Coleoptera from Neio Zealand. 185 



Protarphius indentatus, sp. n. 



Ohlong^ convex, fuscous, covered with sappy matter ; tarsi 

 and antennae red, club piceous. 



Head with granular sculpture, somewhat piceous. Antenncc 

 short, first joint but little exposed, ninth transverse and only 

 slightly broader than the eighth ; club large, its apical joint 

 about as broad but rather longer than the basal one. Thorax 

 transverse, abruptly contracted close to the base, each side 

 with two small indentations near the middle ; the middle of 

 the disk is longitudinally depressed, at each side of this de- 

 pression there are three elevations, the hindermost is the 

 largest, the rest of the surface is somewhat uneven. Elytra 

 with three nodiform elevations on the third interstices, one 

 near the base and one on the summit of the posterior declivity ; 

 there are three others in a row, near the side, all placed behind 

 the middle ; the serial punctures are close but not very 

 coarse. 



This docs not agree exactly with the typical species, but I 

 see no other place for it. The eyes are large and prominent, 

 the tarsi are elongate and slender, the sides of the thorax are 

 feebly indented, the antennal cavities are less expanded in 

 front of the eyes, and the epipleurai are more attenuated pos- 

 teriorly. It cannot be referred to TarpMus or any of its 

 allies, but I do not think it necessary to make another genus 

 for it at present. 



Length If, breadth f line. 



Taranaki. Two, found near Stratford several years ago. 



CiCONlSSUS, gen. nov. 



Body moderately narrow, transversely convex, finely and 

 sparsely setose, without nodiform elevations. Head immersed 

 up to the eyes ; antennal prominences large, covering all but 

 the extremity of the basal antennal joint. Labrum sub- 

 quadrate. Eyes small. 



Antennce 11 -articulate, of moderate length, and inserted 

 just in front of the eyes, with the club abruptly two-jointed. 

 Thorax evenly convex, sloping downwards in front ; its 

 base rounded towards the sides, so as to leave a gap be- 

 tween the hind angles and the shoulders ; the apex obtusely 

 rounded in the middle, with a slight notch behind each eye, 

 the angles not projecting. 



ticutellum small, usually hidden. Elytra longer than the 

 thorax, not wider ; shoulders rounded ; tliey are narrowed but 

 not abruptly declivous behind. Leys stout, rather short. 

 Tihicc unarmed, narrowed towards the extremity. Tarsi 



