OF NEW ZEALAND. 1181 



with numerous punctures destitute of squamosity, causing a spotted 

 appearance, a fine hair only proceeds from each of these punctures. 

 Scutellum large. Elytra ample, suboblong, apices divergent but not 

 produced ; striate-punctate, third and fifth interstices rather broader 

 than the others, scarcely at all raised anywhere, without perceptible 

 nodosities behind. Legs stout, posterior corbels extremely narrowly- 

 cavernous. 



A large, very distinct species, very uniformly coloured, excepting 

 the remarkable black spots on the thorax. The form very similar to 

 T. diversa and Dr. Sharp's Protophormus gracilis. The front tibiae 

 are but little bent. 



Length (rost. incl.), 4J ; breadth, 1-| lines, 



Mount Egmont. Mr. A. T. Urquhart was kind enough to give 

 me the only specimen he found. 



2093. T. variegata, n.s. Subconvex, moderately narrow ; 

 fuscous, legs infuscate-red, tarsi and antennae rufous ; densely 

 covered with small round scales, some dark-brown, some testaceous, 

 others greyish ; setae upright, pallid. 



Rostrum punctate, not distinctly carinate ; anterior half rufous, 

 not squamose, having only grey hair-like setae. Scape moderately 

 thickened apically ; second joint of funicle almost as long as but much 

 more slender than first ; club oblong-oval. Thorax rather longer 

 than broad, subcylindric, widest at the middle, posterior angles pro- 

 truding laterally in the form of distinct denticles ; its surface punc- 

 tate. Scutellum small, subtriangular. Elytra much broader than 

 thorax, oblong ; dorsurn nearly plane, their striae and punctures 

 rather fine, suture elevated behind, fifth interstices a little raised 

 just behind top of hind slope, third scarcely visibly elevated ; apices 

 not divaricate, scarcely prolonged, acuminate. Tibia finely denti- 

 culated along the front or inner face. 



The pallid marks seen in T. gracilis (Dr. Sharp's Protophormus 

 gracilis) are here quite obsolete, the front tibiae are much less bent, 

 and the form of the thoracic angles is altogether different. 



Length (rost. incl.), 2f lines ; breadth, 1 line. 



Mount Arthur. Two examples ; Mr. T. F. Cheesernan. 



2094. T. SCUtellaris, n.s. Robust, fuscous ; antennae and 

 tarsi rufous; squamosity thick, somewhat testaceous; setae rather 

 fine, not erect. 



Rostrum indistinctly carinate, apex sparsely pilose. Thorax 

 narrow, widest before the middle, a little incurved behind the eyes ; 

 base bisinuate, and rather wider than the sides just in front of it, 

 but without well-marked protuberances ; its punctuation covered. 

 Scutellum broadly triangular. Elytra subcordate, shoulders oblique, 

 apices not acuminate ; striate-punctate, punctures rather elongate ; 

 third and fifth interstices nodose behind, nodosities on the fifth 

 smaller, and not so far back as those on the third ; there is also a 

 very much smaller one on the apical portion in line with the fifth 

 interstice, where the suture is convex. 



