CoJeoptera from JS'ev: Zealand. 19o 



No. ?uy2. — Lar^'cr tliaii No. 350, eyes more prominent, 

 thorax witli a slight median channel and depx'es.sed near 

 posterior angles. 



No. 13o7. — 8et{e erect, rather slender, quite yellow, short 

 and slender on til)ia\ 



No. 1711. — Thorax with four dorsal impressions; setaj 

 yellow, not scale-like, fine and hair-like on tibije. 



No. 1931. — Sides of thorax considerably dilated anteriorly, 

 surface rather flat and with feeble im|iressions only. 



No. 19.32. — Elytra with rather acute and slightly produced 

 apices. 



No. 1933. — Thorax oviform, with a narrow central groove. 



No. 1934. — Distinguished from No. 1711 by the squami- 

 form seta? on elytra. 



No. 2354. — Elytra on top of posterior declivity, at the 

 suture, with a raised black spot ; the patch of setai behind 

 eacii eye very ])romineiit. 



No. 2355. — Small ; antennae piceous. 



No. 2356. — Four hind tibiaj acutely prolonged at inner 

 extremity. 



No. 2499. — Elytra with regular series of small distinctly 

 separated tubercles ; body rather elongate. 



C. thoracicus. — Thorax and elytra without discoidal de- 

 pressions ; setae coarse. 



Vitiacus incertusj var. of V. costatus. 



Tiie sculpture of the elytra between the suture and the 

 first costa seems to consist of two series of small tubercles or 

 granules ( V. costotus, wiien examined sideways, presents the 

 same appearance) ; the third costa or elevation is absent, but 

 the curvate elevation proceeding from the apex, but quite 

 distinct ftom the lateral margin, is well developed. 



The front coxcb are placed close to the base of the pro- 

 sternum ; before each there is a large depression ; they are 

 separated by a rather narrow process. The inesosternuin has 

 a broad longitudinal depression in the middle. The sutures 

 between the ventral segments are very deep and broad. The 

 intermediate and posterior coxm are much more widely 

 separated than the anterior. The labrum is prominent and 

 red. 



This may be treated as a varietal form of V. costatus (.Man. 

 N. Z. Coleopt. p. 1087) until further material of both 

 becomes available for comparison. 



Length If, breadth f line. 



Mount Te Arolia. Two, amongst leaves, March 1891. 



