1434 COLEOPTBEA 



basal portion ; ninth and tenth not longer than broad ; eleventh 

 ovate, acuminate. Thorax strongly transverse, a little rounded 

 towards the obtuse anterior angles, the base a little bisinuate, 

 posterior angles acute, very slightly directed backwards; with some- 

 what reticulate sculpture, fine and close. Elytra gradually, but 

 only moderately, narrowed posteriorly, with a fine sutural stria on 

 each, densely and very finely transversely strigose. Middle tibia a 

 little curved, the posterior with elongate spurs. 



Underside piceous, with fine yellowish pubescence, its sculpture 

 fine and close. 



About the same size as C. lugubris, less attenuated posteriorly, 

 more finely sculptured, the clothing finer, the thorax differently 

 formed, the sides being nearly straight behind and less sinuate at 

 the base, &c. 



. Length, If lines ; breadth, line. 



Maketu, Hunua Kange. Two, amongst fallen leaves. 



2489. C. monticola, n.s. Compact, broadly oval, convex, a 

 little shining ; piceous, a large space near each hind angle of the 

 thorax pale-brown, legs pitchy-red, the tarsi, palpi, and five basal 

 joints of the antennae yellowish, the remaining joints fuscous ; 

 pubescence greyish and cinereous, depressed, elongate and slender. 



Thorax transverse, gradually curvedly narrowed towards the 

 front, base slightly bisinuate, hind angles not prominent ; its 

 sculpture fine, not at all close, and rather indefinite. Elytra 

 finely and closely transversely strigose, with a fine sutural stria 

 on each not reaching the base. Tibia straight, spinulose ex- 

 ternally ; the anterior, at the inner angle, with a distinct spiniform 

 process, the posterior with slender and moderately elongate spurs. 

 Antenna as long as the head and thorax ; the five basal joints 

 elongate and slender, the others dilated ; sixth joint longer than 

 broad, subtriangular ; seventh, ninth, and tenth nearly twice as 

 long as broad, loosely articulated ; eleventh not larger than tenth ; 

 eighth about half the size of the contiguous ones. 



Male. Front tarsi with the three basal joints a good deal dilated, 

 fifth elongate and slender. 



In shape like No. 281 ; more broadly oval than C. phyllobia and 

 its allies, and probably not congeneric. 



$ . Length, If lines ; breadth, f line. 



Mount Pirongia. One individual, in leaf-mould ; Mr. Urquhart. 



2490. C. hunuense, n -s- Shining, fusco-piceous, legs pitchy- 

 red, the tarsi and four or five basal joints of the antennae yellowish, 

 remaining joints infuscate. 



This species is like C. monticola, but is rather more oblong ; the 

 sculpture of the thorax is very fine and indistinct, and not close ; 

 the elytra with fine strigose sculpture, but with well-marked sutural 

 striae. The middle tibia are curved in both sexes. In the male the 

 three basal joints of the front tarsi are dilated. The anterior tibiae 

 are not spinose at the inner angle. 



