OF NEW ZEALAND. 123 



elongate, impressione basali curvatabene distincta; elytris stria discoidali 

 sat profunde impressa. 



Long, corp., 2\ mm. 



OBS. P. lineato, King, peraffinis ; prothoracis impressione magis 

 profunda, ej usque parte basali nitida, elytrorumque stria discoidali bene 

 distincta, differt. 



Antenna longer than head and thorax, the ninth joint but little 

 thickened. Jifeadwiih the channel between the frontal processes rather 

 broad, and terminating between the eyes in a deep impression, which is 

 continued backwards along the vertex. Thorax not more than half the 

 width of the elytra, longer than broad, not much dilated in the middle, 

 in front of the base with a deep curved impression, the part behind this 

 shining like the rest of the upper surface. Elytra longer than the 

 thorax, much narrowed at the shoulders, each with a sutural, and a very 

 distinct curved discoidal stria ; they are quite shining and furnished 

 with a few fine curved hairs. Hind-body rather densely set with very 

 fine depressed hairs. 



Hokitika. The four specimens of this species sent me by Mr. 

 Edwards, show no characters to distinguish the sexes, and I suppose 

 them all to be females. 



NOTE. I found one example only on the East Coast (Tairua). 



227. P. pilistriatus, n.s. Body red, the elytra and legs paler 

 than the thorax, the tarsi and palpi yellow. Antenna longer than head 

 and thorax, eleven-jointed, the basal joint stout, considerably larger than 

 the second, which is a little longer than broad ; joints three to eight 

 about equal ; ninth distinctly larger than eighth, longer than broad ; 

 tenth a little larger than ninth, much narrower at base than apex ; 

 eleventh large, somewhat dilated inwardly and obliquely truncated 

 towards the extremity, the form, consequently, not quite oval, it is 

 pointed. Head deeply impressed between the eyes, the depression 

 extending from the prominent, sub-contiguous antennal tubercles to the 

 back part of the head, where it is shallow ; its surface is sparingly 

 clothed with fine yellow hairs ; eyes coarsely facetted ; palpi as long as 

 antennae. Prothorax convex, longer than broad, narrowed anteriorly, 

 about half as wide as the elytra, impunctate ; with a curved basal im- 

 pression, and a few fine, yellowish hairs. Elytra at their base as wide 

 as the thorax, considerably but gradually dilated posteriorly, much 

 longer than the thorax ; each elytron bears a well-marked sutural, and 

 two less obvious discoidal striae, the inner well-defined at the base, and 

 neither quite straight ; the discoidal clothing, consisting of fine, pallid, 

 semi-erect hairs, is confined to the striae and marginal line, and the 

 apical portion is densely fringed with fine yellow pubescence. Hind 

 body somewhat infuscate, sparingly clothed with distinct, short, yellowish 

 hairs, most closely distributed on the margins and extremity. 



Length, nearly i line. 



This species resembles P. pauper, but is smaller. I have one 

 mutilated individual, which I found near Whangarei Harbour. 



