624 COLEOPTERA 



not attaining the base, and two rows of punctures behind near the suture 

 indicating striae, as do two others near the side ; the basal half is rather 

 finely (but more coarsely than thorax) punctured almost in rows, the 

 apical half has the punctation arranged in distinct rows, and these rows 

 are less coarsely impressed than the space near the side. Legs stout, 

 and clothed with fine yellow hairs. The fourth antennal joint is a good 

 deal longer than the third. 



Length, ij, breadth, f line. 



Described from one example found at Tairua. 



1094. 0. SUbseneilS, n.s. Very similar to C. jucundus ; the head 

 almost smooth, not perceptibly punctured; thorax broad, finely margined, 

 rounded laterally, the front angles depressed, so that the front part of 

 the thorax seems narrower than it really is ; the discoidal punctation is 

 fine and elongate, and it becomes less dense towards the margins. 

 Elytra obovate, margined ; from the apex there arise a fine sutural and 

 four other striae, the outer ones coarsest, those nearest the suture scarcely 

 reach the middle, where each assumes the form of two or three rows of 

 punctures, so that the basal portion of the elytra seems to be punctured 

 in rows ; their shoulders are a little elevated and the raised part is quite 

 smooth, but behind the shoulders the sides are coarsely and rugosely 

 punctured, so as to appear covered with tubercular elevations. 



The body is bronzy-green, with the head infuscate-red, legs yellowish, 

 and the antennae testaceous, but the colouration is variable, so that I 

 recognise two distinct varieties ; in one, the humeral region is testaceous ; 

 in the other, the thorax and elytra are more or less reddened. 



Length, if ; breadth, line. 



I found this species at Tairua. 



1095. 0. SClllptuS, n.s. Testaceous, reddish along the back. Head 

 sparingly punctured. Prothorax broad, margined, regularly rounded 

 laterally, the base bisinuated, with its surface very closely and somewhat 

 rugosely punctured. Elytra rather long, obovate, the shoulders slightly 

 raised and smooth ; the punctation of the basal is coarser but not so 

 close as that of the thorax, the apical sculpture consists of more or less 

 distinct punctured strise, which, however, become obsolete near the 

 middle, and the punctures on the sides are very much coarser than they 

 are elsewhere. Resembles C. subceneus in form, but easily distinguished 

 by the sculpture of the thorax and elytra, and by the rather large basal 

 joint of the middle tarsi. 



Length, i \ ; breadth, f line. 



I have four specimens, which I found at Tairua. 



1096. C. merus, n.s. Body of a pale brownish colour (in one 

 example the thorax is somewhat bronzed), with the legs and antennae 

 yellowish. Head nearly smooth, with two oblique lines converging 

 behind, where there is a linear depression. Thorax transverse, apex 

 subtruncate, the base slightly curved, finely margined, with the sides 

 regularly rounded ; the punctures are elongate, those on the dorsal space 



