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335. U. asper, Sharp; Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., July, 1876. U. 

 piceo-ferrugineus, marginibus dilutioribus, antennis pedibusque rufis ; 

 oblongus, sub-depressus ; prothoracis lateribus trilobatis, lobis duobus 

 posterioribus angustis, et bene separatis ; elytris crebre asperatis, ante 

 apicem tuberculis nonnullis sat elevatis. 



Long, corp., 3^ mm. 



Antennce, including the club, red. Thorax transversely convex, 

 with the surface rough, and showing some indistinct depressions ; the 

 front angles acute and prominent ; at the sides in the middle is a broad 

 and deep indentation, and in front of the hind angles there is a second 

 rather smaller indentation ; the part separating these two indentations is 

 narrow ; and the third or posterior lateral lobe is, though very promi- 

 nent, very narrow. The elytra are pitchy in colour, with the base and 

 the margins pitchy ; their surface is very dull, and is densely covered 

 with very rough granules, and a little before the apex there are three or 

 four not very distinct tubercles on each ; the lateral margin is finely and 

 densely serrated. The legs are entirely red ; and the under surface is 

 nearly destitute of any pubescence or scales. 



This species in its form resembles Tarphiomimus indentatus, Woll. ; 

 but it cannot be associated with that species on account of the minute 

 basal joints of the tarsi. It much resembles a small Endophlceus 

 spinosulus ; and, as in that species, the surface on its protected parts is 

 covered with a peculiar pale exudation. 



Tairua. A single individual sent by Capt. Broun. 



336. U. integer, Sharp; Ent. Mon. Mag., April, 1877. Ob- 

 longus, piceus, supra fusco griseoque variegatus ; prothorace inaequali sed 

 haud noduloso, elytrorum latitudine, lateribus rotundatis, in medio 

 tantum obsoletissime excisis; elytris densius vestitis, haud vel vix 

 nodulosis ; antennis tibiisque rufis, illis clava nigricante, his squamulis 

 griseis et fuscis vestitis. 



Long, corp., vix 4 mm. 



This species is intermediate between U. viridipictus and U. law- 

 soni, Woll. ; it differs from the former by its less nodulose elytra, and 

 the almost interrupted curve of the side of the thorax, and from the 

 latter by its thorax being less narrowed in front, its more uneven upper 

 surface, the broader club of its antennae, and its clothed and variegated 

 tibiae. 



The only individual I have seen was given me by Mr. C. M. Wake- 

 field, and was found, I believe, at Christchurch. 



337. U. lawsoni, Wollaston. (Tarphiomimetes). This insect is 

 unknown to me by description or otherwise. Dr. Sharp, who refers to 

 it (Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., July, 1876, /. 18), says: "This species 

 may also be at present classed in the genus Ulonotus, though it is 

 aberrant, from the sides of the thorax being without notches." 



338. U. aberrans, n.s. Rather elongate and narrow, slightly 

 convex, variegated ; the general ground-colour in one specimen is testa- 



