COLEOPTERA 



latiore, utrinque valde rotundato, apice quam basi duplo angustiore ; 

 elytris seriatim punctatis, punctis approximatis, juxta apicem sat subito 

 deflexis ; pedibus parce setulosis. 



Long., 2 f lin. 



Pitt's Island ; Wellington. 



769. C. maritima, n.s. Sub-ovate : convex, pale rufo-fuscous, 

 clothed with minute white scales and bristles. Rostrum short, thick, 

 its sides piceous. Antenna ferruginous, sparingly pilose ; the two basal 

 joints of the funiculus of about equal length, the second the more 

 slender, seventh larger than those preceding, club distinct, oval. 

 Thorax large, rather broad, the sides rounded, somewhat narrowed 

 towards the apex, hind angles quite obsolete ; it is a little constricted in 

 front, so that the surface at that part is impressed with a transverse line ; 

 the disc bears a faintly-impressed dorsal line, and a rounded depression 

 near the middle, about midway between the dorsal line and the side 

 margin ; it is apparently impunctate. The elytra are short, and broader 

 than the thorax, somewhat cordate, with oblique shoulders, the sides 

 immediately behind them being curvedly explanated ; the sides are 

 rounded gradually and narrowed towards the apex, which is a little pro- 

 duced in the female, but more so in the other sex ; each elytron bears 

 seven very superficial striae, the punctation is very indistinct ; they are 

 clothed with white scales, the scales on the dorsal portion being a little 

 darker in colour. The legs are clothed like the rest of the body, with 

 the addition of white hairs. 



Length, $ , *\ ; $ , 3 lines. 

 I found one pair, at Tairua. 



770. C. brevipenne, n.s. This species bears a strong resem- 

 blance to C. maritima, but it is well differentiated from the female of 

 that species, its most nearly allied form, by the more elongate antennal 

 club; its more transverse thorax, not at all produced in front, nor con- 

 stricted ; its regularly rounded sides, the absence of the discoidal and 

 apical lines and medial foveae ; the shoulders of the elytra are less 

 oblique and scarcely explanated behind, they are very abruptly deflexed 

 posteriorily, and the suture near the middle is perceptibly elevated. 



Length, 3^ lines. 



I am indebted to Mr. T. F. Cheeseman for a mutilated specimen, 

 the only one I have seen. 



Group-CYLINDRORHINIDJE. 



The under-mentum furnished with a short and broad peduncle. Man- 

 dibles very short, pincer-like. Rostrum at least longer than the head, 

 rather robust, more or less dilated and entire at the extremity, nearly 

 always rounded at the angles ; its scrobes complete and somewhat pro- 

 found in front, but superficial behind. Antenna rather long, somewhat 

 stout ; the funiculus seven-jointed ; club elongate or oblong-oval. Eyes 

 transversal. Prothorax with ocular lobes. Tibia unarmed, or briefly 

 mucronated at the extremity; tarsi moderately broad, spongy underneath. 



