1308 COLEOPTERA 



sternum more distinctly (yet rather distantly) punctured than the 

 ventral segments. 



Described from five examples sent to me by Messrs. Fulton and 

 Chalmer. One was found on Flagstaff Hill, Dunedin ; the others on 

 Mount Maungatua. 



Length, 2 ; breadth, 1 lines. 



Caccomolpus, 



Nov. gen. 

 (Sharp; Trans. Boy. Dub. Soc., 1886, p. 447.) 



Antenna graciles, apicem versus paulo latiores. Palpi articulo 

 ultimo apice truncate. Coxes omnes distantes. Tibia extus ultra 

 medium latiores, basi et apice tenuioribus. 



This genus is closely allied to Aphilon, but it is comparatively of 

 ordinary facies, resembling in form and appearance the hemi- 

 spherical Phytophaga, such as PJuedon and Apteropeda. It differs 

 from Aphilon by the almost filiform antennae, and truncate apex of 

 maxillary palpi, by the less widely distant front coxae, and the fact 

 that all the coxae are larger and less globose. 



The position of these two genera should be in the Chapuis group 

 Chrysomelites, where they will be exceptional on account of the 

 bilobed tarsi. One Eastern genus, Agasta, is already known to 

 possess this peculiarity, but the New Zealand genera do not appear 

 to be in the least allied to it. 



2297. C. globosus, n.s. (Sharp; Trans. Dub. Soc., 1886, 

 p. 447.) JRotundatus, convexus, aeneo-niger, nitidus; antennis, pedi- 

 bus, abdornine, capite subtus, sternique lateribus flavis ; elytris 

 seriatim punctatis, interstitiis parce punctatis. 



Long., 3mm. 



Antenna elongate ; third joint longer than second ; tenth much 

 longer than broad ; terminal joint still more elongate. Head very 

 sparingly punctate ; the clypeus more closely. Thorax about three 

 times as broad as long ; sparingly punctate. Elytra each with nine 

 series of punctures, the external indistinct, and all becoming quite 

 obsolete behind ; between the suture and the first stria there are 

 three or four punctures interpolated near the base ; Legs pale-yellow, 

 coxae brownish; middle of the body beneath aeneous. The male 

 has the basal joint of all the tarsi much larger than it is in the 

 female. Scutellum moderately large and elongate, impunctate. 



Greymouth. Helms. 



2298. C. plagiatus, n.s. (Sharp; Trans. Dub. Soc., 1886, 

 p. 448.) Rotundato-ovalis, convexus, nitidus, testaceus, elytris 

 basin versus plaga magna transversa nigro-fusca, obsolete seriatim 

 punctatis. 



Long,, 4mm. 



Antennce, pale-yellow, elongate, slender ; third joint a good deal 

 longer than second. Head impunctate, bi-impressed between the 



