OF NEW ZEALAND. 1435 



Antenna with the five basal joints slender and elongate, the 

 sixth though longer than broad is hardly at all wider at the apex 

 than it is at the base ; seventh, ninth, and tenth a little shorter and 

 broader, but distinctly longer than broad ; eighth joint only about 

 one-third shorter than the seventh, and not much narrower, dis- 

 tinctly longer and narrower than the corresponding joint in C. monti- 

 cola. 



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



Hunua Range. One pair, on the ground, amongst leaves. 



Allocatops. 



Nov. gen. 



Body oblong-oval, only moderately convex. Prosternum widely 

 and deeply emarginate, the anterior angles touch the eyes. Meso- 

 sternum raised in front; the middle coxae contiguous, but with a 

 small intervening triangular process. Metasternum moderate, its 

 anterior part sharply defined, its edge forming the hind margin of 

 the coxal cavities, which extend nearly to the sides. Posterior 

 coxa distinctly separated. Epipleurcs broad at the base, linear 

 behind, their external margin cariniform. Femora stout ; the tibiae 

 gradually expanded, on the outer face bearing numerous slender 

 spines, the calcar at the apex of each distinct. Tarsi slender, 

 pubescent, five-jointed, with slender claws. Mentum transverse, 

 Palpi short, the terminal joints longer than the preceding, narrowed 

 towards the extremity. Antenna stout, 11-articulate ; the basal 

 two joints cylindrical, the second the shorter ; joints 4-6 nearly 

 equal, subquadrate, these much more slender than the opaque, 

 pubescent terminal five ; eighth very small, ninth and tenth trans- 

 verse. 



2491. A. OValis, n.s. Glabrous, shining, pitchy-brown, extre- 

 mity of elytra paler ; the legs, and the six slender basal joints of the 

 antennae, red, the terminal joints piceous. 



Head broad, not trigonal ; the forehead emarginate, limited by a 

 fine line, which, near the sides, is directed to the eye, the anterior 

 portion yellowish, or membranous. Mandibles red, robust, almost 

 wholly exposed. Eyes transverse, slightly prominent. Thorax 

 broader than it is long, somewhat curvedly narrowed towards the 

 front, lateral margins fine, base and apex subtruncate, the angles 

 obtuse but nearly rectangular, its punctuation fine and rather dis- 

 tant. Scnlellum small. Elytravtith fine sutural striae not attaining 

 the apices, there are also several series of distinct punctures which 

 become obsolete behind ; interstices plane, minutely and distantly 

 punctured. 



Underside shining-brown, and, including the legs, finely and 

 sparingly pubescent. 



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



Moeraki. Mr. Sandager found one mutilated female, which he 

 placed at my disposal. 



