894 COLEOPTERA 



more narrowed anteriorly, side margins crenulate, the antennae 

 shorter and with a much broader club. 



Length, i^- lines ; breadth, f. 



Found by Mr. T. Chalrner near Dunedin. 



Group-SYNCHITIDJE. 



Ablabus (p. 183). 



1594. A. nodoSUS, n.s. Oblong, not elongate, convex, varie- 

 gate, legs and antennae infuscate-red. 



Head rufescent, granulated. Antenna short, the ninth articula- 

 tion but little larger than eighth. Prothorax much rounded in front, 

 deeply emarginate behind the eyes, its surface with numerous 

 granules and some irregular depressions and elevations ; its sides 

 explanate, with four lobes, the anterior largest with acute front 

 angles, second narrowed towards the extremity, third narrow, fourth 

 minute, forming the posterior angle ; disc infuscate-red, sides some- 

 what testaceous, clothed with yellow setae. Elytra oblong, parallel- 

 sided, suddenly deflexed and narrowed behind ; apices a little pro- 

 longed, with a distinct sutural notch; base arcuated medially, 

 oblique towards each shoulder ; broadly concave above ; their real 

 sculpture consists of rows of punctures, and, on each elytron, seven 

 more or less obvious nodules ; their surface, however, is so densely 

 covered with variegate setae, chiefly of a yellow hue, and other sub- 

 stances, that the punctation and smaller inequalities are obliterated ; 

 the predominating colour is a yellowish-grey, but there is a very 

 evident blackish transverse line just below the summit of the 

 posterior declivity, and there are some dark patches on the disc and 

 sides. Legs stout, clothed with fine hairs and setae. 



In perfect specimens there are usually four fine lines of yellowish 

 setae on the hind-body, two elongate curved basal elevations, two or 

 three large nodules in an oblique row near the middle of each 

 elytron, and three or four on the top of the hind slope but with a 

 broad sutural space between the congeries. 



It very much resembles A. brevis, but the apices of the elytra 

 are more produced and dehiscent. 



Length, i^ lines ; breadth, i. 



Mr. T. Chalmer found one at Hooper's Inlet, and two or three 

 others near Dunedin. 



Ulonotus (P. 1 86). 



J 595- U. punctatus, n.s. Oblong, sub-depressed, sub-opaque, 



nearly nude, pitchy-black, legs obscure-fuscous, the three basal 



joints of the tarsi fusco-testaceous, antennae (save the two basal 



. articulations) reddish-brown, explanate sides of thorax covered with 



grey matter. 



Head granulate. Antennas with two basal joints piceous ; second 

 not so stout as but longer than exposed portion of first ; third 

 slender, elongate ; joints 4-8 about equal, rnoniliform ; ninth rather 

 small, being twice the bulk of eighth, but only about one-half of 

 tenth; eleventh larger than the preceding, rounded. Prothoraz 



