1080 COLEOPTEBA 



Of rather parallel and elongate form. Antenna black. Head 

 about half as broad as the thorax, its sculpture dense, but much 

 concealed by an elongate pubescence. Thorax very transverse, 

 twice as broad as long, the sides rounded, becoming a little broader 

 from the front to near the base, and thence a good deal narrowed, 

 the hind angles definite and not far from being rectangular ; the 

 surface densely sculptured, and pubescent like the head. Elytra 

 nearly black, much variegated with pale-red, and with a very con- 

 spicuous maculation caused by patches of shining white down ; the 

 surface bears large and deep round punctures ; these are not close 

 together, and are not altogether regularly arranged ; from each 

 springs a slender, elongate, erect seta. Undersurface and legs 

 nearly black ; tarsi obscure-reddish. 



This species is very readily distinguished from the others of the 

 genus by its more elongate parallel form, and the very different 

 elytral sculpture. It no doubt varies in colour to a considerable 

 extent. 



Greymouth. Helms. 



Group- COL YDIID^l . 



Tarphiomimus. 



1924. T. WOllastoni, n.s. (Sharp; Trans. Ent. Soc., 1882, 

 Part i., p. 79.) Oblongus, superne valde inaequalis, squamulis sub- 

 variegatis dense vestitus ; prothorace basi gracili, lateribus anterius 

 explanatis, in lobis tribus divisis ; pedibus sat gracilibus. 



Long., 4mm. 



This species is very similar to T. indentatus, Woll., but is per- 

 fectly distinct therefrom by some important minor points. The 

 thorax has the sides divided in front into three lobes, the posterior 

 fourth lobe seen in T. indentatus being here absent, and thus the 

 basal portion of the prothorax appears more elongate and slender. 

 The elytra are even more uneven than in T. indentatus, but their 

 disc is flatter, owing to the fact that the irregular oblique elevation 

 extending from about the middle of the suture directly towards the 

 shoulder in T. indentatus is absent in T. u'ollastoni. The legs are 

 considerably more slender in T. wollastoni. 



Greymouth. Helms. 



OBS. This species has been found in Otago by Messrs. Chalmer 

 and Fulton. T. B. 



Ulonotus. 



1925. U. fulvus, 11 >s. Oblong, sparsely setose, fulvescent, head 

 and thorax redder than the elytra, legs yellow. 



Head granulate ; antennal prominences large, covering nearly the 

 whole of the basal joint of the antennas. Thorax transverse" the 

 sides widely explanate and trilobate, the anterior lobe large, the 

 other two extremely narrow, so that the intervening spaces are 

 almost as large as the front lobe; the disc granulate, uneven, there 

 being a small depression near the scutellum and a much larger one 



