784 COLEOPTERA 



Length, if lines ; breadth aearly f line. 



Habitat, Port Nicholson Collected by Mr. P. Stewart- 

 Sandager. 



Group CLERIDJE. 



Phymatophaea (p. 334)- 



I 397- P. ignea, n. s. Shining, moderately elongate ; head 

 and thorax rufescent, the legs and base of elytra reddish-testaceous ; 

 four spots and extremity of elytra, and all save the dilated parts of 

 the antennae, testaceous ; tarsi blackish, middle of elytra violaceous ; 

 sparingly clothed with long, erect, fuscous and griseous hairs. 



Head moderately coarsely but not densely punctured. Prothorax 

 constricted anteriorly, dilated laterally behind the middle, a little 

 uneven, impunctate. Elytra broader than thorax, sub-parallel, 

 very obtusely rounded behind, humeral angles oblique and a little 

 raised, elevated near the suture close to the base, the yellowish 

 spots immediately behind the basal protuberance also somewhat 

 elevated, but in a less degree ; a few scattered punctures may be 

 seen near the base, some very indistinct strise beyond, and a large 

 shallow depression near each hind thigh. Antennce elongate, the 

 basal joints of the club at least twice as long as broad, the terminal 

 somewhat obliquely and obtusely pointed. 



In form like P. violacea, but with longer antennae, &c. 



Length, 3^ lines ; breadth, -| line. 



My specimen was found near Dunedin, by Mr.T. Chalmers. 



Group CISSID^l. 



Cis (p. 346). 



1398. C. reCUrvatUS, n.s. Cylindrical, slightly shining, 

 blackish, legs reddish-chestnut, antennae fulvous, club fuscous and 

 opaque ; clothed with the short pallid setae. 



Head rather dull, with dense minute sculpture; the antero- 

 lateral margins gradually elevated inwardly from the eyes towards 

 the middle, where there is an evident gap. Prothorax about as long 

 as broad, base feebly bi-sinuated, somewhat rounded laterally, its 

 apex with two slightly recurved protuberances, much smaller than 

 those on the head ; its surface moderately punctated, the interstices 

 minutely sculptured. Elytra as finely punctured as the thorax, but 

 with smooth shining intervals between the punctures. Legs 

 moderate. Palpi stout, the terminal joint of the maxillary not 

 acuminate. Antenna lo-articulate, basal joint robust, second also 

 stout but not so thick as the first, third elongate and slender, fourth 

 of the same form as the preceding one but shorter; joints 4-7 

 decrease in length ; club loosely articulated, pubescent, last joint 

 oval, the other two more or less rounded. Underside blackish. 



Female without protuberances on head or thorax ; those on 

 the latter distinguish the male of this species. 



Length, f| line ; breadth, nearly f . 



Habitat, Wellington. Collector, Mr. P. Stewart- Sandager. 



