22 Mr. li. W. Bates on the Longkvrn 



Zorion minutum. 



Vallidium 7mnutttm,Fah. Syst. Ent. p. 192. 

 Obrium Fahriciaiium, Westw. Arc. Ent. ii. p. 28. 



I have seen a large number of specimens from Auckland. 

 Amongst them are several varieties, in one of which the white 

 elytral fascia is reduced to a round spot margined with violet, 

 and the pale bases of the femora are terminated by a dusky 



Zorion <futtigerum, Westw. Arc. Ent. ii. p. 28, t. 56. f. 4. 



Port Nicholson. 



A specimen from Mr. Lawson, taken near Auckland, differs 

 from Westwood's description by having the head and greater 

 part of the thorax testaceous yellow, nearly as in Z. minutum ; 

 the tibiae and tarsi are also violet-brown, like the clubs of the 

 femora. It remains with New-Zealand coleopterists to decide 

 by observation on the spot whether these diversities of color- 

 ation really indicate specific differences, and whether there 

 are really more than one variable species in the islands. 



Gastrosarus, nov. gen. 

 Corpus lincare, nitidum, sparsim crecte pubcscens. Caput exsertum, 

 post oculos paulo angustatum sed baud elongatum ; frons brevis, 

 verticalis. Oculi magni, modice convexi et granulati, laterales, 

 supra distautes. Palpi paulo elongati, articulis terminalibus vix 

 dilatatis obliqiie truncatis. Antemue basi distantes, baud ciHatae ; 

 Bcapo et articulis tertio et quarto aiqualibus, brcvibus, quinto 

 usque undecimum paulo longioribus. Tliorax rhomboideus, laevis. 

 Elijtra linearia, utrinque postice leviter attenuata, apice acute 

 truncata, supra fere lajvia. Prosternum inter coxas angustum ; 

 mesosternum oblongum ; metasterni episterna fere parallela, 

 apicem versus tantum angustata ; acetabula antica et intermedia 

 extus paulo apeita. Abdomen ( $ ) lineare, elongatum ; segmentis 

 primo usque quartum normalibus, quinto ventrali late excavato et 

 dense atque longe piloso ; pygidio valde convexo et arcuato. 

 Pedes robusti ; femora gradatim inerassata ; tarsi breves, pos- 

 ticorum articulo primo vix secundo tertioquc conjunctim lou- 

 giore. 



Another anomalous genus, having no near affinity with any 

 other known form ; it seems, however, to come nearest such 

 genera as CaUtmus, and especially the Austi-alian Earinis. 

 I know only the female, Avhich differs from the same sex in 

 Earinis in tlie concenti-ation of the hairiness of the abdomen 

 on the fifth ventral segment and on the arched borders of the 

 ])ygidiuni. 'V\\q form of the metathoracic episterna is very 



