Genera and Species of ±s^ew Zealand Coleoplera. ll>7 



There is no other species rcscmhliiig it. 



Length (rostr. incl.) 3|, ])rca(lth H lines. 



Port Lyttleton. 



One example. Another o£ Mr. J. J. Walker's discoveries. 



Platyomida brcvicornis, sp. n. 



Piceous, densely clothed with small, depressed, greyish 

 scales-, antenna) and tarsi pitchy red. 



Rostrum one fourth shorter than the thorax, ^vith a well- 

 defined central carina. Thora.v one fourth broader ihan 

 long, slightly wider near the front tlian it is elsewhere, 

 longitudinally dejjrcssed along the middle, rugose-granulate. 

 Sciitelluin transverse. Elytra subovate, broader than thorax 

 at the base, shoulders rather narrow and oblique, sides but 

 little curved; striate-punctate, third and fifth interstices end 

 behind in nearly equal nodosities ; there are three smaller 

 ones on each side of the posterior declivity, besides some 

 granular elevations. 



This species differs from P. Aiwo^e* as follows: — The antenna 

 are shorter and thicker, the scape only reaches the middle of 

 the eye, the second joint of the funiculus is just appreciably 

 longer than the first, joints 3 to 7, though longer than In-oad, 

 are nearly oviform and not at all slender. The thorax is not 

 so rough. The elytra are less uneven above, more narrowed 

 towards the base, and the apices, though not divaricate, are 

 evidently narrower. The eyes are more rotundate, instead 

 of being decidedly longitudinally oval. The insect, as a 

 whole, is less brightly coloured. 



Length (rostr. incl.) 0, breadth 2\ lines. 

 Puysegur Point. 



One from Mr. Sandager's collection, forwarded by 

 Mr. Lewis. 



Obs. — Anotlier, numbered 5194, has the rostrum slightly 

 broader and feebly bisnlcate. Elytra broader, with more 

 ncdiform shoulders, their series of [)unctures more regular 

 and distinct, squamosity more infuscate. The scape reaches 

 the back of the eye. This insect is probably a varietal form. 



Tifjones dispar, sp. n. 



Opaque, subovate, infuscate red, densely squamose, the 

 scjuamosity variegate, chiefly fuseo-testaceous, with three 

 longitudinal dark streaks on the thorax, and irregular, nu)stly 

 transverse, dark spaces on the elytra, the sct;e rather fiiu*, 

 erect, and [)ale. 



