Coleoptera fi-om New Zealand. 187 



Epistranus hirtalis^ sp. n. 

 Body transversely convex, much narrowed medially, slightly 

 shining, obscure chestnut-red ; legs and antennae red, tarsi 

 paler. 



Head W\\\\ some small granules, -^w^ewwos sparsely pubes- 

 cent, club more distinctly ; first joint but little visible from 

 above, second thick, cylindric, nearly twice as long as broad, 

 tliird nearly twice the length of the following one ; joints 4 

 to 7 small, eighth and ninth transverse, tenth very broad, 

 eleventh about as broad, rounded. Thorax about as long as 

 broad, greatly narrowed near the base, widest near the 

 middle ; it is covered with tubercles, these are larger near 

 the middle than elsewhere, at the sides tliey cause the margins 

 to appear denticulate ; along the middle of the disk there is a 

 smooth linear space, between the middle and the apex there 

 seems to be a transverse depression, owing to the tubercles 

 being nearly absent there ; each tubercle bears about six 

 short fine yellow seta-, and from the centre of these there 

 arises an erect elongate fulvous hair. Elytra rather longer, 

 but not broader, than the thorax, the shoulders rounded, the 

 sides a little curved and denticulate ; they bear regular series 

 of tubercles, about six in each row ; between the tubercles 

 there seem to be coarse punctures ; on the posterior declivity 

 there are about four series, and as these are much smaller 

 than the tubercles on the dorsum, the interstices appear broad 

 and smooth ; their clothing is like that of the thorax. Tihice 

 densely ciliate with yellow seta3 ; on the anterior above the 

 middle the setse are most conspicuous. 



Underside rufescent, sparsely setose. Prosternum deeply 

 and broadly concave at each side from the front angles to the 

 femora ; from each coxa there extends forwards a curved row 

 of tubercles, five or six in each^ along the middle in front 

 there are some smaller ones, the intervening s])ace appears 

 depressed. Between the middle coxce there is a large deep 

 cavity, and just behind this there are two foveas. The meta- 

 sternum is deeply transversely depressed beliind ; the space 

 between the posterior coxse is broadly raised, a cavity behind 

 this is limited by raised borders. The sides of the basal 

 segment of the abdomen are depressed ; the second has a 

 curved elevation across it, but behind it is much depressed; 

 the next two have very broad deep sutures ; the fifth is rather 

 flat and as long as the preceding two. 



This cannot be E. Laicsoni, Sharp, whicli has short setae 

 above. It is near E. valens, but it lias a considerably larger 

 terminal joint to the antennae. The clothing of the tubercles 

 is remarkable. The specimen described above lias been 



