446 COLEOPTERA 



other ; dub distinct, ovate, three-jointed, first and second cup-shaped, 

 third small, pointed. Prosternum slightly concave, but withB*pectoral 

 canal, rather short ; the meso- and metasterna very short ; abdomen with 

 a very large basal segment, much larger than the meso- and metasterna 

 conjointly, which, indeed, are scarcely larger than the second segment, 

 third and fourth excessively short, mere bands, and transversely grooved. 

 Coxa sub-cylindric, none prominent, widely separated, all placed near 

 the lateral margins, so that the hind pair are most remote ; the space 

 separating them from front to rear not much greater than the coxae 

 themselves. 



Legs robust, the femora slightly notched below near the apex but not 

 dentate ; tibia short and stout, armed with a small apical spur ; tarsi 

 short and broad, three-jointed, simple, the three conjointly oblong ; the 

 two basal joints somewhat cup-shaped, the third transverse and without 

 claws. 



Prothorax broader than long, with the base obliquely truncated 

 towards each side, its basal portion but little narrowed, the front portion 

 somewhat constricted and considerably narrowed. Scutellum invisible. 

 Elytra cordiform, the shoulders as wide as the base of the thorax, from 

 thence considerably widened, and abruptly narrowed towards the apex ; 

 the disc is comparatively flat, gradually and slightly elevated behind, 

 they are abruptly declivous posteriorly and deflexed laterally, but with- 

 out any dilatation of the epipleurae. Eyes ovate, coarsely facetted, not 

 prominent, situated at the base of the rostrum, rather above than on the 

 sides of the head. 



This is a very anomalous form ; it must, I think, be placed in 

 Lacordaire's Diabathrariides. 



785. G. insequaliS, n.s. Body piceous, almost dull; antenna 

 slender, reddish, with the club infuscate ; tibiae pitchy-red ; tarsi 

 red. Rostrum rough, somewhat elevated and compressed towards 

 the eyes. Prothorax uneven, depressed anteriorly, but with an indis- 

 tinctly elevated dorsal line separating the depression into two parts, it 

 is coarsely and irregularly punctured. Elytra with four discoidal inter- 

 rupted rows of large punctiform impressions, and several irregularly 

 distributed tubercular elevations behind. 



The body is nearly nude, but the legs bear some fine pallid hair-like 

 scales. The breast and basal segments of the abdomen are punctured. 



Length, i line ; breadth, J. 



I found this remarkable species amongst vegetable rubbish on the 

 ground near Whangarei Harbour. 



Group HYLOBIDXiE. 



Under-mentum with a more or less prominent peduncle. Mandibles 

 pincer-like, often somewhat projecting, dentate inwardly. Rostrum at 

 most moderately robust, rounded at the angles, or cylindrical; its scrobes 

 linear, profound, rectilinear, and oblique. Funiculus seven-jointed, the 

 seventh often continuous with the club. Eyes transversal. Prothorax 

 generally hollowed at its antero-inferior margin, bisinuated at its base. 



