.392 On new Cohoptera fi'om Neiv Zealand. 



the punctures less numerous near the base and sides. Scu- 

 tellum nearly smooth. Elytra oblong, the shoulders some- 

 what swollen and smooth ; the dorsum rather coarsely but 

 not very regularly punctured ; the sculpture becomes serial 

 and forms strise behind, the sutural striae become obsolete 

 towards the base. Legs with greyisli pubescence. 



The sculpture is coarser than usual and the lateral margins 

 of the thorax are broader. In Nos. 1094 and 10'j8 the head 

 is quite smooth or only very minutely punctured. 



(J . Antennae thicker, second joint not longer than broad. 

 Front angles of thorax acutely rectangular, less depressed. 

 Legs and tarsi more robust. 



Length 2;^, breadth 1\ lines. 



Waitakerei Range and Pokeno Valley. 



Aphilon laticollis, sp. n. 



Convex^ hemispherical, glabrous, shining, bronze-black ; 

 legs and antennae rufo-testaceous. 



Head sl little uneven. Thorax strongly transverse, its sides 

 finely margined and curved, much more narrowed in front 

 than behind, the apex widely incurved, anterior angles some- 

 what rounded ; its surface finely, distinctly, but not closely 

 punctured, the sides nearly smooth. Scutellum. triangular. 

 Elytra punctate, the larger punctures do not form regular 

 series, the smaller ones are interposed longitudinally. Legs 

 stout, the tibiae curved and a little dilated below tlie middle. 

 Antennce longer than tlie head and thorax ; first joint thick 

 and dilated inwardly, second thicker but much shorter than 

 the third ; third, fourth, and fifth elongate and nearly equal, 

 6 to 8 longer than broad, seventh rather longer than the con- 

 tiguous ones, ninth and tenth nearly similar to the eighth, 

 eleventh rather longer than the tenth. 



In No. 1106 the sides of the thorax are nearly straight. 

 In No. 1105 the thorax and elytra are more coarsely punc- 

 tured. The female of No. 1556 has the thorax much longer 

 in the middle and the front angles do not extend outside the 

 eyes. In A. laticolUs the thorax is broader and the terminal 

 joint of the palpi is obtuse at the extremity. 



? . Length If, breadth 1^ lines. 



Thames. Mr. Albert Koebele gave me a specimen. 



Ohs. In this genus the scutellum, though sometimes in- 

 visible, is usually triangular. The tarsi vary according to 

 sex. Dr. Sharp described the female (No. 1104) ; in the 

 male the basal joint of the tarsi is large, as in No. 1556. 



