350 Major T. Broun on neio 



rarrowcd anteriorly, deeply sinuate behind the middle, but 

 near the base the sides are straight, posterior angles reet- 

 angnlar but not acute; the disk broadly depressed longi- 

 tudinally, the central groove extends from the base to the 

 oblique frontal impressions ; the marginal channels seem 

 deep, owing to the reflexed rims; basal Ibst^as large and deep, 

 extending forwards as curvate impressions nearly to the apex ; 

 at the inner side of each of these, at the middle, there is 

 another but shorter impression, the base is closely longi- 

 tudii)a!ly strigose, the disk has indistinct transverse striai. 

 Elytra oval, the lateral margins forming a gentle uninter- 

 ru[)ted curve to the posterior angles of the thorax, at v.fhich 

 point the margins are also well developed ; they are a good 

 deal obliquely narrowed posteriorly, the apices are rather 

 sharply rounded, but not prolonged individually, thus causing 

 a slight sutural gap ; they are regularly and deeply striate, 

 with fine, rather indistinct punctures ; interstices slightly 

 convex, quite impunctate ; the short scutellar striie are well 

 marked. 



Tarsi setose, basal three joints of the anterior oblong, 

 narrowed towards the base, decreasing in length and slightly 

 grooved above, the hind pairs distinctly grooved. 



At first sight I thought this might be only a southern 

 form of C. 2>ictonensis, JSharp, but there is no prolongation of 

 the elytral apices ; the punctuation of the stria?, though fine, 

 is quite perceptible, and there are no interstitial punctures. 

 In C. adamsi the basal thoracic angles are more prominent, 

 but the elytral margins do not extend as far inwards at the 

 base, and their striaj are impunctate. 



c? . Length 5j ; breadth 2 lines. 



Invercargill. 



Two found by Mr. A. Philpott under driftwood at the 

 seaside. 



Tarastetlnis southlandlcus, sp. n. 



GIossi/, nigro-piceou.-^; legs and elytral margins rufescenf; 

 the antennie, palpi, and tarsi rufo-testaceous. 



i/fac/ obviously narrower than thorax, frontal impressions 

 distinct. IJyes large but not very prominent, finely but 

 distinctly facetted. Thorax nearly as long as broad, base 

 and apex truncate, lateral margins well developed ; wddest 

 near the middle, strongly rounded anteriorly, a good deal 

 sinuously narrowed backwards ; posterior anghs rectangular 

 and slightly prominent ; disk convex, its central furrow does 

 not reach the apex ; basal impressions somewhat elongated, 

 bituuted midwa^ between the middle and sides and causing 



