1388 COLEOPTEEA 



Agastegnus (Gen., p. 805). 



2421. A. distinctus, n.s. Elongate, narrowed anteriorly, sub- 

 depressed, shining, red, the head, and a large basal spot on the 

 elytra, piceous ; antennae and tarsi fulvescent ; the thorax bears de- 

 pressed, elongate, slender, yellow setaa or hairs ; on the elytra there 

 are but few hairs, and these are very slender and hardly noticeable. 



Bostrum shorter than the thorax, slightly arched above, convex 

 along the middle, subparallel, not broad, minutely sculptured. 

 Scrobes oblique, directed towards the lower part of the eyes. 

 Antenna medially inserted ; scape stout, flexuous ; funiculus with a 

 thick basal joint, the second not elongate but distinctly longer than 

 the third, joints 3-5 short; club ovate, red, pubescent. Thorax 

 longer than broad, the sides only moderately rounded, it is narrowed 

 towards the deep frontal constriction, so that the apical portion 

 appears somewhat swollen ; there is a median depression near the 

 base, the surface seems smooth, but fine distant punctures are pre- 

 sent, and the spaces between these are very minutely sculptured. 

 Scutellum triangular. Elytra subparallel, striate-punctate, almost 

 punctate-striate ; the suture a little raised posteriorly and uniting 

 with the lateral margin ; the third interstice is elevated behind, it 

 does not reach the apex, being united just in front of it to the 

 external one, which is similarly raised and thickened so as to conceal 

 the true margin, their junction forms an acute angle behind ; the 

 intermediate interstices are abbreviated and convergent behind, end- 

 ing in a depression ; when examined sideways the middle seems to 

 be a little raised, with a depression before and behind it. 



The head is as wide behind as the apex of the thorax, it is smooth 

 there, it is gradually narrowed to the width of the rostrum, and 

 though there is a line of demarcation behind the eyes it does not 

 interrupt the outline. This is the normal condition in this genus, 

 but the head may be immersed to the eyes in mounting. Tarsi 

 with indistinctly lobed, rather narrow, third joint. 



Length, 1J lines ; breadth, quite J line. 



Moeraki. Sandager ; one example. 



Group LAMIID^E . 



Xylotoles (Gen., p. 592). 



2422. X. phormiobius, n.s. Elongate, attenuated posteriorly, 

 slightly shining, fuscous ; densely covered with fine depressed 

 greyish hairs and a few long erect pallid bristles on the hind-body, 

 legs, and antennae ; these last more or less rufescent and spotted. 



Head with a fine central line, labrurn reddish, antennal tubercles 

 not so prominent as they are in X. huttoni. Eyes coarsely facetted. 

 Thorax constricted near the front and base, with only slight de- 

 pressions across the surface in line with the constrictions, these are 

 not connected by any distinct longitudinal groove ; it is minutely 

 sculptured, almost rugose in front, but near the base there are many 

 transverse linear impressions, near each side a few coarse punctures 



