1440 COLEOPTERA 



Subtus piceum, ore coxis atque ventre dilutioribus. 



L. c., T % lin. (0-50mm.). 



Habitat New Zealand, exemplis multis a D. Lawson captis. 



NOTE. I possess two examples which were found in the Domain 

 at Auckland, but I have not met with it elsewhere. T. B. 



Actinopteryx. 



2498. A. australis, n.s. (Matth.; Cist. Entom., Vol. i., 

 p. 93.) Oblongo-ovalis, sat depressa, pilis laete argenteis vestita ; 

 capitc sat magno, pronoto ad latera valde dilatato, in medio latis- 

 simo, punctis sat magnis distinctis, interstitiis glabris nitidis, atque 

 depressione lata longitudinali utrinque in disco, irnpresso, lateribus 

 valde rotundatis, angulis posterioribus vix productis, acutis ; elytris 

 ad apices parurn attenuatis, lateribus modice rotundatis, confertim 

 sat profunde asperatis, apicibus dilutioribus, parum rotundatis ; 

 pedibus atque antennis longis, gracillimis, pallide flavis. 



Head large, much rounded in front, marked with rather large 

 distinct punctures ; eyes small, not prominent ; antennae very long 

 and slender, with the three apical joints slightly incrassate, pale- 

 yellow. 



Thorax large, transverse, scarcely longer than the head, widest 

 at the middle, with the sides much rounded and slightly margined, 

 marked with rather large and distinct punctures, the interstices 

 smooth and shining, and also with a broad shallow longitudinal 

 depression on each side near the middle of the disc, basal margin 

 nearly straight, with its angles acute, but very little produced. 



Scutellum small, triangular, moderately asperate. 



Elytra a little longer than the head and thorax united, suboval, 

 slightly attenuated posteriorly, with the sides slightly rounded and 

 margined, moderately asperate in very close wavy rows, marked 

 with a broad longitudinal depression on each side of the suture near 

 the middle, apex very little rounded, paler, with the extreme edge 

 white. 



Abdomen considerably exserted, attenuated towards the apex. 



Legs long and slender, pale-yellow, with the femora dusky. 



Australia, Swan River. 



NOTE. I have given the description of this species, as it is found 

 in New Zealand. One, indeed, was sent to me from Mokohinou 

 Island by Mr. Sandager. T. B. 



Group COLYDIID-ffi . 



Coxelus (Gen., p. 195). 



2499. C. regularis, n.s. Subparallel, narrow, opaque ; ob- 

 scure fusco-piceous, legs and antennae reddish ; sparingly clothed 

 with slender, yellowish-grey setae. 



