834 COLEOPTERA 



Length, i J lines ; breadth, f . 



I found one at Woodhill, near the Waitakerei Eange. 



NOTE. It is just possible that the name Rhytinotus, applied to 

 No. 364, may be objected to as being too near Bytinota ; the name 

 Edalus is therefore substituted. 



Group LATHRIDIIDJE. 



Lathridius (p. 232). 



1483. L. bifoveatuS, n.s. Sub-oblong, sub-depressed, shining, 

 sparingly clothed with minute grey hairs ; head, thorax, base and 

 margins of elytra, rufo-fuscous ; legs and antennae reddish, club infus- 

 cate, tarsi fulvous. 



Head as broad as thorax, more or less punctate, with two linear 

 elevations extending from the base of the antennae to the back part 

 of the eyes ; these latter large, prominent, with distinct facets. 

 Antenna as long as head and thorax, rather stout, basal joint large 

 and swollen ; second much smaller, not much longer but stouter than 

 third ; joints 3-6 moderately elongate and about equal, seventh and 

 eighth nearly quadrate; club tri-articulate, pubescent, the middle 

 joint transverse, the terminal largest. Prothorax longer than broad, 

 marginated laterally, a little contracted before the base ; uneven, 

 with a deep basal depression appearing to consist of three transverse 

 foveae, a dorsal channel, and two median foveae ; punctate. Scu- 

 tellum small. Elytra oblong, nearly twice the breadth and thrice 

 the length of the thorax, finely margined, humeral angles broadly 

 rounded; with two depressions behind the base, each with eight or 

 nine punctured striae. Legs moderately long; tibia slightly arcuated 

 externally ; tarsi slender, shorter than tibiae, basal joint shorter than 

 second, the apical longer than the preceding two taken together. 



May be easily separated from Nos. 409, 410, and 412 by the 

 absence .of elytra! costae. 



Length, f line ; breadth, f nearly. 



Described from one example sent from. Taieri by Mr. S. W. 

 Fulton. 



OBS. White stated his L. antipodum (No. 409) was closely 

 allied to Professor Nest wood's L. nodifer, which species seems to 

 have been removed to a new genus (Coninomus), the characters of 

 which are unknown to me. It is just possible that my L. sculptu- 

 ratus may prove to be White's species, and, probably, synonymous 

 with Coninomus nodifer. My specimen (No. 410) is remarkable for 

 the dilatation of the hind tibiae, with a deep notch at the inner 

 extremity. 



No. 413 must be removed to Corticaria. 



1484. L. castaneus, n.s. Elongate, oblong, sub-depressed, 

 moderately glossy, rufo-castaneous ; tibiae, tarsi, and antennae testa- 

 ceous ; sparsely clothed with excessively minute yellow hairs. 



Head not dilated laterally, sub-oblong, sides nearly straight, 

 obsoletely bi-carinate, rather roughly sculptured; eyes small, not 



