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rather shining. Prothorax rather long, longer than broad, widest at 

 the middle ; the front angles oblique, raised and denticulate ; the sides 

 are rounded at the middle and obliquely narrowed posteriorly ; the side 

 margins are indistinct and bent inwards to form a fine curved carina 

 just in front of the base, which is truncate and margined ; there is the 

 dorsal depression with its smooth central space as in C. brevicornes ; the 

 punctures on the middle are large, shallow and remote, those on the 

 sides being smaller and congregated, but not at all rugose ; the surface 

 is nearly destitute of pubescence, and has a much smoother appearance 

 than that of the preceding species. Elytra elongate, each with a 

 scutellar and nine other punctured striae ; the interstices are rather 

 broad and flat, and very finely punctulated ; the sculpture becomes 

 indistinct towards the apex, and the surface is sparsely clothed with 

 rather bright yellow hairs. The posterior tibia are distinctly arcuated, 

 and serrated on the inner edge. 



Length, nearly 3 lines. 



I found one example at Whangarei Heads. The structural charac- 

 ters are similar to those of C. brevicornes > but the antennae are stouter, 

 and the form of the thorax and hind tibia is different. 



389. C. SUturaliS, White; Voy. Er. Terr., Ins., p. 18. Sub- 

 depressed, elongate, testaceous, in some specimens nearly pure pale- 

 yellow, the head reddish, legs pale-yellow ; on each elytron the suture to 

 beyond the middle is fuscous, with an abbreviated transverse fascia of 

 the same colour behind. Head very finely and rather closely punctured, 

 with a distinctly impressed line near each side. Thorax oblong, the 

 sides margined and nearly straight, but a little narrowed posteriorly : 

 base constricted and a little depressed, but without the curved carina of 

 the previously described species ; the disc is slightly convex, with an 

 indistinct depression behind, and the entire surface is very finely punc- 

 tured. Elytra elongate, with closely punctured striae, which are not so 

 pale as the apparently smooth interstices. Femora dilated, tibia straight 

 and rather dilated towards the apex. The antenna are robust and 

 pubescent, the second joint not greatly abbreviated ; they are of a reddish- 

 testaceous colour, except the eighth, ninth, and tenth joints, which are 

 infuscate. 



Length, 2 lines. 



Described from specimens in my own collection ; these were found 

 at Auckland and Whangarei Heads, but I only found one at Tairua, so 

 that it appears as if the species does not occur much further south than 

 Auckland. It is identical with Wollaston's C. musce. 



390. C. lateritia, n.s. Elongate, sub-depressed ; obscure pale 

 red, sparingly and very finely pilose, the head and thorax nearly nude. 

 Head sub-oblong, not so wide as thorax, narrowed in front, abruptly 

 constricted behind, and densely punctate and rugose ; labrum trans- 

 verse ; eyes prominent. The prothorax bell-shaped, is much longer 

 than it is broad, the sides serrate, incurved anteriorly towards the sub- 

 acute large protuberant front angles, which are directed outwards 



