Coleo})ter(i from New Zealand, 85 



the Icnfjtli of, Imt nearly as hioad as, tlic contif^uons ones ; 

 joints 7 to 1 1 nioilcrately dilatccl. Thorax transverse, much 

 curvedly narrowed anteriorly ; front angles obtuse, the poste- 

 rior nearly rectangular. Scutellum small. Elytra of the 

 same width as the thorax at the base, gradually narrowed 

 behind. Pi/f/idium covered. Le()s short. Femora not 

 clavate. Ttlnn- with small terminal spines, th(; middle ami 

 hind |»air more or less finely spinuluse externally. 'Tarsi 

 elongate, slender, five-jointed. 



Prusteruum deeply emarginate at apox. Anterior coxfB 

 jirominent and contiguous ; mitldle pair distinctly separated, 

 not at all pruminent ; the posterior subconti;;uous. Meso- 

 sternum with a fine curved central carina. Metasternum of 

 moderate length, transversely convex. Epi/ileune broad at 

 the base, linear behind. Abdomen composed of five nearly 

 equal segments. 



The sternal structure differs much from the Choleva allies. 

 The broad hatchet-shaped apical jnints of the maxillary jjalpi 

 are characteristic. Though Caniiarns has nearly similarly 

 formed palpi, the Hanks of the presternum are not hollowed, 

 as they are in Bceosilpha. 



BcBOsilpha rufescens, sp. n. 



Shining, reddish ; tarsi and palpi yellow ; pubescence 

 yellow, conspicuous, but not coarse. 



Head nearly vertical in front, smooth. Antennae inserted 

 near the inner and front margins of the eyes, pubescent; 

 joints 7, 9, and 10 equally broad, seventh rather larger than 

 these otliers. Thorax nearly twice as broad as it is long, its 

 base feebly bisinuate, the anterior angles rounded and de- 

 pressed, margins indistinct; the surface apparently quite 

 smooth. Elijtra with lateral margins, the sutural stride 

 definite ; their sculpture is moderately fine, appearing puncti- 

 form or irregularly transversely strigose, according to tlie 

 way in which it is examined. 



Underside rutescent, shining; abdomen finely sculptured 

 and bearing distinct yellow hairs ; the metasternum smooth. 



Length 1, breadth quite ^ line. 



Mount Pirongia ; one example, March ISIU. A second 

 specimen was found at Tarukenga, near llotorua. Both were 

 taken from decaying leaves on the ground. 



Mesagyutes, gen. nov. 



Body oblong-oval, moderately convex, closely covered with 

 depressed pubescence. Antenna: not as long as the head and 



