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gate frontal depression, and a larger one behind at each side, the surface 

 rather uneven and punctate. Elytra ovate, widest just behind the 

 middle, with the shoulders a little elevated ; they are distinctly depressed 

 along the suture between the base and the middle, are moderately 

 coarsely punctured, and quite free from striae. 



Length, nearly f line. 



I found one or two at Tairua. 



417. C. Mrtalis, n.s. Convex, robust, fuscous, legs testaceous. 

 Antenna about as long as head and thorax, the two basal joints robust, 

 joints three to eight small, the latter not perceptibly larger than the 

 seventh, club elongate, loosely jointed. Head coarsely, but not very 

 deeply or closely punctured. Thorax about as long as broad, rounded 

 laterally, sub-ovate, not cordate, punctured in the same way as the head, 

 and with three distinct foveae near the base, one on the middle, and one 

 near each side. Elytra ovate, punctate, the punctation almost 

 arranged in regular lines, though somewhat rugose near the base ; they 

 are clothed with short pale hairs, which are very distinctly disposed in 

 lines, with a short interval between the hairs. 



Length, nearly f line. 



I found this species some years ago at Auckland, and quite recently 

 one or two specimens near Whangarei Harbour. 



418. C. finitimilS, n.s. This species so closely resembles C. 

 hirtalis that a careful examination will be necessary to distinguish one 

 from the other ; the size, form and sculpture are almost identical, but in 

 this species the head is not so broad behind, there is an obvious trans- 

 verse depression along the base of the thorax, and the legs and antennae 

 are testaceous. 



Length, nearly f line. 



I found some specimens at Whangarei Heads. 



419. C. variegata, n.s. Similar in form to C. fasciata, of a 

 brownish-testaceous colour, with piceous spots on the elytra, those 

 behind forming an interrupted fascia not reaching the suture, two small 

 spots on the middle close to the suture, which is reddish, and a larger 

 one behind each shoulder ; the body is clothed with rather long pale- 

 yellow hairs, and the legs are a little paler and clearer than the body. 

 The head and thorax are coarsely punctured, the latter is about as long 

 as it is broad, a little contracted behind the middle, with a somewhat 

 interrupted dorsal furrow, and a large depression near each side behind. 

 Scutellum large, rounded behind. Elytra ovate, a little depressed near 

 the base, and punctured so as to form almost regular rows. 



Length, nearly f line. 



I found one mutilated individual near Whangarei Heads. 



420. C. discoidea, n.s. Piceous, with the basal half of the elytra 

 testaceous ; thorax sparingly clothed with very fine not very perceptible 

 pubescence, the elytra with longish pallid hairs. 



