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Elytra oblong-oval, scarcely sinuated apically ; moderately striated, 
the striz more or less confluent posteriorly, the four sutural only 
distinctly, yet rather finely punctured, interstices simple. Antenne 
short and stout, their three basal joints glabrous. Palpi robust, 
terminal articulations of all quite oval and acuminate. Legs 
stout ; anterior tibize somewhat dilated, intermediate externally 
and inwardly spinose, the posterior inwardly, and arcuated. The 
stout palpi (maxillary and labial), with their perfectly oval termi- 
nal joints pointed at the extremity, distinguish the insect. The 
mentum is concave but not apparently dentate. The characters 
do not correspond with those assigned to the genus by Castelnau, 
nevertheless, I must refer it to Cevabilia until the difficulties con- 
nected with the paucity of entomological literature and collections 
can be surmounted. 
Length, 2% ; breath, nearly 1 line. 
Mr. P. Stewart-Sandager recently sent me two examples, 
both females, from Wellington. 
POGONID&. 
1339. Odpterus carinatus,n.sp.—Convex, oblong-oval ; moderately 
glossy, dark castaneous, the suture and margins of the elytra 
rufescent; legs fulvous; labrum, palpi, and antenneze ferruginous. 
Head sub-trigonal, with a groove close to each eye, and a broad 
irregularly formed one nearer the middle united to its fellow by 
means of a curved impression proceeding from the base of each 
mandible ; epistome bi-punctate; labrum truncate. Pvothovax 
longer than broad, sub-oblong, finely marginated, a little 
narrowed anteriorly, behind nearly straight, yet just visibly 
sinuated before the rectangular, but not at all projecting hind 
angles ; the median groove is feebly impressed, the basal foveze 
are large and distant from the sides, and the interval is punctate; 
the narrow marginal channel is separated from the basal fovea 
by a very evident carina extending forwards from the hind edge. 
Elytva broad, oviform, moderately convex, finely striate; inter- 
stices nearly plane, the third quadri-punctate, the sixth termi- 
nating in a sharp curved carina; a few distant punctiform 
impressions appear along the sides. The antenne reach back- 
wards almost to the intermediate femora, their second joint is 
more slender but nearly as long as the first, these two articula- 
tions are nude, the others pubescent. In the male the two basal 
joints of the anterior tarsi are strongly produced inwardly at 
the extremity ; the elytral striz are just perceptibly punctu- 
lated, the thorax rather shorter, and the whole insect darker in 
colour than in the other sex ; but, notwithstanding these dis- 
crepancies, I consider my two specimens to be the sexes of one 
species only. 
Length, 3% ; breadth, 1% lines. 
Collected by Mr. P. Stewart-Sandager, near Wellington. 
The insect No. 1145 (“ Manual of the New Zealand Coleop- 
tera,” part II., p.655) is a female, and must be removed trom 
Tropopterus So as to become known as Oépfterus patulus. 
