COLEOPTERA 



legs rufo-piceous, antennae pitchy, tarsi and palpi pitchy-red, tips of 

 the latter castaneous. 



Head almost smooth, rather large; eyes prominent, orbits in- 

 flated. Prothorax transversely quadrate, widest at the middle, sides 

 well rounded and sinuously narrowed behind, apex deeply incurved, 

 base emarginated, posterior angles scarcely protuberant, lateral 

 margins slightly reflexed, side channels expanded behind ; disc con- 

 vex, with traces of transverse lines, a curved frontal impression, 

 moderate discoidal groove, and the common large basal fossae, the 

 space between these latter depressed. Scutellum striate at base. 

 Elytra convex, humeral angles prominent, oblong, moderately curved 

 laterally, not strongly sinuated posteriorly ; punctate-striate, punc- 

 tures small ; interstices slightly convex, the third and seventh with 

 punctiform impressions. Legs robust. 



Larger and more convex than T. fultoni, the thorax more deeply 

 arcuated in front and more rounded laterally ; the elytral interstices 

 have many shallow transversal impressions. 



< . Length, io|- lines; breadth, 3^-. 



Taieri. Mr. S. W. Fulton sent me a specimen some time ago as 

 No. 56. 



1640. T. riparius, ^-s. Oblong, convex, shining, head black, 

 thorax nigro- cupreous, elytra black tinged with red, legs rufo-piceous, 

 tarsi and antennae pitchy-red, palpi paler. 



Head moderately large ; eyes convex, their orbits inflated but 

 rapidly narrowed behind. Prothorax transversely quadrate, apex 

 widely but not very deeply arcuated, base arcuate-emarginate, 

 anterior angles rounded, the lateral curvature not very strong, 

 moderately sinuously narrowed behind, posterior angles rectangular, 

 not projecting ; it is convex, but depressed along the base, basal 

 fossae large, the space beyond them flattened, discoidal stria deepest 

 behind, with an indistinct curved frontal impression and many 

 obsolete linear marks on the dorsum. Scutellum striate at base. 

 Elytra convex, oblong, humeral angles protuberant, sides moderately 

 curved, widest behind the middle, sinuated apically ; punctate- 

 striate, the punctation fine, interstices convex, quite regular until 

 approaching the apices, the third with four, the seventh with five 

 rather deep but not very large punctures. Legs simple. Underside 

 pitchy-black. 



Owing to the convexity of the front part of the thorax and middle 

 of the elytra the insect, when examined sideways, appears to be 

 medially depressed. It is of somewhat compact form, not unlike 

 that of T. difformipes, but otherwise it is quite different. 



<j! . Length, 10 lines ; breadth, 3-f. 



Taken by Mr. S. W. Fulton, of Outram, under rocks in the bed 

 of the Lee Stream, Taieri. 



1641. T. CUrtulus, n.s. Oblong, moderately convex, glossy- 

 black, legs and antennae piceous, tarsi and palpi piceo-rufous, apices 

 of the last mentioned paler. 



Head moderately large ; eyes convex, with swollen orbits abruptly 



