1384 COLEOPTEEA 



base, very slightly and gradually narrowed to beyond the hind 

 thighs, from thence more abruptly ; each elytron has five dorsal 

 rows of oblong punctures, these almost reach the base but the ex- 

 ternal series do not ; the interstices are rather broad, and, owing to 

 the squamosity, appear a little asperate. The eyes are slightly 

 convex, and are quite free. 



Underside with coarse shallow punctures ; the metasternum with 

 more slender and longer (quite hair-like) setae than the abdomen. 



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



Moeraki. My specimen was presented to me by Mr. Sandager. 



Hadracalles. 



Nov. gen. 



Convex, broad, subovate. Eostrum rather longer than thorax, 

 arched, widely, but slightly, narrowed towards the middle, abruptly 

 contracted near the eyes. Scrobes deep, starting from before the 

 middle, expanded behind, and reaching the front of the eyes. An- 

 tennae, inserted in front of the middle of the rostrum, elongate ; the 

 scape long, barely touching the eye, slightly and gradually incras- 

 sated ; the funiculus also long, its first joint but little more than 

 half the length of the elongate second joint, third slightly longer 

 than the fourth, joints 5-7 nearly equal ; club elongate. Eyes 

 rounded behind, truncate in front, distant above, just free from the 

 thorax, not prominent. Thorax obtusely produced in front, much 

 narrowed there, the base subtruncate ; there is a deep incurvature 

 above the well-developed ocular lobes. Scutellum invisible. Elytra 

 rather broader than the thorax. Femora notched near the ex- 

 tremity, so as to appear angulate below, grooved underneath. The 

 tibice are armed with a strong spur at the extremity. Tarsi rather 

 elongate, their basal joint slender and glabrous at the base, third 

 joint broad, lobate, densely clothed underneath. Pectoral canal 

 profound, extending as far as the middle of the intermediate 

 coxae. Metasternum very short. Abdomen large, the two basal seg- 

 ments with a strongly sinuous suture, the third and fourth not 

 much abbreviated, with deep straight sutures. Epipleurca extremely 

 narrow. 



The type is a peculiar species, remarkable for its broad form, even 

 surface, small squamae, long antennal club, and Oreda-likQ feet. 



2415. H. fuliginosus, n.s. Opaque, of a soot-like colour, the 

 rostrum pitchy-red, antennae and tarsi red ; covered with depressed 

 yellowish scales, those on the elytra quite minute. 



Rostrum finely punctate in front, with a median ridge on the 

 basal half. Thorax with an indistinct smooth central line, its punc- 

 tures of moderate size, neither deep nor close ; the broad basal por- 

 tion with rounded sides. Elytra with slightly-curved sides, about 

 one-fourth longer than they are broad, destitute of elevations or 

 depressions, with series of moderate but not deep punctures. 



Length (rost. excl.), 4 ; breadth, 2J lines. 



Moeraki. One ; Sandager. 



