1280 COLEOPTERA 



truncate. Front cox more separated by the well-developed pro- 

 sternal process ; middle coxae rather more deeply imbedded and more 

 distant ; hind coxae widely separated ; mesosternal process with a 

 deep narrow channel behind. 



2253. P. amabilis, n.s. Opaque, dark-chocolate ; tarsi and 

 antennae pale rufo-fuscous, the latter with elongate white hairs on 

 the first six joints ; base of femora and the tibiae often red ; base of 

 elytra with six patches of depressed, bright-fulvous hair, the rest of 

 their surface covered with cinereous and white hairs, those of the 

 latter more conspicuous, but very irregularly disposed so as to cause 

 a somewhat marbled or maculate appearance. 



Head densely punctate-rugose, on some parts almost granulate, 

 but with a smooth space extending from the base to the forehead ; 

 antennal tubercles elevated, with a broad deep interval. Eyes coarsely 

 facetted, reniform, their greatest bulk below towards the front. 

 Antenna pubescent, basal joint rugose ; second very short ; third rather 

 longer than the following ones. Thorax considerably constricted 

 in front, with a large acute tubercle at each side, two on the disc 

 near the front, and a smaller one on the middle near the base ; its 

 surface uneven, and more or less densely but finely granulate. 

 Scutellum nearly smooth. Elytra elongate, subparallel, apices 

 conjointly broadly rounded ; with many irregular shallow depres- 

 sions, their sculpture similar to that of the thorax but finer. 



Underside clothed with greyish pubescence. 



$ , ? . Length, 8-11 ; breadth, lf-2| lines. 



Wellington. Mr. G. V. Hudson was kind enough to send a pair 

 which he cut out of a matai. 



Xuthodes. 



2254. X. lepidus, n.s. Shining ; head, thorax, and scutellum 

 red ; antennae and legs castaneo-rufous ; elytra testaceous, with 

 three paler, vein-like marks on the dorsum of each elytron, the 

 punctures reddish. 



This resembles X. batesi, but is much smaller, the eyes are simi- 

 lar in form, and therefore different from those of the typical species. 

 Head and thorax with finer greyish hairs. Thorax rather longer 

 than broad, less widened in front, lateral prominences obtuse, disc 

 with three slightly-raised spots, with some large shallow punctures 

 in front, the other punctures distant and shallow. Elytra tolerably 

 closely punctured on the basal half, becoming quite remote behind. 



Underside castaneous, with grey pubescence. 



Length, 6 ; breadth, If lines. 



Forty-mile Bush. One example, minus a leg, from Mr. H. 

 Suter. 



Cacodrotus. 



Nov. gen. 



a 



Nov. gen. 



Head nearly vertical in front, and as long as the back part, with 

 transverse groove at each side at the base of the mandibles; 



