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oculis minutis ; prosterni processu apice depressiusculo, minus producto. 



Long, corp., 2\ mm. 



At first sight this would be thought a pale form of M. crassus, but 

 examination shows it to be very different. The head is distinctly 

 punctured, but the thorax is shining and impunctate, and the sculpture 

 of the elytra consists only of some rows of very obsolete punctures. 

 The form of the prosternal process and the abortive eyes will readily 

 lead to the recognition of this species. 



Four specimens were recently sent me from Tairua by Captain 

 Broun. 



NOTE. In my four remaining specimens, the thorax is darkest in 

 colour, and is very finely and remotely punctured, and the elytral 

 punctation is distinct. 



658. M. crinaliS, n.s. This form is intermediate between M. 

 batesi and M. crassus ; being shorter and relatively broader than the 

 former, more oblong and less convex than the latter, and may be at 

 once distinguished from either by the differences of sculpture and 

 clothing. Head coarsely but not very closely punctured ; eyes moder- 

 ate. Thorax rather large, transverse, convex, narrowed and a little 

 rounded from behind the middle, at which point it is widest, and from 

 thence sinuated towards the hind angles ; its surface bears a moderately 

 coarse but not close or deep punctation, which is more remote and 

 nearly obsolete on the dorsal space, so that it seems quite smooth. 

 Scutellum punctate. Elytra obovate, moderately convex, not much 

 more elevated than the thorax, but wider than it, the lateral margins 

 projecting beyond the posterior angles of the thorax (a character not 

 observable in the other species known to me) ; they are scarcely 

 striated, the moderately coarse punctures are arranged in lines, and the 

 interstices bear a more or less distinct punctation. 



The body is of a moderately shining pitchy-red, and the legs and 

 antennae are reddish. 



The body is clothed with fine pallid hairs. 



Length, 2 lines ; breadth, nearly i line. 



I found two examples at Parua, near Whangarei Harbour. 



659. M. CraSSUS, Sharp; Entom. Mon. Mag., Sept., 1876. 

 Breviter ovalis, sat nitidus, nudus, nigro-piceus, elytrorum apice, antennis, 

 pedibusque dilutioribus ; vage punctatus, elytris parcius sub-punctato- 

 striatis. 



Long, corp., 3 mm. 



Closely allied to M. batesi, but much smaller, and with the elytra 

 shorter and more convex, and their punctation more sparing, and more 

 distinctly arranged in lines ; the general characters are, however, very 

 similar to those of that species. 



This species was also sent by Mr. Lawson from Auckland. 



660. M. dllbius, n.s. This species is quite of the same form as 

 M. crassus, so far as I can judge by its description, but may be at once 

 identified by its larger size and the different punctation of the elytra. 



