Species- of Xeic-Zculand ColeoiAera. 59 



infuscata, articulis perfoliatis, duobus basalibus valde transversis, 

 ultimo rotundato ; prothorace transverse, basi quam apice fere 

 duplo latiore ; scutello minuto ; elytris obli<iue striato-punctatis, 

 humeris paulo callosis ; pedibus pallidis, tibiis apicem versus leviter 

 inci'assatis, tarsis articulo basali modice elongate. Long. 1-i- lin. 



Hah. Auckland. 



Probably introduced, as this species lias also been found in 

 Ceylon ; but it has not, I think, been described. It is like 

 A. Coffete, but smaller, with shorter antennae, the club stouter 

 and more compact, the tarsi not nearly so long, &c. 



OCHROCYDUS. 



Caput hreve. Ocu?/ perraagni, subtenuiter granulati ; epistoma Ai- 

 stincta ; Jahrum parvum ; labium membranaceum, bifidum ; max- 

 illce lobo interiorc triangnlari. PaJjn elongati, omncs fere sequales. 

 AntenncB {(S ) corpore longiores, 12-articnlat0e, articulo basali 

 mediocri, oboonico, tertio paulo breviore, cajteris (ultimo exeepto 

 breviusculo) parum longioribus, subaequalibus, unilateraliter diia- 

 tatis ; ( 2 ) corpore breviores, ll-articulatse. Prothorax transversus, 

 depressiis, muticus. Ehjtra prothorace latiora, elongata, subparal- 

 lela. Pedes tenuati, elongati ; femora linearia ; tihire. postica) 

 flexuosce exceptie, rectic, apice bispinosae; co.ive anticae transversse. 

 Prosternum elevatum, postice rotundatum. Abdomen molle, 

 Igevigatum. 



The only exponent of this genus retains the name of Apha- 

 nasium australe, Boisd., in the British Museum*, and as such 

 Avas referred by Mr. AVhite to the Prionidaj. It is probable 

 that Lacordaire, had he known it, would have placed it in his 

 '' Monodesmides." 1 do so now with some hesitation in con- 

 sequence of the absence of the lateral ridges separating the 

 pronotum from the sides of the prothorax, and the presence of 

 the inner maxillary lobe. 



Ochroci/dus Huttoni. 



A. fulvescens, elytris nitide testaceis ; capita prothoraceque sat 

 sparsim, pectore dense, villosis ; prothorace angulo antico rotun- 

 dato, lateribus subparallehs ; elytris sat confertim punctatis, 

 apicibus ad suturam spinosis ; pedibus tenuiter pilosis ; tarsis 

 intermediis et posticis articulo primo quam secundo longiore ; 

 segmento ultimo abdominis iu fcemina solum detecto. Long. ( cf ) 

 12 lin., ( $ ) 15 lin. 



Uab. Waikato; Wellington. 



* It was this that led me to describe the true Aphanamuvi austrah as 

 a new species under the name of SoUmnia snbiineata, a mistake which I 

 afterwards corrected (Journ. Linn. Soc. ix. p. 1M4). 



