Sf>e<'ie» of XeW' Zealand Coleoptera. Til 



as long as lirst, 3-7 trnuHVcrsc ; club short, siiljrotundiitc, 

 iiidistiiictly articulated. Thorax suhcylindricai, without 

 ocular lohcs, ha-ic and apox truncate. Scutelhiin al)scnt. 

 Ehjtra ol)lon};, their .shoulders narrowed so as to be hut 

 little \vi<ler than thorax at the base. Leys moderately elon- 

 gate ; anterior tibiic only slij^htly mucronate at the inner 

 extremity. Tarsi with slender jjrey hairs underneath, third 

 articulation deeply lobcd but not expanded, the minute 

 atrophiid joint visible lietween the lobes; terminal joint 

 almost (juite the length of the preceding; three conjointly. 



Prosternuin .subtruneafc in front. Anterior coxie promi- 

 nent and contiu'iious, situated near the base of the pro- 

 isternum ; middle coxa; distinctly, the hind pair widely, 

 separated. Metastermim short, with a deep transverse j^roove 

 before the hind eox;c. Abdomen elongate, basal two seg- 

 ments connat", without any evident suture, having a short 

 groove at each side only, both broadly impressed; third and 

 fourth segments well developed, not much abbreviated, with 

 very deep straight sutures. 



This genus without doubt belongs to the same series as 

 Prot'ilubns, Trachiiphluus, and their allies so far as antennal 

 structure and hal)its are concerned, l)Mt, with the exception 

 of the undilated apical portion of the rostrum, it more nearly 

 approa(dies the preceding genus Pro/'oscocwius. From 

 Prvtolobus it is clearly dilTerentiated by the form of tlie 

 scrobes, absence of ocular lobes, &c., and from Ajjorolobns hy 

 the unexpanded peuuliimatc joint of the tarsi. 



Dnjmnria cilipes, sp. n. 



Castaneous, dark or pale; rostrum, antenna?, and tarsi 

 reddish. 



Rostrum not smooth, but without well-marked sculptiire ; 

 it bears some fine yellowish sct;e. Scajie thick, with ol)vious 

 erect scta^ ; funiculus finely pilose; club finely pubescent. 

 Head con\c\, nearly smooth, but finely transversely strigose. 

 Thorax about a third longer than broad, a little wider before 

 the middle than elsewhere, slightly and gradually narrowed 

 behind, its surface subrugose, with coarse irregular punc- 

 tures. Ehjtra coarsely striate-i)unctatc, four series on each 

 elytron, the lateral punctuation more irregular; the inter- 

 stices ap|)car a little uneven, owing to the seta;. Anterior 

 tibue fringed along the inner edge with fine yellow set;e, the 

 external seta; outstanding and rather coarse. 



Vnderside coarsely punctate, a little shining, with short 



