MIMOPEUS 121 
Dorsal surface. Antennae similar to fig.7, basal segments covered with stout semi-erect 
setae, which become shorter and finer towards the apex. Terminal three segments bearing 
fine, whitish pubescence, microsculpture of surface strong and irregular, clearly visible at 
25x magnification; other segments shining, microsculpture visible at 100x magnification. 
Labrum emarginate, finely punctate, each puncture bearing a moderately long yellow seta. 
Head similar to fig. 3, eyes generally extending slightly further laterally than genae, clypeus 
emarginate anteriorly, clypeal sutures indistinct, frons slightly depressed behind clypeus. 
Upper surface of head finely punctured, punctures shallow, with gently sloping slides, 
interstices smooth, bearing some small micropunctures just visible at 100x magnification, 
microsculpture weak, visible at 100x magnification. Punctures become smaller towards front 
and lateral margins of head. 
Pronotum moderately convex, individually variable in shape, sometimes without the 
sinuation before the posterior angles, when distance across posterior angles is less. Punctures 
of pronotum small and shallow, with gently sloping sides, sparse on disc, separated by more 
than twice their own diameter, more closely set towards base and marginal channels, 
Micropunctures barely visible at 100x magnification. Interstices smooth and shining, 
microsculpture weak, visible at 100x magnification; a few small raised dome-shaped granules 
present in submarginal channels. Scutellum triangular strongly transverse. Base of elytra 
rounded off. There are small shining granules on disc visible at 100x magnification. 
Epipleural carina distinctly upturned outside marginal channel at shoulder. 
Ventral surface. Punctures of postgenae small and shallow, gular with transverse furrows 
very shallow and obscure. Prosternal granules very small. Submarginal grooves of fourth 
visible abdominal sternite almost obsolete. 
Aedeagus (Fig.28). Aedeagus long and slender with apicale tapering strongly to apex as in 
figure. 
FEMALE 
Like male, but legs shorter and more slender, often difficult to distinguish without 
dissection. 
DIMENSIONS 
Length 10.0 mm, width 5.2 mm. 
TYPE MATERIAL. Holotype co’. Sinclair Head, Wellington 25 April 1942 C.E. 
Clarke, C.E.C./AMNZ. Allotype @ with same data as holotype, C.E.C./AMNZ 
Paratypes (9) with same data as holotype, C.E.C./AMNZ. Paratypes (6) with same 
data as holotype, C.E.C./BMNZ. Paratypes (3) Red Rocks, Wellington 29 August 
1941, R.R. Forster, NMNZ. Paratypes (8) Red Rocks, Wellington under 
Coprosma acerosa 5 January 1959 J.C. Watt, J.C.W./NZAC. 
TYPE LOCALITY. Sinclair Head, Wellington. 
Material examined. Holotype c‘allotype 9, 26 paratypes, other specimens. 
Distribution. Wellington: Red Rocks, Sinclair Head, Lyall Bay, Wilton’s Bush, 
Makara Beach, Mana Island, Hutt Valley, Lowry Bay, Muritai, Pencarrow, Lake 
Wairarapa, Castlepoint. Hawkes Bay: Hastings, Rissington, Napier Beach, near 
Mahia Beach. Marlborough: Mouth of Wairau River, Kaikoura, Picton. 
Ecology. Coastal Wellington from Makara eastwards, Wairarapa, Hawkes Bay. 
