308 Capt. T. Broun on new 



forwards inside the lateral channel. Elytra broad, their sides 

 slightly rounded and a good deal obliquely narrowed poste- 

 riorly ; the base is incurved and has distinct raised margins ; 

 the striae are deep and regular, the interstices are broad and 

 slightly convex, the subapical puncture on the third is seldom 

 distinct. The tarsi are grooved along each side of the middle, 

 the anterior less evidently than the others. 



This should be placed near No. 45, which most nearly 

 resembles it. The thorax of C. actochares is more cordiform, 

 it seems longer, and the basal portion and angles are very 

 different. The eyes are rather longer. The last ventral 

 segment has five punctures along each side of the middle in 

 some examples, but only two in others. 



(J . Length 6i, breadth 2| lines. 



Wellington. Found inside the harbour and along the 

 coast outside by Mr. J. H. Lewis. 



Tarastethus strenuus, sp. n. 



Shining, rufo-castaneous ; palpi fulvescent, legs and an- 

 tennfe chestnut-yellow. 



Head with broad frontal impressions, the space between 

 the antennse distinctly punctured. Thorax about one fifth 

 broader than long, the apex almost, if not quite, as wide as 

 the base, this latter feebly emarginate ; its sides moderately 

 rounded, behind the middle they are narrowed but hardly at 

 all sinuate, with rectangular posterior angles ; the central 

 channel is not deep and nearly reaches the apex, the basal 

 fossEe are obsolete, the whole basal region is rather closely 

 punctured. Elytra broader than the thorax, ovate-oblong, 

 the lateral margins broad as far as the apical sinuosities; they 

 are only moderately punctate-striate. 



Larger than T. 2}u7icticoUis, the thoracic margins finer j 

 the elytra more broadly rounded apically, the stri^ less deep 

 and their punctures less coarse and not so close ; the outer 

 strife obsolete near the shoulders ; the subapical plicse are 

 well developed. As my specimen is a little immature, the 

 ordinary colour is probably piceous. 



In T. alpinalis the eyes are less convex, the basal fossae of 

 the thorax are well marked, but the punctures near the base 

 are not nearly so numerous or close, the central space (and 

 that near each side) is nearly smooth, and the basal region, as 

 seen from behind, appears depressed. 

 $ . Length 2|, breadth quite 1|- lines. 

 Napier (Hastwell). One, found by Mr. H. Suter. 



