1352 COLEOPTEEA 



these latter, and the claws, castaneous ; clothed with slender, in- 

 conspicuous, ash-coloured hairs. 



Head finely and distantly punctured, with two slight inter- 

 ocular impressions. Antennae, reaching the intermediate femora, 

 subserrate, tenth joint rather longer than broad. Thorax as wide 

 as the head, the length and breadth about equal, feebly margined, 

 transversely impressed near the base and apex, its punctuation a 

 little closer than that of the head ; it is scarcely at all pubescent. 

 Elytra one-third broader than the thorax, subparallel, the punctua- 

 tion slightly rugose ; the suture sometimes faintly rufescent. Legs 

 long and slender. 



Distinguishable from D. cheesemani by the more distant punctures 

 on the thorax, which is constricted in front and behind, and by the 

 finer and paler pubescence of the wing-cases. The metasternum is 

 canaliculate behind. 



Length, l-2 lines ; breadth, |-f line. 



Moeraki. Mr. Sandager found this species on the Ironsand 

 Beach. 



2371. D. sethiops, n.s. Shining, black, the knees and apical 

 portion of tibiae rufo-castaneous ; tarsi, except the dark terminal 

 joint, reddish ; the second, and the tips of the third and fourth 

 antennal joints, also rufescent ; clothed with short, slender, 

 cinereous hairs. 



Head narrow, not so broad as the thorax, rather finely and 

 distantly punctured, and with dense linear sculpture behind. Eyes 

 moderately large and prominent. Antenna pubescent, attaining the 

 base of the thorax, third joint slender, 5-10 subserrate, tenth longer 

 than broad. Thorax as long as broad, widest behind the middle, 

 its sculpture similar to that of the head. Elytra rugosely punctured, 

 the shoulders raised ; there are two other obtuse basal elevations, 

 and near the middle there is an elongate impression near the side of 

 each wing-case. 



Length, If lines ; breadth, quite f line. 



Moeraki. I have seen two examples, both of which were found 

 by Mr. Sandager. 



OBS. I now possess two varietal forms of No. 598. One, sent 

 by Mr. Cavell, of Boatman's, is almost wholly dark-blue, with the 

 last five o.r six terminal joints of the antennae blackish. The other, 

 from Mr. Sandager, is also dark in colour, with the antennae and 

 legs more or less infuscate. 



Group CLERID^E . 



Phymatophaea (Gen., p. 334). 



2372. P. opacula, n.s. Opaque, narrowed anteriorly, clothed 

 with erect dark-grey hairs ; violaceous, club dull blackish. 



Head closely and coarsely punctate. Thorax longer than broad, 

 widest behind the middle, but only moderately swollen there, 



