Species of New-Zealand Coleoptera. 66 



Tychanua verrucosus. 



T. ovatus, niger, subfusco-squamosus ; rostro modice arcuato, pro- 

 thorace vix breviore ; an tennis ferrugincis ; funiculo articulo 

 Bccuiulo (luam primo paulo longiorc ; prothorace subtransvcrso, 

 pone apiceui modice constricto, apice ipso bif;i.sciculato, in medio 

 transversim quadrifiisciculato ; elytris brevibus, convexis, sub- 

 Btriato-puQctatis, tubereulis fasciculatis dispcrsis, postice decli- 

 vibus ; femoribus infra deutc parvulo iastructis ; tibiis brevi- 

 UBCulis. Long. 3 lin. 



Hab. Tairua. 



Sympedius. 



Acalli viciuum, sed prothorace basi bisinuato et scutello manifesto, 

 a Tychano elytris baud callosis, et femoribus inermibus. Rostrum 

 arcuatura, basi crassius. Elytra ajquata, prothorace baud latiora. 

 Tarsi articulo pcnultimo late bilobo, secundo angusto. 



This genus differs from the List in the form of its elytra 

 and the mutic femora. 



Sympediua testudo. 



S. brevis, squamis silaceis griseisque varius ; rostro prothorace bre- 

 viore ; antennis ferrugineis ; funiculo articulo primo quam secundo 

 fere duplo longiore ; clava ovata, breviuscula ; prothorace valde 

 transverso, antice abrupte constricto, apice fasciculis duabus nigris 

 et pone medium quatuor transversim dispositis, instructo ; scutello 

 parvo ; elytris subcordatis. vage fasciculatis, striato-punctatis, 

 interstitiis plus minusve elevatis, striis squamis elongatis instructis, 

 lateribus plaga limit ata alba notatis ; abdomine segmentis tribus 

 ultimis, secundoque in medio, nigris. Long. 1^2 :| lin. 



Hab. Tairua. 



Varies considerably in size and also in coloration. 



Sympedius vexatus. 



S. oblongus, fuscus, squamis griseis tectus ; rostro prothorace vix 

 breviore : antennis ferrugineis ; funiculo articulo secundo quam 

 primo breviore, clava ol)longo-ovata ; prothorace valde transverso, 

 antice fortiter constricto, apice bi- in medio quadrisubfasciculato; 

 elytris parallelis, postice rotundatis, impresso-punctatis; femoribus 

 infra canaliculatis. Long. 2§ lin. 



Horb. Tairua. 



Differs from the last in being longer, and the femora being 

 grooved beneath for the reception of the tibiae. In some ex- 

 amples there are, owing to the dense squamosity, two pale 

 oblique spots at the sides of the elytra. 



Ann. tfc Ma>j. X. Hist. Scr. 4. Vol. xviii. /) 



