766 COLEOPTERA 



Coxelus (p. 195)- 



J 357' C. darUS, n.s. Bright, liead and thorax red, elytra 

 and antennas ferruginous, legs rufo-testaceous ; clothed with fine 

 elongate setae. 



Head granulated, with fine erect yellow setae. Prothorax rather 

 broader than long, moderately and gradually narrowed towards the 

 base, lateral margins rather broad, closely dentated and fringed with 

 yellow setae ; granulated above, with an elongate dorsal depression 

 and five others, the two near the base largest, the smallest in front 

 of the scutellum, the remaining two before the middle. Elytra 

 oblong, sides and apex nearly vertical, the edges rough, like the 

 thorax, broadly impressed near the middle ; their sculpture consists 

 of numerous rows of coarse punctures. Antenna rather short, club 

 well limited. Legs stout, clothed with yellow hairs. 



In C. robitstus there is scarcely any thoracic depression ; C. 

 dubius has a dorsal impression ; and C. similis, if I am right in 

 judging my specimen to represent that species accurately, has four 

 or five indistinct impressions. The setae with which this species is 

 clothed are slender, and of a bright yellow, the legs bearing hairs : 

 in this respect it differs from all the other species, they having 

 fuscous setae intermingled with the greyish or pallid ones. 



Length, if lines; breadth, \ line. 



Hab., Parua. I have only one individual in my collection. 



Group PYCNOMERIDJE. 



Pycnomerus (P. 208). 



1358. P. rufescens, n.s. Nitid red, elytra paler than thorax. 



Head rather coarsely but not densely punctured, with large and 

 deep frontal foveae. Prothorax longer than broad, gradually nar- 

 rowed towards the base, feebly bi-irnpressed on the disc and near the 

 middle of each side, moderately coarsely and distantly punctured, 

 but with the more elevated spaces so sparingly punctured as to seem 

 nearly smooth. Elytra coarsely punctate-striate. Legs long and 

 robust. Antenna short, their terminal joint distinctly marked off 

 from the penultimate. 



Larger than P. minor ; distinguished at once by the sparsely 

 punctate thorax, longer legs, and difference in antennal structure. 



Length, if lines ; breadth, \ line. 



My specimen was found near Whangarei Harbour. 



I 359- P. basalts, n.s. Sub-parallel, shining, dark-red. 



Head somewhat quadrate, punctate, deeply bi-foveate. Prothorax 

 oblong, very gradually narrowed posteriorly, indistinctly impressed 

 on the dorsum, moderately coarsely punctured, three linear dorsal 

 spaces somewhat more remotely. Scutellum obsolete. Elytra elon- 

 gate, oviform, coarsely punctate-striate, their humeral angles promi- 

 nent. Legs stout, anterior tibiae distinctly ciliated inwardly with 

 short yellow hairs. Antenna normal, club obviously bi-articulate. 



