COLEOPTERA 



to delineate, and outside these, near the apices, the punctation is 

 quite as obvious as on the sides. Underside infuscate-red, its cloth- 

 ing like that of the upper surface. 



Length, 3^-3-|- lines ; breadth, i-i T V 



One male and two females were cut out of the trunk of a dead 

 Coprosma rotundifolia at West Taieri bush, by Mr. S. W. Fulton. 



Group CISSIDJE. 



Cis (P. 346). 



1614. C. fultoni, n.s. Cylindrical, slightly shining, thorax 

 dark, sometimes piceous, elytra obscure brownish-red, legs rufo- 

 testaceous, tarsi and antennas yellow, club pitchy. 



Head punctate, dark ; eyes coarsely facetted. Antenna pubescent, 

 two basal joints stout, third slender and as long as the following two, 

 fourth rather longer than broad, joints 5-7 small and occasionally 

 rufescent, eighth to tenth nearly equal. Prothorax rather longer 

 than broad, curved and narrowed towards the front, posterior angles 

 rounded ; moderately coarsely punctured, interstices smooth ; it 

 bears rows of fine, erect yellow hairs. Elytra as broad as thorax, 

 parallel, rugosely and more coarsely punctured than thorax, inter- 

 stices smooth and narrow. Legs hairy ; tibice strongly expanded 

 apically, the anterior with five or six minute denticles on the outer 

 edge of the dilated part, the other two pairs rounded and coarsely 

 ciliated at the extremity ; tarsi narrow, fourth articulation equalling 

 the preceding three, claws thickened at base. Underside pitchy- 

 brown ; sternum finely sculptured ; abdomen finely and densely 

 sculptured, and bearing distinct yellow hairs. 



The coarse punctation, &c., distinguish it from all our previously 

 described species. 



Length, line ; breadth, f . 



Cut out of fungi at West Taieri bush, by Mr. S. W. Fulton, of 

 Outram. 



1615. C. piciceps, n.s. Cylindrical, a little glossy, casta- 

 neous, head piceous, legs rufo-testaceous, tarsi and antennas 

 yellowish, club rather darker ; clothed with minute erect yellow 

 setae. 



Head finely and not closely punctated, interstices finely sculp- 

 tured ; clypeus bidentate. Prothorax longer than broad, narrowed 

 in front, anterior angles rounded, moderately finely but not closely 

 punctured, the intervening spaces densely and minutely sculptured, 

 median line smooth. Elytra as broad as thorax, their punctation a 

 little coarser, sometimes forming rows, but without distinct striae. 

 Legs with yellow hairs, front tibiae produced at the outer extremity, 

 without denticles, and but little expanded, the others slightly dilated 

 and rounded, ciliate at apex. 



A form nearly related to the preceding one. 



<? . Length, line ; breadth, f . 



Taken by Mr. S. W. Fulton at West Taieri bush, Otago. 



