctly sculptured. Mesosternal cavity triangular, in F. sternalis it is nearly 

 diamond-shaped, prosternal process similar. 



Manifestly distinct from F. sternalis in coloration and vestiture, more 

 nitid, the general sculpture finer, that of the basal portion of the elytra 

 especially. 



Length, 10 mm. ; breadth, 3| mm. 



Buller River. A single sjDecimen found by Mr. T. Hall on the 

 17th January, 1915. 



4066. Veronatus apterus sp. nov. 



Oblong, narrowed anteriorly, slightly convex, shining ; light chestnut- 

 red, elytra and femora more flavescent, thorax infuscate behind the middle, 

 mandibles and labrum rufous ; head and thorax with fine, depressed 

 yellow hairs, elytra almost nude. 



Head moderately closely and distinctly but not coarsely punctate, 

 slightly uneven, truncate just in front of the antennae ; labrum very little 

 longer than the strongly transverse, pale membranous space behind it, 



