6l6 COLEOPTERA 



basal joint of antenna and femora grey, with small black spots, other 

 joints of antennae yellow at base and dusky at the tips ; tibia and tarsi 

 yellowish. 



Length, 7 lines. 



New Zealand (Capt. Parry). 



JSfoTE. I have not seen this insect. White called it Lamia (Amnis- 

 cus ?) flavipes. I have placed it with Pcecilippe. 



Diastamerus. 



Redtenbacher ; Voy. Nov., Zool. 



Corpus breve, depressum. Frons parva, concava, tuberculis anten- 

 nalibus fere nullis. Oculi reniformes, tenue granulati. Antenna 

 distantes, corpore longiores, subtus fimbriatse, n -articulate, articulo 

 primo leviter clavato, apice supermarginal, thoracis medium attingente. 

 Mandibulce, parum prominentes, villosse, labro transverse, vix emarginato 

 pro parte obtectse. Palpi breves, filiformes. Thorax transversus, 

 lateribus utrinque bituberculatis. Scutellum transversum, apice rotun- 

 datum. Elytra latitudine vix duplo longiora, depressa, humeris latis, 

 rectangulis, apicem versus sensim angustata, apice conjunctim rotundata. 

 Pedes breves, validi, anteriores basi distantes, acetabulis anticis rotunda- 

 tis, femoribus clavatis. 



NOTE. Mr. Bates adds : " The intermediate tibiae are without 

 notch, the claws divaricate, and the pro- and mesosterna broad and 

 plane, with a declivity on their opposing extremities. The genus is very 

 distinct, and approaches the Hebesecintz in its chief characters, with some 

 resemblance to Ranova and Tetradia. 



1084. D. tomentOSUS, Redten. ; Voy. Nov. Zool. Piceo-niger, 

 dense albo-cinereo tomentosus, antennis, articulo primo excepto, tibiis- 

 que testaceis, maculis duabus thoracis, tuberculis tribus basalibus in 

 singulo elytra fasciisque quatuor longitudinalibus abdominis flavo 

 tomentosis. 



Long., 6| x 3 lin. 



NOTE. I found this species at Whangarei, and also received a 

 specimen from Mr. J. Buchanan, F.L.S., who obtained it at Wellington. 



Tympanopalpus. 



Redtenbacher ; Voy. Nov., Zool. 



Corpus elongatum, crassum, cylindricum. Frons verticalis, parva, 

 antice angustata, tuberculis antennalibus magnis, approximatis et ex- 

 trorsum curvatis. Oculi reniformes, parte inferiori multo majori tenue 

 granulati. Antenna n-articulatse corporis longitudinis, articulo primo 

 magno, cylindrico, thoracis medium attingente, apice distincte emargina- 

 to, secundo brevissimo, tertio primo breviore et multo tenuiore, sequen- 

 tibus filiformibus longitudine subaequalibus. Palpi articulo ultimo 

 magno, breviter conico, apice recte truncato, tympaniformi. Thorax 



