1418 COLEOPTEEA 



body short, deflexed, with some fine pallid hairs. Tibia a little 

 bent. 



Male. Antenna ten-jointed; basal joint larger than second; 

 third and fourth small and nearly equal ; fifth broader than the 

 contiguous ones, and longer than the small sixth joint ; seventh 

 transverse ; eighth very short, slightly broader than the seventh ; 

 ninth and tenth very large, distinctly pubescent and minutely 

 roughened, of about equal breadth, both oblong, the ninth rather 

 shorter than the tenth, slightly curvedly narrowed towards its 

 base. 



Metasternum broadly depressed ; basal segment of the abdomen 

 with two distinct, but not acute, tubercles, the terminal segment 

 broadly impressed. 



Female. Antennae, joints 8-10 transverse, tenth larger than 

 ninth ; eleventh large, oblong-oval. 



Tairua, and the Hunua Range. Twelve males, one female. 



$ . Length, nearly f ; breadth, quite \ line. 



The name B. mundus being preoccupied by a Japanese species, 

 the above description and name are substituted. 



243. B. fulvitarsis. Shining, rufescent, elytra pale-red, but 

 not as pale as the legs, tarsi fulvous ; surface nearly glabrous. 



Head with two interocular foveae, depressed and uneven in front. 

 Thorax nearly as broad as it is long, widest near the middle, im- 

 pressed at each side behind. Elytra with fine distinct sutural striae. 

 Abdomen short, with pale pubescence. 



Male. Antenna ten-jointed ; first joint larger than second ; fourth 

 small, bead-like, shorter than third ; fifth distinctly longer than the 

 preceding two, one-half longer than it is broad ; sixth and seventh 

 evidently broader than the fifth, transverse ; eighth very short and 

 transverse ; ninth joint very large, oblong, with a fovea-like cavity 

 near one side underneath; tenth subcordate, only about half the 

 size of the ninth. 



Coxa (anterior) with minute slender spines ; metasternum only 

 moderately, or feebly, impressed ; basal segment of the abdomen with 

 two minute obtuse tubercles near the apex, the apical segment flat- 

 tened. 



This is certainly closely allied to B. impar, but it is nevertheless 

 distinct. 



<? . Length, f ; breadth, 1 line. 



Tairua, and Hunua Range. The female is similar to that of No. 

 239. I redescribe this species, as its original name (B. sanguinea) 

 had been applied previously. 



Sagola (Gen., p. 134). 



2466. S. macronyx, n.s. Shining, red, elytra and legs red- 

 dish-yellow, pubescence yellow. 



Head moderately narrowed in front of the prominent eyes, 

 rounded behind; interantennal groove deep, extending to beyond 

 the back part of the eyes, there are two small foveae near the hind 



