1342 COLEOPTEEA 



case on top of the apical' declivity ; smaller elevations may be seen, 

 there being five or six along the dark marginal space. 



This species is, undoubtedly, nearly allied to No. 1594. The legs 

 bear fine yellow setae ; basal joints of the tarsi with long slender 

 hairs underneath, the first joint is larger than the second or third, 

 the fourth longer than the preceding three. 



Length, 1| lines ; breadth, -f line. 



Moeraki. Sandager; one. 



Coxelus (Gen., p. 195). 



2354. C. OCUlatOF, n.s. Oblong, medially narrowed ; opaque, 

 rufo-fuscous, sides of elytra usually blackish, the legs and antennas 

 reddish ; clothed (except on the depressed parts) with short yellow 

 scale-like setae. 



Head with granular sculpture. Antenna shorter than the thorax, 

 basal joint hardly visible from above ; the second slender at the base, 

 but much dilated towards the extremity ; the third about as long as 

 the second, half its breadth, longer than the following ones ; joints 

 4-8 small ; ninth transverse, only about one- third of the breadth of 

 the tenth ; eleventh rounded. Thorax transverse, a good deal nar- 

 rowed behind, rounded towards the front, where the lateral margins 

 are broadest ; disc convex, sculptured like the head, with an elongate 

 depression before the middle, two smaller ones behind, and one near 

 the scutellum. Elytra uneven, subparallel, scutellar region de- 

 pressed, and with a large depression on each before the middle ; 

 their sculpture indefinite, in one light appearing to consist of series 

 of small elevations, in another of striae or punctures. Legs with 

 slender, erect, yellow setae. 



Three characters distinguish this species. There is behind each 

 eye a thick patch of setae w r hich projects beyond the eye itself. In 

 front of the summit of the posterior declivity, on the suture, there is 

 a rotundate black mark. The second antennal joint is unusually 

 thick and rather short. 



Length, 1^ lines ; breadth, J- line. 



Moeraki. One specimen, from Mr. Sandager. 



2355. C. picicomis, n.s. Opaque, piceous, the legs and two 

 basal joints of the antennae obscure infuscate-red ; irregularly clothed 

 with pallid coarse scale-like setae, which are most conspicuous on 

 the elytra; on the legs the setae are slender, subdepressed, and 

 yellow. 



Thorax narrowed towards the base, granulate, with indistinct 

 impressions somewhat similar to those in 0. oculator. Elytra 

 slightly uneven, with obsolete sculpture, consisting of series of punc- 

 tures or granules. Antenna short ; second joint a good deal 

 thickened towards the extremity, the first scarcely visible above, the 

 third longer than the following ones, the ninth very small, the tenth 

 ihrice the breadth of the ninth, eleventh rounded. Eyes without 

 distinct setae. 



