1406 COLEOPTEKA 



short, finely pilose, joints 4-11 gradually but considerably dilated ; 

 the two basal joints cylindric, second shorter than the first ; third 

 longer than broad, its basal portion slender ; fourth not longer than 

 broad, narrowed towards the base ; joints 5-10 strongly transverse, 

 the ninth rather larger than the contiguous ones ; eleventh not quite 

 as broad as the tenth, almost rotundate. Thorax slightly broader 

 than long, base truncate, the sides rounded towards the front, it is 

 not distinctly punctured. Elytra transverse, apices obliquely trun- 

 cate towards the suture, very finely sculptured. Hind-body attenuate, 

 finely punctate. Tibia bent, the intermediate shorter and thicker 

 than the posterior, sparingly hispid ; tarsi rather short. 



The short, incrassate antennae are distinctive. 



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



Maketu, Hunua Eange. One. 



2451. C. niticollis, n.s. Shining, fuscous; the head and 

 thorax, the apex of the dorsal ventral segments, and the legs, 

 chestnut-red ; clothed with short yellow hairs, the sides and apical 

 segment of the hind-body with coarse black hairs. 



Head distantly and indistinctly punctate. Antennae- pubescent ; 

 second joint rather thicker, but shorter, than the third ; fifth broader 

 than the fourth, twice as long as it is broad ; joints 6-10 sub- 

 quadrate, each becoming a little shorter and broader, so that the 

 tenth is transverse ; eleventh conical. Thorax evidently longer than 

 broad, very finely and distantly punctured, more glossy than the 

 rest of the surface. Elytra subquadrate, shorter than the thorax, 

 apices nearly truncate; they are finely sculptured, and near the 

 suture appear to be minutely asperate. Hind-body elongate, finely 

 punctate. Legs elongate, the middle femora at the extremity, 

 underneath, with a slender spiniform seta, tibiae slightly bent ; tarsi 

 about the length of the tibiae. 



The hind-body, in the only specimen I have seen, shows the 

 peculiarity of an angular lamina near one side of the second seg- 

 ment, and on the opposite side of the fourth there is a similar 

 slightly-raised lamina. 



This species may be placed near No. 182 ; it does not, however, 

 bear much resemblance to it. 



Length, If lines ; breadth, f line. 



Moeraki. One, sent by Mr. Sandager. 



OBS. No. 177. A variety of this species, having ash-coloured 

 or fuscous pubescence, was forwarded by Mr. G. V. Hudson, and I 

 at first thought it represented a distinct species. The pubescence 

 is very easily removed. This specimen was marked by Mr. Hudson 

 No. 122. 



Group-XANTHOLINID^I. 



Xantholinus (Gen., p. 102). 



2452. X. CSecUS, n.s. Elongate, slender, depressed, sparsely 

 clothed with very fine pale hairs ; the head, thorax, antennae, and 



