1504 OLEOPTERA OF NEW ZEALAND. 



lidiore; prothorace subrugoso; elytris thorace latioribus, disco minus 

 convexo, seriatim remote punctatis, ante apicem nodulis parvis 

 quatuor munitis. 



Long., 6mm. 



Antenna rather elongate, second joint longer than the third, 

 eighth nearly as long as broad. Thorax nearly one-fourth broader 

 than long ; the sides a good deal rounded and much narrowed in 

 front, less so behind. Elytra broad, distinctly flat on the disc ; 

 scutellum rather broad, and touched on each side by a minute 

 swelling of the wing-case, furnished with distinct rows of rather 

 distant punctures, and with two quite distinct distant small tubercles 

 on each placed on the same level, and forming only a slight curve 

 transversely ; setosity of the surface indistinct. 



Though similar to the Auckland form of G. obliquisignatus in 

 colour, this is a very distinct species, approximating in form to 

 Brachyolus punctipennis : the more rugose thorax, and larger 

 scutellum, are easy and certain marks for distinguishing it from 

 C. obliquisignatus. 



Otago. Professor Hutton ; a single example. 



2592. C. longulus, n.s. (Sharp; Trans. Roy. Dub. Soc., 1886, 

 p. 424.) Angustior, elongatus, pallide griseo-squamosus ; prothorace 

 elongate, obsolete rugoso ; elytris thorace latioribus, seriatim remote 

 punctatis, ante apicem nodulis parvis quatuor munitis. 



Long., 6|mm. 



Closely allied to C. scutellaris, but of much narrower form, and 

 pallid-griseous colour. The rostrum is rather longer and more 

 slender ; the thorax is a little broader than long, and has a slight 

 oblique broad depression on each side near the front ; the scutellum 

 is quite distinct, and there is not the slightest swelling at its sides. 

 The elytra are minutely uneven, and the rows of distant punctures 

 they bear are quite distinct, those on the deflexed sides being even 

 more distinct. The setosity of the surface is very slight. The 

 example is, no doubt, a male, and has the basal and apical ventral 

 segments longitudinally depressed along the middle. 



Dunedin. Professor Hutton ; a single example, sent in 1879. 



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