1182 COLEOPTEEA 



More robust than the preceding, hind-body more cordiform. 

 The short, broad scutellum is characteristic. 

 Length (rost. incl.), 3 lines ; breadth, 1 line. 

 Mount Arthur. Mr. T. F. Cheeseman brought me a specimen. 



2095. T. cruda, n.s. Body rather long and narrow, form 

 nearer T. scutellaris than any other species ; opaque, covered with 

 greyish sappy matter, scales, and setae ; the setae on thorax decum- 

 bent, disposed transversely, those on elytra also more or less 

 depressed, arranged longitudinally, most conspicuous on fifth 

 interstices ; blackish, funiculus rufous. 



Rostrum obsoletely carinate, very finely and distantly punctated. 

 Thorax subcylindric, widest near the front, sides sinuated behind 

 towards the base, which, though rather wide, is not obviously angu- 

 lated ; its surface uneven, and rather finely punctured. Scutellum 

 small. Elytra bisinuate at base, shoulders oblique, sides subparallel, 

 narrowed but not acuminate apically ; their series of punctures 

 large ; third and fifth interstices more or less evidently raised and 

 nodose at the top of the hind slope. Legs long and stout, as are 

 also the tarsi. 



The eyes are rather more angulated below, towards the front, 

 than is usual. The first and second joints of the funiculus do not 

 differ materially in length or thickness. The elytral punctures are 

 rather coarse. Prosternum slightly and widely incurved in front. 

 Metasternum depressed in front of the coxae. Palpi exposed. 

 Mentum short. 



<?. Length (rost. incl.), 3 lines ; breadth, 1 line. 



Mount Arthur. Mr. T. F. Cheeseman ; one individual. A 

 second, probably the female, is distinguished by the broader hind- 

 body. 



2096. T. antennalis, M.S. Variegate, the scales on the beak 

 and thorax almost testaceous, on the hind-body more rufescent, with 

 some white ones scattered along the rows of punctures for the most 

 part ; derm pitchy-red, antennae and tarsi rufous. 



Closely resembles T. variegata; eyes of rather more rounded 

 outline ; scutellum more oblong ; thoracic angles with grey seta- 

 like scales but not protuberant ; elytra a little depressed transversely 

 before the middle, third and fifth interstices but little raised, suture 

 convex at summit of declivity ; antenna more elongate, second joint 

 of funiculus almost as long as first, very slender and stalk-like at 

 base, but quite nodose at apex, a structure that distinguishes this 

 species from all but No. 1233. The elytral punctures are narrow, 

 elongate, and quite uncovered. 



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



Waitakerei Eange. Two examples. 



OBS. The name Asaphia being preoccupied, the typical species, 

 No. 1233, is attached to Tigones, and No. 1234 is abandoned as a 

 distinct species at present, the typical specimen being in bad con- 

 dition and probably only a sexual variety. The antennae of 



