1160 COLEOPTERA 



Near the Australian Seirotrana ; the most salient differentiating 

 characters are, the short basal and transverse intermediate articula- 

 tions of the tarsi, and small eyes. 



2057. E. opacus, n.s. Opaque, smoky-brown ; antennae, palpi, 

 and legs red. 



Head moderately coarsely punctate, with minute pallid setae in 

 the punctures, a few longer ones on the sides and front. Antenna 

 with elongate fulvous hairs, the terminal joints more finely and 

 densely pubescent. Thorax longer than broad, widest near the 

 front, sides crenate and broadly rounded towards the front but sinu- 

 ously narrowed behind ; with two elongate, shallow impressions 

 extending backwards from behind the eyes ; very coarsely, often 

 confmently or rugosely, punctured ; clothed like the head. Elytra 

 with peculiar sculpture, consisting of about nine rows of irregular 

 punctiform impressions (on each elytron) , with short transverse rugosi- 

 ties or minute granules, but striate behind, the intervals between the 

 second and third striae very broad, some ; 'of the other interstices on 

 the hind slope also broad and irregular ; they bear fine setae. Legs 

 clothed with fine upright hairs. Abdomen, except the closely-punc- 

 tured apical segment, almost smooth. 



Length, 3^ ; breadth, 1-J lines. 



Parua, Whangarei Harbour. One individual only. 



No. 695 is congeneric, now Edalus alienus ; it has smaller eyes 

 and somewhat different sculpture. 



Leiopeplus. 



Nov. gen. 



Body very convex, oval, glabrous. Palpi short, terminal joint 

 securiform. Antenna shorter than head and thorax, gradually ex- 

 panded, basal five joints nude, or nearly so, the others pubescent ; 

 they are implanted below the forehead in front of the eyes ; second 

 and fifth joints of equal length, third longer than fourth, eleventh 

 somewhat rounded and rather larger than tenth. Head immersed 

 up to the eyes, narrowed towards the truncate forehead, the sides at 

 antennal insertion not elevated. Labrum extremely short, broad, 

 densely ciliated in front. Eyes coarsely facetted, strongly trans- 

 verse. Thorax transverse, finely marginated, closely applied to the 

 elytra, apex not emarginate, angles rectangular, the anterior obtuse. 

 Scutellum very small. Elytra a little broader than thorax, sides 

 margined, epipleurae broad at the base but quite linear at apex. 

 Prosternum widely incurved in front ; intercoxal process extending 

 into the emargination of mesosternum ; coxae moderately distant. 

 Metasternum rather short. Abdomen with five free segments, fourth 

 shortest. Femora not clavate, grooved underneath ; tibia arcuate, 

 with minute terminal spurs ; tarsi (except the glabrous claw joint) 

 densely clothed throughout with rather long hairs ; basal joint of 

 the posterior rather longer than the next two conjointly. 



