Coleoptera of New Zealand. 21 



which there are so many in Australia and New Zealand. 

 Its nearest ally seems to be Tricheops ; but the head is nearly 

 plane between the antenna, and the antenniferous tubers are 

 almost horizontal, with a continuous impressed dorsal line. 



Astetholea pauper^ n. sp. 



A. fulvo-testacea, ghibra, pedibus pallidioribus ; capite tlioraceque 

 la3vibus subsericeis, hoc medio utrinque angular! haud spinoso ; 

 elytris punctulatis, utrinque bicostulatis, apud latera et apicem 

 laevibus. Long. 3^-4 lin, c? ? • 



Linear and depressed, nearly glabrous, but moderately 

 shining. The head and thorax in their wider parts are as 

 broad as the elytra ; the latter are smooth on the sides (which 

 are vertical) and near the apex, but punctulate and with two 

 raised discoidal lines from the base to beyond the middle. 



Auckland [Mr. Lawson) ; three examples. 



Blosyropus spmosus, Redtenb. Reise Novara, Col. p. 192, 

 t. V. f. 10. 



The author does not specify the structure of the eyes, so that 

 it remains uncertain whether tliis large and remarkable Lon- 

 gicorn belongs to this or the following division. The form of 

 the head, according to the figure, much resembles that of 

 Astetholea. 



PsiloviorpJia tenutj)es, Saunders, Trans. Ent. Soc. 2nd ser. 

 i. p. 80, t. 4. f. 1. 



Found in New Zealand, according to Redtenbacher (Col. 

 Novara, p. 188). 



Division 2. Eyes finely faceted. 

 Stenoderus suturalis, Oliv. 

 Recorded by Redtenbacher as taken in New Zealand. 



Calliprason Smclain. 



Calliprason Smclain, White, Diefieiib. New Zeal. ii. p. 277 ; Westw. 

 Arc. Eut. ii. p. 27, t. 56, f. 3. 



Calliprason marginatum, White, Voy. Ereb. & Terr., Ins. 



p. 23, t. 4. f. 6. 

 The exact locality of neither of these two species is recorded, 

 and I have not yet seen examples of them. 



