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testaceous colour ; and on each elytron there are an oblique fascia near 

 the apex, two interrupted ones near the middle, and a transverse spot 

 nearer the front, piceous ; they are closely sculptured, with short pallid 

 scale-like hairs proceeding from the punctures. The legs are reddish, 

 the tarsi yellow, and the antenna testaceous, with an infuscate club. 



Length, IT line. 



I discovered one individual only, near Whangarei Harbour. 



635. C asperrimus, n.s. Sub-cylindrical, piceous, rather dull, 

 legs red, tarsi and antennae yellowish, the club of the latter fuscous. 

 Head nude, finely and somewhat rugosely sculptured, with the lateral 

 ridges sharply defined and following the form of the head. Thorax 

 rather large and convex, obtusely produced anteriorly, with slightly 

 rounded margined sides, very little narrowed in front and behind ; it is 

 finely and rugosely sculptured, with a small fovea near the scutellum ; 

 the front part is brownish, and it is sparingly clothed with fine pallid 

 hair-like scales. Elytra oblong, transversely convex, parallel-sided, 

 rather abruptly declivous behind, and scarcely narrower than the thorax; 

 their surface is rather rough, being rugosely sculptured, with indications 

 of roughened longitudinal lines ; their apical portion is reddish-brown, 

 with a sutural spot of the same pitchy colour as the rest of the surface. 



Length, f line. 



I found my specimen of this species at Whangarei Heads. 



636. C. COmuticepS, n.s. Body moderately shining black, quite 

 nude, the head and apex of thorax pitchy-red, legs red, tarsi and 

 antennae' yellowish, the antennal club fuscous. The head, instead of the 

 usual carinated edges, has two costae placed almost in line with the 

 eyes, between which they extend till they become almost contiguous, 

 they are greatly elevated and obtusely pointed, an obvious gap exists on 

 the middle, so that the head seems to bear two horn-like compressed 

 processes, which, when viewed from above, conceal the greater portion 

 of the forehead. Thorax convex, sub-conical, sides rounded, but very 

 imperceptibly narrowed behind, the base almost truncate and finely 

 margined ; its surface is densely finely and rugosely punctured, so as to 

 be less polished than the elytra; these are oblong, of the same width as 

 the thorax at the base, but a little wider behind ; they are a little 

 depressed near the scutellum, and again about mid-way between it and 

 the middle ; their surface is finely but not at all rugosely punctured, the 

 punctation being almost arranged in rows. The species somewhat 

 resembles C. mfulus. 



Length, nearly i line. 



Described from one individual, which I found near Whangarei Har- 

 bour. 



637. C. illllStriS, n.s. This is a very distinct elliptical form; red 

 in colour, with the sides of the prothorax and two contiguous spots 

 almost forming an abbreviated fascia near the middle of each elytron, 

 piceous ; the legs and basal joint of the antenna? are red, and rather 

 shining, the tarsi and antennae reddish-yellow. 



