698 COLEOPTERA 



remainder inclining to become linear. Antennae inserted between the 

 middle and apex of the snout. Prothorax about as long as broad, large ; 

 widely but not deeply incurved at the middle of its base ; a little out- 

 wardly curved beyond, so as to be closely adapted to the elytra; the 

 sides behind are nearly straight, are narrowed towards the front, but not 

 constricted ; its surface presents an even slope without any irregularities, 

 and is closely and coarsely punctured. Elytra oviform, closely applied 

 to the thorax, their humeral angles slightly overlapping the thorax, 

 gradually narrowed and declivous posteriorly ; each bears seven or eight 

 striae with quadrate punctures in them ; interstices plane, with a row of 

 minute punctures rather remote from one another. Legs setose. 



The structure of the lower parts of the body corresponds with the 

 diagnosis of the genus : indeed, I at first intended that this should be the 

 type, under the belief that two species only existed. Notwithstanding 

 differences in form, I do not see sufficient reason to exclude it from 

 Ariphron. 



Length (rost. excl.), i-|; breadth, quite f line. 



I found two individuals in the forests near Whangarei Harbour. 



Cecyropa (P. 437)- 



1228. C. alba, n.s. Body obscure-red, densely covered with de- 

 pressed, perfectly white scales, intermingled with fine, short setae. 



Antennae rather long, scape squamose and hirsute; the funiculus 

 shining, dark red, sparsely clothed with white hairs, and with the second 

 joint but little shorter than the first ; club pubescent, ovate. Head and 

 rostrum scaly. Prothorax convex, transversal, widest behind the middle, 

 considerably rounded laterally, abruptly narrowed behind, gradually 

 towards the front, where it is a little constricted ; it exhibits no apparent 

 sculpture except a fine dorsal line. The elytra are almost of the same 

 width as the thorax, only a trifle broader, cordiform, with oblique 

 shoulders, somewhat prominent just behind the intermediate femora, 

 and from thence gradually narrowed, and obtusely pointed behind ; they 

 seemed to be without striae, but, when looked at from the shoulder, broad 

 obsolete grooves may be discerned, and in them are placed seven regular 

 rows of distinct punctures, another distinct only near the shoulder, and 

 some external rows ; the fine setse are confined to the interstices. The 

 legs are clothed in the same way as the body. 



The insect may be readily distinguished by its pure white clothing, 

 thoracic dorsal groove, and regular elytral punctation. 



Length (rost. excl.), 2 lines; breadth, quite i. 



I detected one individual only, amongst the loose shell-sand at 

 Marsden Point, Whangarei Harbour. 



1229. C. varia, n.s. Form precisely similar to C. alba; dull 

 reddish-brown, squamose. Antenna dark red, scape squamose; funi- 

 culus glossy, hairy, and with its second joint hardly shorter than the first. 

 Head and rostrum covered with yellowish-grey scales. 



Prothorax with a fine discoidal line, clothed in a similar manner to 

 the head, but having an elongate frontal space on each side of the 

 middle, and two near each side, all more or less irregular in shape, 

 covered with infuscate scales. Elytra broadly but indistinctly striate, 



