$00 COLEOPTERA 



irregularly-formed sub-apical spot on each elytron fusco-testaceous, 

 the basal colour dilute ;-legs and antennas fuscous, tarsi testaceous ; 

 clothed with elongate greyish hairs. 



Head closely punctated ; eyes large, Prothorax with two foveae 

 on the middle about equidistant from each other and the base and 

 apex, and a large impression on each side, its sculpture like that of 

 the head ; clothed with yellowish hairs. Elytra sub-oblong, rather 

 broad, not very convex, each with a large raised space between the 

 suture and the shoulder ; their punctation not nearly so close as 

 that of the thorax. Legs stout, tibiae straight. 



The raised basal spots on the wing-cases are without precedent : 

 C. fasciata, perhaps, makes the nearest approach to this species in 

 that respect. 



Length, f line ; breadth, f . 



One from Mr. S. W. Fulton, Taieri. 



Group DERMESTIDJE. 



Trogoderma (p. 240). 



1607. T. granulata, w-s. Oblong-oval, convex, slightly 

 shining, black, sparingly clothed with grey and dark hairs, the 

 former forming three fasciae on the elytra ; tibiaa sometimes ihfus- 

 cate, tarsi paler. 



Head closely punctate-granulose. Prothorax narrowed ante- 

 riorly, basal lobe prominent, its punctation distinct and close. 

 Scutellum smooth. Elytra with fine cinereous hairs on the spaces 

 between the fasciae, their basal portion punctate-granulose, the 

 sculpture becoming finer and punctiform behind. Underside black, 

 punctate. 



Closely allied to T. signatum, but distinguished therefrom by the 

 differences in sculpture. 



Length, i J 1 lines ; breadth, f. 



Taken off the inflorescence of a Leptospermum on the Waitakerei 

 Range. 



Group BYRRHXD-ffi . 



Morychus (p. 244). 



1608. M. villoSUS, n.s. Convex, broad, oviform, a little shining; 

 covered with moderately slender, elongate, yellowish hairs, some of 

 which are erect ; pitchy-brown, head viridescent, legs reddish, tarsi 

 yellow, antennae rufo-testaceous. 



Head closely but not coarsely punctured; labrum moderately 

 carinated at base. Antenna pubescent, basal joint robust and 

 cylindric, second conical, joints 3-6 slender, third elongate, seventh 

 joint not twice the breadth of sixth, 8-10 transverse, tenth nearly 

 twice as broad as seventh, eleventh large, rounded apically. 

 Terminal articulation of the maxillary palpi broad, depressed, and 

 pubescent. Prothorax transverse, its sides nearly straight, angles 

 rectangular, the anterior deflexed ; its surface destitute of distinct 

 punctation. Scutellum invisible. Elytra without distinct sculpture. 



