926 COLEOPTERA 



1660. P. an^UStata, n.s. Elongate, slightly convex, densely 

 covered with goiden-yellow hairs ; head and thorax pitchy-red, 

 elytra rufo-castaneous, legs paler, antennae red, tarsi yellow. 



Head rather long and narrow, yet nearly as broad as thorax, 

 almost plane above ; eyes not prominent. Antenna stout, nearly as 

 long as head and thorax, second joint longer than the exposed 

 portion of the first ; 3-7 decrease in length, seventh smallest ; 8-10 

 large, transverse ; eleventh largest. Prothorax longer than broad, 

 widest before the middle, but not much broader there than else- 

 where ; with four small basal foveae, the one nearest each side placed 

 just at the angle of the large, oblique, lateral depression. Elytra 

 elongate-oval, their middle part widest, basal depressions small but 

 deep, humeral plicae distinct, each elytron with an impression along 

 the suture, deepest in line with the middle legs. Pygidium slightly 

 exposed. Legs long and stout, tibiae arcuated externally. 



When compared with P. calva it will be seen that the head and 

 thorax are narrower and the hind-body broader, but less convex ; 

 the whole insect, in fact, is less convex. The hind-body is longer 

 and narrower than that of P. lanosa. These are its nearest con- 

 geners. 



Length, f line ; breadth, J. 



Also found by myself near Howick. 



Group-SYNOHITIDJE. 



Ulonotus (P. 183). 



1661. U. isostictus, n.s. Elongate-oblong, moderately con- 

 vex, infuscate-red, each elytron with a large blackish space, not 

 reaching the suture behind, rather densely clothed with short, 

 yellowish setae, tarsi and antennae ferruginous. 



Head piceous, rugose-granulate, vertex broadly impressed, an- 

 tennal elevations distinct ; eyes prominent, moderately facetted. 

 Antenna short, pubescent ; ninth joint transverse, but little larger 

 than eighth ; tenth large, transverse ; eleventh almost as broad as 

 but longer than the preceding one, orbicular. Prothorax transverse, 

 disc transversely convex, its sculpture nearly similar to that of the 

 head, unevenly elevated, with a distinct, triangular, basal impres- 

 sion ; its sides explanate, with a large frontal lobe extending to the 

 middle, a much smaller one behind, and with a very deep notch 

 between it and the hind angle, which does not extend so far out as 

 the bottom of the middle indentation. Elytra oblong, not crenate ; 

 with two longitudinally-elevated basal spots, the humeral elevations 

 not distinctly continued obliquely towards the suture in the form of 

 nodules, three obvious nodules on each side of the posterior declivity 

 having two rows of large punctures intervening, the rest of their 

 surface more or less rugosely sculptured. Legs setigerous ; tarsi 

 pilose, claws thickened at base ; terminal joint of maxillary palpi 

 not securiform, but truncate at apex. 



The thoracic lobes and coloration are distinctive. 



Length, i| lines ; breadth, f . 



Paparoa, near Howick, 



