Genera and Species of New Zealand Coleoptera. 77 
The smaller bulk, different squamosity, &c. distinguish 
this from the typical species, No. 2144. 
Length (rostr. incl.) 8, breadth 2? lines. 
Te Oneroa. 
I am indebted to Mr. Perey Seymour for the only specimen 
I have seen. 
SARGON, gen. nov. 
Rostrum moderately elongate, subparallel, only slightly 
dilated in front. Scrobes deep in front and visible from 
above, they extend to the front of the eyes. Scape gradually 
thickened, reaching just beyond back of eye. Funiculus 
7-articulate, basal two joints about equally elongate. Club 
elongate-oval. Hyes quite lateral, rotundate, moderately 
convex, not angulate below. Thorax truncate at base and 
apex, without distinct ocular lobes. Hlytra moderately long, 
rather broader than thorax. emora medially incrassate. 
Tibie flexuous ; anterior inwardly produced, with a short 
ealear; the posterior dilated at extremity, with a narrow 
groove between the double series of external cilia. Tars¢ 
normal. 
Prosternum only slightly emarginate at apex ; coxe con- 
tiguous. Intermediate come slightly separated. Basal 
ventral segment longer than second; third and fourth equal, 
each more than half the length of second. 
Resembles Jnophleus inuus, but the scrobes, eyes, rostrum, 
and abdomen differ, and as the type of Sargon is almost 
destitute of ocular lobes it cannot be associated with 
Inophleus. 
Sargon carinatus, sp. 0. 
Opaque, piceous, densely covered with small depressed 
greyish scales. 
Head and rostrum as long as the thorax; rostrum with an 
abbreviated central carina. Hyes moderately convex, dis- 
tinctly facetted, distant from thorax. Antenne nigrescent, 
club densely and finely pubescent. Thorax subquadrate, 
slightly wider before the middle than it is elsewhere, with a 
well-marked dorsal furrow; the squame are nearly round, 
and many exhibit a pinkish hue. Liytra a little rounded 
towards the base, which, however, is slightly wider than that 
of the thorax; disk nearly plane, posterior slope moderately 
abrupt, sides nearly vertical but inclined inwards, apices 
acutely rounded and divergent but not prolonged; they are 
striate, the third and fitth interstices are gradually raised 
backwards and end suddenly on the summit of the declivity 
