OF NEW ZEALAND. 1241 



Underside black, with greyish scales ; last ventral segment de- 

 pressed near each side, transversely near apex. 

 Length (rost. excl.), 3f ; breadth, 2 lines. 

 Clevedon. Mr. G. Munro ; one example. 



Crisius. 



2184. C. ObesulllS, n.s. (Sharp ; Trans. Boy. Dub. Soc., 1886, 

 p. 430.) Brevior, dense squamosus, rufo-tinctus, elytris in partem 

 anteriorem minute fasciculatis. 



Long., 5mm. ; lat., 3Jmm. 



Of very short form, densely covered with scales, which are in 

 large part of a reddish colour, with here and there ochraceous 

 patches. Rostmm scarcely so long as the head and thorax, its 

 upper part squamose, the lower two-thirds bare, punctate. Antenna 

 red, rather short. Thorax irregular, iihe anterior two-fifths con- 

 stricted, the middle with two conical tufts; two smaller tufts on 

 the front margin. Scutellum very short, transverse. Elytra very 

 short, broad at the base, shoulders prominent, the basal regions with 

 small elevations, some of which bear a few scales, and on the basal 

 and external portion rows of punctures may be seen, much inter- 

 rupted by the inequalities of the surface. Legs squamose. 



This is of much shorter form than C. binotatus, the typical 

 species of the genus, and is very distinct by the small scutellum, 

 shorter rostrum, &c. 



Grey mouth. Helms. 



2185. C. picicollis, n.s. Opaque, rostrum and thorax piceous 

 but the apex of the latter reddish, all but the dark basal portion of 

 the elytra covered with small, depressed, greyish-yellow scales and 

 setae, tibiae infuscate-red, antennas clear-red. 



Rostrum longer than thorax, broad, indistinctly punctate, but 

 with a furrow at each side from the antennal insertion to the eye, 

 its basal portion squamose. Antenna shining, second joint of funi- 

 culus as long as first ; club ovate. Thorax much contracted in front, 

 not coarsely nor closely punctured, its sides uneven with patches of 

 outstanding scales, the dorsum with two medial and two smaller 

 basal elevations and a more or less obvious longitudinal carina. 

 Scutellum small. Elytra bisinuate at base, narrowed posteriorly, 

 the sides with squamose and setose prominences ; apparently striate- 

 punctate, with a distinct shining black tubercle on either side of the 

 scutellum and four or five smaller ones in a row behind each of the 

 larger ones, there are also two or three small crests on the third and 

 fifth interstices. Femora angulated and dentate below. 



Underside densely squamose, abdomen with three blackish 

 streaks ; metasternuni and basal ventral segment concave. 



The scutellar tubercles and coloration render its identification a 

 comparatively easy matter. 



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



Two examples were found on Mokohinou Island by Mr. P. San- 

 dager. 



