62 0/1 neic Coleoptera from JSew Zealand. 



Legs siout ; tibiaB slightly reddish ; tarsi almost testaceous. 

 The pectoral canal extends almost to the middle of the 

 iiitonncdiatc coxrp. ^lotastcrmini very sliort, but the basal 

 ventral segment is large, the terminal one is red. 



This minute species is most nearly allied to Pascoe's 

 A. perpvsillus (no. 870). 



I'Cngth, rost. excl., ^ ; breadth -^ line. 



Tiiis species also is from the collection of Mr. Lewis. 



Gronp Cossonidse. 

 Agastegnus rvfescens, sp. n. 



Elongate, subdej)rcssed, subcylindrie, finely pubescent, 

 moderately glossy, iufuscatc-red ; rostrum and thorax quite 

 red, head darker. 



Rosfnim shorter than thorax, nearly c\ lindric, but con- 

 tracted at the base and slightly narrowed between the middle 

 an«l the apex, finely and distantly punctured in front, more 

 closely behind. Head imiuersed up to the eyes, much 

 curvedly narrowed anteriorly, so punctured as to appear 

 rather dull. Eyes flat, lateral. Thorax somewhat oviform, 

 but ccmstrictcil near the apex ; its disk subdepressed and 

 medially furrowed, distinctly yet finely and not closely 

 punctured ; it bears distinct decumbent golden iiairs near 

 the sides. Scutellum small, but distinct. Elytra elongate, 

 somewhat gradually narrowed towards ihe base, broadly, but 

 not very obviously, transversely depressed between the middle 

 and the base, sparingly clothed with yellow and greyish 

 hairs ; punetate-striate, intermediate strijie shallow or obso- 

 lete, the two suturals deep at the base ; intei'sticcs apparently 

 impunctate, the third carinate towards the apices. 



Legs long, rather stnit, finely and sparingly pubescent; 

 tibiae flexuous, with wcll-develo|)ed hooks. Tarsi 4-j(unteH, 

 penultimate moderately expanded and sub-bilobed, the apical 

 joint nearly as long as the other three conjoint!}', their soles 

 with scattered outstanding slender hairs. 



Antenna reddi-^h, scape flexuous and a little thickened 

 towards the extremity, quite as long as the funiculus, which 

 is 5-jointed, with the basal joint obconical, seeoiul nearly 

 twice as long as broad and more slender than the contiguous 

 ones, third and fourth apparently transversely quadrate, 

 though slightly narrowed near the base, fifth transverse, 

 broader than the preceding ones ; the clul) densely but finely 

 pubescent, oblong-oval, large, indi^tinctly articulated, about 

 the length of joints 2-5 of the funiculus taken togcfhcr. 



