OF NEW ZEALAND. l8l 



at the sides, but become quite fine towards the middle. Scutellum 

 rather densely clothed with pale pubescence. Elytra elongate, each 

 with about eighteen series of punctures, and with a very few fine and 

 indistinct hairs. Under surface rather finely punctured, legs red. 



Riccarton, found by Mr. Wakefield ; also from Dunedin a consider- 

 ably larger specimen, which presents some slight differences, so that it 

 may possibly belong to a distinct species. 



Grynoma. 



Sharp ; Ent. Mon. Mag., April, 1877. 



The chief characters are : Antenncz small and slender, ten-jointed, 

 with a long and slender tri-articulate club ; maxillary palpi with the 

 terminal joint very large, securiform. Head much smaller than the 

 thorax, eyes moderately prominent ; thorax strongly transverse, with its 

 sides a little explanate ; prosternal process so narrow that the coxae are 

 almost contiguous. Tibia entirely unarmed ; tarsi with the terminal 

 joint large in proportion to the others, the claws thickened at the base, 

 but not dentate. The position of the following species in Reitter's 

 arrangement would be I judge between Pelonyxa and Neaspis. 



322. G. fllSCa, Sharp ; Ent. Mon. Mag., April, 1877. Depressa, 

 subopaca, fuscula, antennis pedibusque fusco-testaceis, pube albido 

 micante sparsim vestita, elytris obsolete ferrugineo-variegatis, setis tenui- 

 bus erectis adspersis ; prothorace minus distincte punctato, valde trans- 

 verso ; dytris punctis magnis et profundis, interstitiis angustis. 



Long., 4 mm. ; lat, 2 mm. 



Antennce small and slender, the two basal joints paler than the 

 others. Head much narrower than the thorax, closely and indistinctly 

 punctured. Thorax very strongly transverse, a little narrower than the 

 elytra, very slightly emarginate in front, so that the front angles are 

 very indistinct and scarcely at all prominent ; hind angles also very 

 indistinct ; its punctation coarse but very obsolete, and nearly wanting 

 along the middle ; it is of a smoky colour, becoming yellowish at the 

 margins, and bears fine not very distinct hairs. Elytra densely covered 

 with coarse punctures, and bearing a fine white pubescence, which at 

 the margins is rather long ; and also with some upright fine hairs; they 

 are of a smoky colour, but are very indistinctly variegated with reddish 

 or yellowish spots. Legs smoky-yellow. 



Christchurch, found by Mr. Wakefield. 



323. G. diluta, Sharp; Ent. Mon. Mag., April, 1877. Depressa, 

 subtus fusco-testacea, supra magis testacea; elytris pube argentea irregu- 

 lariter vestita, setisque erectis tenuibus minus conspicuis, fortiter puncta- 

 tis, interstitiis lads ; prothorace obsolete punctato. 



Long., 4j mm. ; lat, 2\ mm. 



This species is very closely allied to G. fusca, but is paler in colour, 

 anJ has the punctures of the* elytra much less dense, their silvery 



