OF NEW ZEALAND. 1443 



definite granular sculpture, the base depressed, with a row of 

 punctures ; its sides are explanate. Elytra with series of distinct 

 punctures, these are not very coarse and are mostly transverse ; the 

 fine yellowish setae are arranged in lines, but some are concentrated 

 and form spots, there are also a few coarse, erect setae similar to 

 those at the sides. .Legs with fine setae only. 



The nearly straight sides of the thorax, and the sculpture of the 

 head, are distinctive. 



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



Hunua Kange, Clevedon. Mr. Hugh Munro gave me three 

 examples of this species, which, with pleasure, I name in his 

 honour. 



Group-PYCNOMERID^E. 



Pycnomerus (Gen., p. 208). 



2503. P. angulatUS, n.s. Subparallel, subopaque, sparsely 

 clothed with very minute yellowish setae ; pitchy-black, the legs 

 and antennae pitchy-red. 



Head quadrate, its punctuation not coarse and rather shallow, 

 its frontal impressions deep and foveiform, the margins, in front of 

 the eyes, rather flat ; eyes moderate. Antenna with the transverse 

 tenth joint only very slightly narrowed near its base, the eleventh 

 well developed. Thorax longer than broad, with a short sinuosity 

 behind each eye ; the anterior angles, therefore, appear prominent 

 in reality they do not extend beyond the apical margin; the sides, 

 near the front, are slightly oblique, from thence they are very 

 gradually narrowed backwards, the margins are thin, so that the 

 hind angles are ill-defined ; the dorsal impression is broad and 

 shallow, it is indistinctly divided along the middle, the punctuation 

 is moderately close, coarse, and regular. Elytra very feebly curved 

 laterally, shoulders not prominent, but not obtuse ; their striae regu- 

 lar, the punctures not longer than the intervals between them, they 

 are not conspicuous ; interstices rather broader than the striae, the 

 third bent sharply inwards at the base, the basal margin, however, 

 is not thickened, so that the small glossy scutellum is distinct. 



P. arboreus is the nearest species ; its eyes, however, are more 

 convex and coarsely facetted, the thoracic disc is unimpressed, the 

 lateral margins are well developed, and the head differs. No. 369 

 has broad, deep elytral striae and narrower interstices. 



Length, If lines ; breadth, quite f line. 



Maketu, Hunua Eange. One individual. 



2504. P. frontalis, n.s. Subopaque, obscure piceo-rufous, legs 



red, the setae very minute. 



Head quadrate, its punctuation shallow, becoming quite fine 

 anteriorly, the frontal impressions small ; the raised spot between 

 the antenna and the eye is red and shining, a smaller spot in front 

 of each fovea is also red and nitid, these are best seen from behind ; 

 eyes moderate. Antenna short, the third joint, though transverse, 



