COLEOPTERA 



Length (rost. incl.), if lines; breadth, f. 



Found on the ground amongst decaying leaves, near Howick. 



Scelodolichus (p. 495)- 



1747. S. altulus, n.s. Sub-opaque, piceous, antennas and tarsi 

 fulvescent ; clothing variegate, intermingled with elongate erect setae ; 

 body rather narrow and very convex, the hind-body particularly. 



Rostrum as long as thorax, a little expanded near its apex, its 

 frontal portion with a few fine punctures, the basal squamose and 

 more or less pmictate-striate. Thorax about as long as broad, much 

 narrowed and depressed towards the front, which covers the head ; 

 down the middle there is a fine carina, it is moderately closely 

 but not coarsely punctured, and bears long, depressed, fulvous 

 scales, Elytra more elevated than thorax, widest before the middle, 

 evenly covered with minute depressed, pale-brassy scales ; there are 

 no striae, and but very few punctures can be detected, so that their 

 surface seems smooth. Legs moderately long and stout, fuscous ; 

 tibiae reddish. Underside blackish and opaque. 



The hind-body is shorter and more convex than is the case in the 

 typical forms. In this genus the squamosity is easily rubbed off, so 

 that in most examples the most elevated portion of the elytra is 

 bald. 



Length (rost. excl.), i^ lines; breadth, f. 



Found on Mokohinau Island, by Mr. Sandager. 



Group COSSONID-dE . 



Pentarthrum (p. 508). 



1748. P, comatum, n.s. Elongate, slightly convex, pilose, 

 ferruginous, a little glossy. 



Bostrum stout, rather shorter than thorax, its apical portion a 

 little broader than the basal and less coarsely punctured, interstices 

 finely sculptured. Antenna proceeding from before the middle, 

 stout ; scape gradually thickened ; first joint of funiculus stout, 

 second longer than third and but little dilated at its extremity, 

 fifth shorter but broader than fourth ; club well limited, ovate. 

 Eyes well developed. Occiput not contracted nor quite smooth. 

 Thorax longer than broad, well rounded behind the middle, a good 

 deal narrowed and slightly constricted in front ; with a fovea-like 

 frontal impression, disc a little convex, moderately finely and dis- 

 tantly punctured, clothed with inconspicuous slender grey hairs, 

 but on the sides with coarser yellow hairs. Scutellum small, 

 shining. Elytra elongate, truncate at base, nearly parallel as far as 

 the hind legs ; broadly impressed before the middle, striate-punctate, 

 interstices appearing rugose, clothed with fine yellow hairs. Legs 

 elongate but stout, pubescent ; tibiae of nearly equal thickness, their 

 inner apical process distinct, their external hooks small ; tarsi 

 rather large, third joint much expanded and strongly lobed. Under- 

 side rufo-castaneous, with fine yellow hairs ; metasternum with a 

 linear impression not reaching the base ; first abdominal segment 

 broadly impressed ; moderately closely punctated. 



