Coleoptera.'\ SUBANTARCTIC ISLANDS OF NEW ZEALAND. 119 



distinctly faceted, situated close to the base of the rostrum and just free from the 

 thorax. Scrobes extending from the middle of the rostrum to the ^eyes. Scape 

 elongate and slender, attaining front of eye. Funiculus 7-articulate, basal joint 

 nearly twice as long and stout as 2nd, 3-7 become^|shorter and thicker, 7th evi- 

 dently larger than 6th. Cliih oblong-oval. TAorax ^transverse, its sides rounded, 

 somewhat constricted in front, moderately closely and distinctly punctured. Scu- 

 tdlurn small. Elytra wider than thorax at the base, oblong, narrowed posteriorly, 

 regularly punctate-striate. Femora angulate and dentate underneath. Tibiae a 

 little flexuous, mucronate at the extremity. Tarsi finely hispid below, 3rd joint 

 broadly lobed. Claws thickened near the base. 



Underside sparsely pubescent, finely punctate. Metasternum moderately elon- 

 gate, longitudinally grooved in the middle. 2nd ventral segment but little longer 

 than 3rd or 4th. 



Length (rost. excL), \\ lines ; breadth, J line. 



Auckland Islands. 



Taken off Dracophyllum by Mr. Hudson. Distinct from our New Zealand 

 species. 



Pactolotypus, gen. nov. 



Body compact, subovate, moderately convex. Rostrum rather shorter than 

 thorax, slightly contracted before the middle. Scrobes deep, oblique, beginning 

 near the apex and extending to the underside half-way to the eyes. Scape rather 

 slender, somewhat incrassate near the extremity, it attains the back of the eye. 

 Funiculus 6-articulate ; basal joint large, slender at base, clavate at apex; 2nd of 

 similar form, but very much more slender ; 3-6 small, moniform, 6th a little larger 

 than the preceding one. Club moderately large, ovate, triarticulate. Head as wide 

 as front of thorax, quite half its length. Eyes distant from thorax and each other, 

 lateral, prominent, distinctly faceted, subrotundate. Thorax subcylindric, base and 

 apex truncate, without ocular lobes. Scutellum small or indistinct. Elytra less than 

 twice the width of the thorax at the base, ovate, shoulders not prominent. Legs 

 moderately elongate, stout. The 2 front pairs of femora simple ; the posterior long, 

 strongly clavate towards the extremity, angulate and strongly spiniform underneath. 

 Tibiae flexuous, the posterior very much so, all unarmed. Tarsi with pilose soles, 

 3rd joint cleft to the base, its lobes expanded and divergent. Claws subdentate. 

 Prosternum emarginate in front. Anterior coxae prominent and contiguous ; inter- 

 mediate moderately, the posterior widely, separated. Abdomen elongate ; basal 

 2 segments very large, seemingly connate, without any distinct suture ; 3rd and 4th 

 short, with deep sutures. 



This genus is closely related to the New Zealand Pactola ; in fact, on a super- 

 ficial examination the type appears almost identically the same as the smaller and 

 narrower species, Pactola demissa. Pactolotypus is, however, essentially different in 

 some respects. The funiculus has only 6 joints instead of 7, the humeral angles 

 are narrow and rounded in place of being broad, there is no well-marked suture 

 between the basal 2 ventral segments, &c. 



Pactolotypus striatus, sp. nov. (Plate V, fig. 5.) 



Snuill, opaque, piceous ; the antennae and base of hind thighs testaceous or 

 castaneo-rufous, legs infuscate ; covered with erect grey setae and small variegated 



