1454 COLEOPTEEA 



towards the tip. The mesosternal cavity has broad flattened 

 margins. The coxal lamina is quite obsolete for half its length 

 towards the side, but the trochaiiteral portion is well developed. 

 Size, 5 x If lines. 



2522. C. deterius, n.s. Subdepressed, slightly nitid, fusco- 

 niger, legs and antennae testaceous, these latter very slightly infus- 

 cate towards the extremity. 



Head finely and distinctly punctured, more sparingly on the 

 middle ; forehead subtruncate in the middle. The antennae reach 

 backwards to the shoulders, their second joint is a little shorter 

 than the third, which is quite as long as the fourth. Thorax longer 

 than broad, its sides only moderately rounded, narrowed behind ; 

 posterior angles extremely short, acute, directed backwards ; its 

 surface finely and closely punctured, slightly canaliculate. Elytra 

 widest near the hind thighs, much narrowed behind, they are flat, 

 striate, but the outer striae only are punctured, interstices finely 

 rugose ; the clothing consists of fine, short, nearly erect, brassy 

 setae or hairs ; on the thorax the pubescence is very slender and 

 greyish. 



C. powelli is perhaps the nearest species, but the obtuse forehead, 

 its smaller size, and elytral clothing appear sufficient for specific 

 differentiation. 



Length, 3 lines ; breadth, nearly line. 



Ashburton. One individual, found by Mr. W. W. Smith. 



Lomemus (Gen., p. 290). 



2523. L. fuscipes, n.s. Fusiform, subdepressed, shining, black, 

 legs fuscous, paler near the knees; pubescence elongate, very 

 slender, depressed, ash-coloured, but near the base of the elytra 

 and the hind angles of the thorax there are some conspicuous 

 yellow hairs. 



Head closely and rugosely punctured ; the forehead strongly 

 curved and nearly horizontal. Thorax longer than broad, much 

 narrowed anteriorly, its sides straight, posterior angles hardly at 

 all divergent, it is much more finely and distantly punctured than 

 the head. Elytra broadest at the base, gradually narrowed behind, 

 punctate-striate, the inner striae not distinctly punctured, interstices 

 rugose, sub granulate near the base. 



Antenna robust, extending to the middle thighs ; second and 

 third joints very short, equal, and, together, considerably shorter 

 than the following one ; 4-10 angularly produced at the inner ex- 

 tremity. 



Prosternum with densely punctate flanks, its process not hori- 

 zontal throughout ; mesosternal cavity ' narrow, with flat margins. 



The most fitting place for this species is next to No. 514. 



$ . Length, 3 lines ; breadth, quite f line. 



Capleston. Another of Mr. Cavell's novelties, represented as yet 

 by one specimen only. 



