OF NEW ZEALAND. 767 



With the exception of P. simplex and P. ellipticus the New Zea- 

 land species exhibit a truncate elytral base ; in the present one the 

 base is emarginate, with the shoulders dentate and porrected, and 

 consequently conspicuous. 



Length, if lines ; breadth, nearly f line. 



From the same locality as P. rufescens. 



FAMILY CUCUJIPES. 

 Group-PASSANDRID^l . 



Jugular piece strongly developed, concealing the maxillae. Ligula 

 strongly bi-lobed among the greater number. Antenna filiform, or 

 nearly so. Tarsi pentamerous in both sexes, the basal articulation 

 frequently very small. 



Chaetosoma. 



Westwood. 



Lacord. ; Hist, des Ins. Coleop., Tom. n., p. 399. 

 Mentum strongly transversal, considerably sloped anteriorly, 

 rounded laterally. Projecting jugular piece absent. Ligula deeply 

 cleft, so as to form two narrow lobes, ciliated in front. Lobes of 

 the maxilla broad, ciliated at the extremity ; the external longer 

 than the inner. Last joint of the labial palpi oval, arched and 

 obliquely truncated at apex ; that of the maxillary gradually 

 thickened and obtuse at the end. Mandibles prominent, robust, 

 trigonal, feebly arched apically, bi-dentate inwardly. Labrum short, 

 sinuated, with rounded angles. Head rather long, as broad as 

 thorax. Eyes moderate, rounded. Antenna elongate, filiform, 

 clothed with long hairs ; basal joint short, sub-globose, second very 

 short, joints 3-10 about equal, each rather slender at base, eleventh 

 sub-ovate. Prothorax quadrate, about the same width as elytra. 

 Elytra elongate, parallel, humeral angles prominent. Legs moderate, 

 femora stout ; tibia slightly and gradually dilated ; tarsi with four 

 short basal joints, ciliated below, fifth large ; claws thickened at base. 

 Body elongate, parallel, sub-depressed, clothed with rather long 

 hairs. 



1360. C. SCaritideS, Westwood. Parallel elongate, rather 

 plane, shining, bearing erect longish hairs, pitchy-black; legs and 

 four elytral spots (two basal, two apical) rufescent. 



Head (excluding the mandibles) quadrate, about as broad as but 

 shorter than thorax, epistome smooth, occiput closely punctured, the 

 front with linear impressions, eyes prominent. Prothorax nearly 

 square, slightly narrowed towards the base, marginated ; its punc- 

 tures oblong, closest on the dorsum, longer and more distant on the 

 sides, with a smooth space on each side of the middle. Scutellum 

 oblong, smooth. Elytra arcuated at base, with rows of punctures, 

 coarsest near the sides. Sternum blackish ; abdomen infuscate-red. 



The above describes a specimen recently sent me by Mr. Sydney 

 W. Fulton, Outram, Otago, and agrees with remarks appended by 

 Lacordaire to the generic diagnosis. I have not seen Professor West- 



