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First joint of antennce rather longer and stouter than second, two to 

 four differing but little from one another, five and six each a little 

 shorter than its predecessor, seventh distinctly stouter than sixth and 

 quite as long as it, eighth narrower and much shorter than the adjoining 

 joints, ninth to eleventh similar to one another in breadth, and a little 

 broader than the seventh, the tenth about as long as broad. Thorax 

 broader than long, rounded at the sides, greatly narrowed towards the- 

 front, and sinuate behind the middle, so that the hind angles are well 

 marked right-angles, it is of a shining black colour, and bears a few 

 hairs, has a very deep channel on the middle which does not quite 

 reach to the front or base, a deep narrow basal fovea on each side, a 

 series of coarse punctures (those towards the front finer) along the side 

 margins, one or two other coarse basal punctures, and a few others, 

 scattered on the surface. Scutdlum moderately large. Elytra rather 

 rounded at the shoulders, which are a good deal broader than the base 

 of the thorax, rather densely clothed with a long, fine pubescence, and 

 with eight rows of coarse punctures, which are placed in depressed, not 

 well defined striae. Legs red. Tarsi slender, basal joint of hind tarsus 

 quite as long as the two following together, spurs of tibiae minute. 



Sent from Auckland by Mr. Lawson. 



OBS. I have at present before me only a single female of this very 

 remarkable species, which is intermediate in appearance between 

 Scydmcenus and Catops; I noted that a male which I formerly examined, 

 had the two basal joints of the front tarsi dilated, and a minute supple- 

 mental apical segment to the hind-body ; my recollection on this latter 

 )int is not very trustworthy. 



NOTE. I found this species, but sparingly, at Tairua and Whangarei 

 [eads, as well as at Auckland ; and I now possess a variety of a pale- 

 Ihestnut colour, which may, ultimately, be found to be a distinct 

 species. 



271. C. indiSCretllS, n.s. Antenna resembling those of C. thora- 

 in form, the two basal and three apical joints reddish, the interme- 

 diate fuscous ; the palpi and tarsi are rufous, and the rest of the body 

 shining piceous. Head indistinctly punctate. The thorax is convex, 

 rattier narrow, cordate, depressed anteriorly, and constricted near the 

 base, with almost rectangular posterior angles ; it bears a basal row of 

 punhtures and a few others near the sides, the disc being impunctate. 

 Thel elytra are moderately convex ; obovate, with obtusely rounded 

 shoulders, and much wider than the thorax; each elytron bears an 

 obvidus, impunctate, somewhat curved, sutural stria, and eight others, 

 which are rather indistinct, but coarsely punctured. 



The legs are elongate, the thighs inflated, the tibiae nearly straight 

 inwardly, but with an external curve. 



The body is more or less pilose, but the discoidal spaces of the 

 thorax and elytra are nearly nude. 



In the male the basal joint of the front tarsus is large, and strongly 

 dilated, the second not so much so, the third slightly ; the intermediate 

 tarsus is also dilated, but less so than the anterior ; the posterior is 

 elongate. 



