302 On new Coleoptera from Neio Zealand. 



outside there are erect setse, but along the inside there are 

 numerous long pale hairs ; posterior tarsi with the basal joint 

 rather slender, the third lobate. 8cape flexuous, slender near 

 the base, with outstanding setas. First joint of the funicidics 

 longer than the second, both elongate, third rather longer 

 than broad, 5 to 7 bead-like ; club ovate, its fourth joint very 

 small. 



Underside reddish, more or less closely punctate. Meta- 

 sternum short, depressed in the middle, and with a large 

 fovea behind. Abdomen elongate, the two basal segments 

 rather broadly and deeply depressed, the sides of the depres- 

 sion near the cox^ seem elevated, the second is at least one 

 third shorter than the first, fifth punctate, as long as the first ; 

 sixth well-developed, transversely concave. 



? . Hind tibijB moderately thick, without long hairs on 

 the inside, not swollen at the extremity. The elytral striae 

 less evident, sometimes looking like series of ill-defined 

 punctures. Underside fuscous, shining, with yellow hairs ; 

 metasternum nearly plane; first segment flattened in front, 

 fifth punctate, simple ; there is no supplementary segment. 



The more robust legs, the differently formed and clothed 

 tibiae, the shorter thorax, and broader elytra distinguish the 

 male of this species from the typical one, No. 2550. 



^ . Length (rostr. inch) If, breadth | line. 



Mount Pirongia. Two males and three females, December 

 1892. 



Obs. No. 2559 [Xestrms serrijyes). — Having found two 

 males and a female, and as it is a distinct genus, I think it 

 will be useful to define the sexual characters. 



(J . Legs robust, the front and hind femoi'a much swollen 

 beyond the middle; the posterior tibt'ce serrate along the inner 

 face and strongly angulate and prolonged at the inner extre- 

 mity, the intermediate less so. Claws large, much bent 

 downwards. The metasternum and two basal segments are 

 depressed, the suture between these segments is obsolete, 

 third and fourth short, fifth nearly truncate and minutely 

 ciliate at the apex ; between this and the end of the elytra 

 the supplementary segment, which is concave at the base, is 

 quite exposed. The vestiture of the tarsi^ though slender, is 

 very conspicuous. 



$ . Metasternum with a transverse depression behind, so 

 that the middle appears elevated. The suture between the 

 two basal xenXxiil segments is distinct, the third and fourth are 

 less abbreviated, the fifth (the last) is broadly impressed. 

 Posterior tibioi not serrate and not prolonged at the apex. 

 The legs are more slender. 



[To be coiitiuued.] 



