OF NEW ZEALAND. 1189 



elytra form regular series. There is a slight appearance of nodulosity 

 on the commencement of the declivity of the wing-cases. 



Otago. Professor Hutton. The second species of the genus is 

 from the same source, and may perhaps be Trachyphloeus parvulus, 

 Pasc. 



Catoptes. 



2105. C. caliginosus, n.s. Elongate, convex, opaque, black ; 

 tarsi and funiculus dark pitchy-red; densely covered with blackish 

 and greyish-yellow scales and pallid setae, the pale scales sprinkled 

 over the surface, not forming definite spots. 



Hostrum feebly carinate, upper margins of scrobes a good deal 

 raised, so that there seems to be a considerable depression between 

 them. Antenna elongate ; second joint of funiculus a little shorter 

 than first ; club elongate-oval, acuminate. Thorax rather longer 

 than broad, its greatest breadth before the middle, obliquely im- 

 pressed near the front angles, with a slight linear depression in front 

 of the small scutellum. ./fo/ra-inarcuate near scutellum, humeral 

 angles obliquely rounded, sides but little curved, narrowed posteri- 

 orly, elongate, convex ; with rows of deep, distant punctures ; third 

 and fifth interstices obtusely projecting at base, slightly elevated 

 almost to the apices, forming only inconspicuous nodosities on top of 

 hind slope ; suture raised apically. Legs long and stout, corbels of 

 hind tibiae narrowly cavernous, the space between the two rows of 

 ciliae linear. 



Underside very hairy ; abdomen with reddish scales near the 

 sides, its two basal segments broadly impressed or flattened. Man- 

 dibular scar distinct. 



This may be compared with C. pilosellus, from which it differs in 

 being considerably larger, with a longer thorax destitute of the small, 

 almost rugosely-tuberculate inequalities seen in that species. The 

 ocular lobes consist of only broad slight projections of the sides ; 

 prosternal emargination large ; eyes somewhat flattened. 



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



Hooper's Inlet, Port Chalmers. One, from Mr. T. Chalmer. 



2106. C. pOSticalis, n.s. Narroiv, convex, blackish, tibiae, 

 tarsi, and antennae obscure fusco-rufous ; squamosity dense, consisting 

 of small, round, depressed, ash-coloured, or pale-brown and darker 

 scales, setae stout, rather short, greyish. 



Rostrum distinctly carinate. Antenna rather short, basal joint 

 of funiculus distinctly larger than second, joints 4-7 short, club 

 elongate, acuminate. Thorax transverse, widest very near the front, 

 where there is a constriction at each side, almost tumid there, very 

 gradually yet a good deal narrowed behind ; there are no superficial 

 asperities whatever, but there is an obscure depression near each 

 hind angle. Scutellum small. Elytra cordiform, considerably 

 broader than thorax at base, shoulders curved, gradually narrowed 

 as far as hind thighs, abruptly beyond them, they are on a higher 

 level than the thorax ; third and fifth interstices a little elevated, 



