1022 COLEOPTEEA 



minute facets. Antenna with joints 4-6 short. ; club densely but 

 finely pubescent. Prothorax transverse, sculptured like the head. 

 Scutellum large, curvilinearly triangular. Elytra closely but mode- 

 rately finely punctated ; each elytron with ten rows of punctures, the 

 external much coarser than the sutural ; these series cause a some- 

 what striate appearance, especially behind, but none quite reach the 

 base. Tarsi furnished with bright-yellow hairs underneath. 



From T. marginatus it differs but little ; the labrum, however, is 

 rather larger ; the curved terminal processes of the anterior tibia 

 are much shorter, and the tibiae themselves along the outer face 

 bear more numerous yellow cilise ; the middle tibiae are more thickly 

 studded with short, spine-like asperities. The metasternum on its 

 middle portion is not coarsely sculptured as in No. 155, though the 

 punctures are evident enough. 



Length, 3f ; breadth, 2 lines. 



Wellington. Two examples, from Mr. G. V. Hudson. 



Cyloma. 



1831. C. thomspnus, n.s. (Sharp ^ Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond., 

 1884, p. 477.) Ovalis, convex, parum nitidus, niger, antennarum 

 basi palpisque sordide testaceis, elytrorurn apice late maculaque 

 humerali flavis ; supra crebre aequaliter punctatus, et in elytris 

 praeterea seriebus punctorum majorum. 



Long., 4}mm. ; lat., 2f mm. 



The very large yellow apex of, and the conspicuous humeral spot 

 on, the elytra render this distinguishable as a glance ; the apical 

 yellow spot runs forward along the lateral margin near the base, 

 and in some examples reaches the humeral spot. The elytral series 

 of punctures are very distinct, and are of about uniform coarseness 

 throughout, except that the two next the suture are much finer, and 

 that the sutural is deepened into an impressed stria behind. 



I have long had a small series of this species from an old collec- 

 tion in my possession, and have recently received an example from 

 G. M. Thomson, Esq., of Dunedin, confirming it as beyond doubt a 

 New Zealand insect. 



1832. C. guttulatus, n.s. (Sharp; Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond., 

 1884, p. 477.) Ovalis, convexus, testaceus, capite thoraceque medio 

 elytrisque fuscis, his sutura margineque externo testaceis, ad basin 

 et ante apicem guttulis albidis numerosis, abdomine nigricante. 



Long., 3mm. ; lat., Ifmm. 



Head very densely punctate, yellow at the sides, broadly fuscous 

 or piceous along the middle. Thorax rather sparingly and finely 

 punctate on the middle, at the sides with numerous coarse punctures 

 mixed with the finer ones. Elytra each with ten series of coarse 

 punctures extending from base to apex, the interstices almost im- 

 punctate, except near the suture ; they are broadly testaceous at 

 the apex, along the outer margin, and the suture, so that a large 

 patch on each is left dark; and at the base there are numerous 



